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800,000 seek shelter as Bangladesh braces for cyclone 26 May 2024 - 06:31 pm
A man pulls a fishing boat to a sea shore as a preventive measure during rainfall in Kuakata on May 26, 2024, ahead of cyclone Remal's landfall in Bangladesh. Cyclone Remal is set to hit the country and parts of neighbouring India on May 26 evening, with Bangladesh's weather department predicting crashing waves and howling gales with gusts of up to 130 kilometres (81 miles) per hour. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Seven young elephants drown in Sri Lanka 26 May 2024 - 05:49 pm
A carcass of a wild elephant, believed to have drowned following the onset of the South-West monsoon in Dimbulagala, 250 kilometres (156 miles) north-east of Colombo on May 26, 2024. Photo by AFP
Four children among 27 dead in India amusement park fire 26 May 2024 - 05:36 pm
Officials inspect the site of a fire accident on the following day of the disaster, at an amusement park facility in Rajkot, in India's Gujarat state on May 26, 2024. Photo by AFP
Six newborns killed in fire at India baby hospital: police 26 May 2024 - 03:44 pm
A medical ward of a children's hospital lies in shambles a day after a fire blazed through it in New Delhi on May 26, 2024. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP
Thousands flee as Philippine storm hits main island 26 May 2024 - 02:58 pm
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More than 115,000 flee as cyclone approaches Bangladesh 26 May 2024 - 02:25 pm
A man reacts as high tidal waves hit the coast along a sea beach during rainfall in Kuakata on May 26, 2024, ahead of cyclone Remal's landfall in Bangladesh. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
China, Japan premiers in Seoul for talks, rare summit 26 May 2024 - 01:53 pm
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul on May 26, 2024. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / Pool / AFP)
UN migration agency estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide 26 May 2024 - 10:54 am
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At least 20 dead in a fire in an amusement park in western INDIA, police say. 25 May 2024 - 06:32 pm
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Emergency convoy takes provisions to survivors of devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea 25 May 2024 - 08:10 am
People gather at the site of a landslide in Maip Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province on May 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Passengers had seconds to react as turbulence hit Singapore flight 24 May 2024 - 05:46 pm
A general view shows the exterior of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, where some of the injured passengers were being treated two days after the turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore, in Bangkok on May 23, 2024. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
At least 100 killed in massive landslide in Papua New Guinea 24 May 2024 - 04:31 pm
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Philippines opens coast guard post after China build-up 24 May 2024 - 03:10 pm
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Singapore Airlines tightens cabin safety measures after turbulence killed one, injured dozens 24 May 2024 - 02:11 pm
A general view shows the exterior of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, where some of the injured passengers were being treated three days after the turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore, in Bangkok on May 24, 2024. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
US 'strongly' urges China restraint amid Taiwan drills 23 May 2024 - 07:08 pm
An outdoor screen shows a news coverage of China military drills around Taiwan, in Beijing on May 23, 2024. Photo by Jade Gao / AFP.
Kenyan and Nepali climbers die on Everest, three missing 23 May 2024 - 06:57 pm
This photograph taken on May 3, 2024 shows mountaineers at the Khumbu Glacier during their ascend to Mount Everest's summit, in Nepal. Photo by Tsering Pemba Sherpa / AFP.
Macron holds back on N. Caledonia voting reform after riots 23 May 2024 - 06:08 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at New Caledonia's High Commissioner residency in Noumea on May 22, 2024, during his trip to the Pacific archipelago in an attempt to resolve a political crisis. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP.
Heatwave cancels lessons for half Pakistan's schoolchildren 23 May 2024 - 06:01 pm
Boys bathe in the waters of Rawal dam on a hot summer day in Islamabad on May 23, 2024. The Pakistan Meteorological Department said temperatures are expected to hit as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of rural Sindh. Photo by FAROOQ NAEEM / AFP.

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People vote in the election to the Logting, the Parliament of the Faroe Islands, in Torshavn, on March 26, 2026. Photo by ﾁlvur Haraldsen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP Talks to begin in Denmark to form new government
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In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on March 24, 2026, a woman walks past damaged cars in the courtyard of a damaged residential building following an air attack in Poltava, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Emergency Service / AFP) Ukraine hits major Russian port in 400-drone barrage
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(Files) Supporters cheer as the Senegalese football players ride on a bus during a trophy parade in the streets of Dakar on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Guy Peterson / AFP) AFCON stripping of Senegal's title a 'disgrace for Africa' say fans

Americas

US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) Trump extends deadline to strike Iran energy sites
A child looks out at an Air Canada Express plane that collided Sunday night with a fire truck on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on March 25, 2026 in New York City. Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP Canada corporate bosses should speak 'both official languages': FM
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US President Donald Trump speaks before swearing in the new Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) Trump says US in negotiations with Iran ‘right now’

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