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First passengers exit quarantined Japan ship 14 Feb 2020 - 10:22 am
Passengers are seen on the deck of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 13, 2020. AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
KLM apologises after airliner crew's coronavirus toilet note sparks outrage in S.Korea 14 Feb 2020 - 10:03 am
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Expose reveals child labour in Cambodian brick kilns despite crackdown 13 Feb 2020 - 10:59 pm
A boy shovels smoldering ash out of a kiln at a brick factory in Kandal Province, Cambodia, on January 23, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Matt Blomberg
Part of the ceiling collapses at Atlanta airport restaurant 13 Feb 2020 - 09:40 pm
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Outcast cruise’s ordeal ends after Cambodia welcomes ship 13 Feb 2020 - 09:40 pm
MS Westerdam cruise ship is moored at port in Sihanoukville, where it has been granted permission to dock following nearly two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears, Cambodia February 13, 2020. Reuters/Juarawee Kitt
Fear, boredom, adventure fill each day on quarantined ship 13 Feb 2020 - 09:39 pm
Passengers are seen on the deck of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 13, 2020. AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Aussie croc wrangler joins Indonesia bid to save tyre-tied reptile 13 Feb 2020 - 03:54 pm
This picture taken on February 11, 2020, shows Australian crocodile wranglers Matthew Nicolas Wright (R) and Chris Wilson (L) directing the lndonesian team in setting the trap in the river in Palu, Sulawesi. AFP / Olagondronk
Japan confirms its first coronavirus death: Health Minister 13 Feb 2020 - 03:00 pm
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Erupting Indonesian volcano spews ash, lava 13 Feb 2020 - 01:10 pm
Two kilometers ashes spew from Mount Merapi mount during an eruption as seen from Yogyakarta on February 13, 2020. AFP / RANTO KRESEK
No word of any cases, but N.Korea steps up anti-virus campaign 13 Feb 2020 - 11:15 am
In a photo taken on February 11, 2020 people wearing face masks walk through Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. / AFP / Ed JONES
Australia extends ban on visitors from China 13 Feb 2020 - 11:06 am
A cleaner wears a mask and goggles as he commutes on a street in Beijing on February 11, 2020. / AFP / GREG BAKER
US cruise ship blocked over virus fears to dock in Cambodia 13 Feb 2020 - 10:46 am
MS Westerdam, a cruise ship that has been turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard may have the coronavirus, is seen arriving in Sihanoukville port in Cambodia February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
Coronavirus deaths, cases leap in China suggesting much bigger crisis 13 Feb 2020 - 10:29 am
An elderly man wearing a face mask has his temperature checked before entering a community hospital in Shanghai on February 13, 2020. AFP / NOEL CELIS
Japan to let elderly leave cruise liner hit by coronavirus as 44 new cases confirmed 13 Feb 2020 - 08:52 am
Cruise ship Diamond Princess anchored at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama Journalists are seen next to the Cruise ship Diamond Princess, where 10 more people were tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, as it is anchored at Daikoku Pier Cruis
Indian couple gets jail in Singapore's first labour trafficking conviction 12 Feb 2020 - 09:27 pm
The convicts, who were named by Singapore news website Malkar Savlaram Anant (left) and Priyanka Bhattacharya Rajesh (right) leaving the State Courts on Feb 11, 2020. Photo courtesy: Najeer Yusof/Today
Nepal seeks to cut migrant deaths with safety training 12 Feb 2020 - 09:18 pm
Workers walking through a construction site. (AFP file photo / Lionel Bonav)
Radio show in small Indian town gives rare voice to child workers 12 Feb 2020 - 09:17 pm
A child speaks on a radio show on child workers in Gorakhpur, India, Feb 5, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava
EU plans trade sanctions against Cambodia over rights record 12 Feb 2020 - 07:28 pm
A garment worker Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sleeps on her factory. Reuters / Damir Sagolj

Europe

Greenlandic flags fixed on a building in Nuuk, Greenland. AFP file photo. Denmark sends conscripts to Greenland for first time in recent history
(L-R) German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Saxony-Anhalt's State Premier Sven Schulze and the Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla take part in the opening of the new Drone Safety Technology Center at the Cochstedt site of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), eastern Germany on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP) Germany opens new drone research centre as security threats mount
Image used for representation only. Three lightly injured as new quake hits Spain's Granada
This handout photograph taken on August 15, 2026 and released on August 17, 2026 by VHP shows a firefighter looking at wildfire in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve. Photo by HANDOUT / VHP / AFP Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'

Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva on May 20, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'far from being under control': WHO chief
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Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police

Americas

(FILES) French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot addresses a press conference and plants a tree at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, western Germany on January 5, 2026. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP) ISS to host first spacewalk by Frenchwoman
This aerial photo taken on August 6, 2026, shows low water levels in Lake Mead in Nevada. In mid-July, the combined water levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the United States and both fed by the Colorado River, reached their lowest levels in over 60 years. The Colorado River provides drinking water for more than 40 million people and fuels hydropower across seven states. (Photo by Eva Claire HAMBACH / AFP) Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought
Duane Davis arrives for the opening statements of his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court in the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 17, 2026. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Tupac Shakur accused killer was out for 'revenge', jury hears
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