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US to screen passengers for China mystery virus 17 Jan 2020 - 10:26 pm
Passengers arrive at a train station in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province on January 12, 2020. AFP / Noel Celis
Cambodia enlists tuk-tuk drivers in fight against trafficking 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm
Children sit on top of a tricycle cab as they make their way to school along a main street in Tondo city, metro Manila June 4, 2012. Reuters/Romeo Ranoco
India's Dalits protest against plan to develop common land 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm
Representative image (A group of Dalit women of a farming collective walking on the land that they took over for cultivation in Pallur, India. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Rina Chandran)
Dozens injured at India bull-taming festival 17 Jan 2020 - 01:56 pm
:Participants try to control bulls during the annual bull taming 'Jallikattu' festival in Palamedu village on the outskirts of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on January 16, 2020. / AFP / Arun SANKAR
Philippine residents retrieve animals, belongings amid threat of volcano eruption 17 Jan 2020 - 01:33 pm
A team of volunteers takes care of dogs and other animals rescued from the homes of residents who have evacuated due to the erupting Taal Volcano in Batangas, Philippines, January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
China says second person dies in Wuhan pneumonia outbreak 17 Jan 2020 - 01:21 pm
In this file photograph taken on January 12, 2020 a woman walks in front of the closed Huanan wholesale seafood market, where health authorities say a man who died from a respiratory illness had purchased goods from, in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province.
Sri Lanka ex-minister held over phone recording scandal 17 Jan 2020 - 12:55 pm
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World's biggest yearly human migration begins again in China 17 Jan 2020 - 10:45 am
Travellers wait for their trains inside Zhengzhou East Railway Station during the annual Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China January 13, 2020. Picture taken January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jason L
Australia town mourns volunteer firefighter fallen in bushfires 17 Jan 2020 - 09:24 am
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In India, a firebrand's anti-Modi mantra resonates at nationwide protests 16 Jan 2020 - 10:20 pm
India's left-wing youth leader Kanhaiya Kumar addresses people during a protest against the attacks on the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in New Delhi, India, January 9, 2020. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Deadly land dispute in Vietnam sparks crackdown on 'critical' social media 16 Jan 2020 - 08:18 pm
A Vietnamese national flag is seen at the Flag Tower of Hanoi, November 13, 2014. Reuters / Kham
India's cricket 'superfan' granny dies aged 87 16 Jan 2020 - 12:30 pm
In this file photo taken on July 9, 2019, India's cricket team supporter, 87 year old Charulata Patel cheers on her team during the 2019 cricket World Cup first semi-final between India and New Zealand / AFP / Oli SCARFF /
Search dog Taylor a bushfire-hit koala's best friend 16 Jan 2020 - 10:52 am
Animal trainer Ryan Tate watches Taylor, a koala detection dog, during a demonstration that shows how the dog spots the marsupial through fur and fresh scat, at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, November 22, 2019, in this still image from video
Facebook steps up Australia bushfires relief efforts 16 Jan 2020 - 09:55 am
Trees are engulfed in flames as a bushfire spreads in Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia, January 9, 2020, in this still image from a video obtained from Ingleside Rural Fire Service. Ingleside Rural Fire Service/via REUTERS
Philippines says danger high despite volcano 'lull' 16 Jan 2020 - 09:11 am
A fisherman catches fish as the Taal Volcano continuously errupts in Talisay, Batangas, Philippines, January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Singapore misinformation law challenged in court for first time 16 Jan 2020 - 09:02 am
Singapore's city skyline is seen as visitors take photographs from the rooftop bar of the National Gallery on January 13, 2020. / AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
Secret mission saves Australia's 'dinosaur trees' from bushfires 16 Jan 2020 - 09:02 am
An aerial view of Wollemi National Park where endangered Wollemi Pines are being protected from bushfires by a specialist team of remote-area firefighters and parks staff at New South Wales, Australia mid-January 2020 NSW NPWS/Handout via REUTERS
Angry players speak out at smoke-shrouded Australian Open qualifiers 15 Jan 2020 - 10:19 pm
A woman holds onto her face mask during a practice session in Melbourne on January 15, 2020, ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. AFP / Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

Europe

The O’Sullivan clan family crest is held by a participant in a bid to break a world record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname, in Castletownbere, Ireland (Photo by Peter Murphy/ AFP) O'Sullivan clan gathering in Ireland breaks world record
A member of the public holds an object to a burning bicycle on the Avenue de la Grande Armee during gatherings after PSG won the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Arsenal FC played in Budapest (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP) About 400 arrested in France after PSG's Champions League victory
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Africa

Peninsula US expels new group of West Africans to Ghana, lawyer says
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP) WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
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Relatives gather and wait for news of their loved ones at the Utumishi Girls Academy following the deadly fire in Gilgil, north of the capital Nairobi on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP) Eight students arrested over 'suspected arson attack' at Kenyan girls' school

Americas

Emergency tape reading US chemical spill death toll rises to 11
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This screen grab shows fire as the uncrewed Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during a test on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by NASASpaceflight.com / AFP) Blue Origin rocket explosion is bad news for both Bezos and NASA

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