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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
Pakistan jails Mumbai attack accused for terrorism financing 12 Feb 2020 - 01:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the banned Islamic charity Jamat-ud-Dawa, looks over the crowed as they end a
Indonesia criticises US study concerns over no coronavirus cases 12 Feb 2020 - 01:48 pm
Health workers wearing protective gear take part in an exercise in handling a suspected patient at Sanglah hopital in Denpasar, Indonesia's resort island of Bali, on February 12, 2020. The number of fatalities from China's COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic ju
Giggs, Scholes and instant noodles: Vietnam takes pot-shot at World Cup 12 Feb 2020 - 10:51 am
This photograph taken on January 13, 2020, shows former French football player and technical director of the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talent (PVF) academy Philippe Troussier (C) watching players during a training session at the PVF academy in
Ladder to door was only escape for deadly India factory fire 12 Feb 2020 - 09:06 am
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Japan cruise ship coronavirus cases climb to 175, including quarantine officer 12 Feb 2020 - 09:06 am
Medical personnel work near the cruise ship Diamond Princess, where dozens of passengers were tested positive for coronavirus, at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Virus storytellers challenge China's official narrative 12 Feb 2020 - 12:58 am
In this image from video taken Feb. 4, 2020 and released by Chen Qiushi, Chinese citizen journalist Chen Qiushi speaks in front of a convention center-turned makeshift hospital amid a viral epidemic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. (Courtesy o
Pakistan ignores criticism over not evacuating students in China 11 Feb 2020 - 01:04 pm
file photo: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the opening ceremony for the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/Pool
Modi's party losing badly in New Delhi legislative elections 11 Feb 2020 - 01:00 pm
In this photo taken on February 3, 2020, India's Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a rally for the upcoming Delhi state elections in New Delhi. AFP / Money SHARMA
New coronavirus found in Japan evacuees who initially tested negative 11 Feb 2020 - 12:40 pm
People wearing protective suits arrange a blue cover on a bus near the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 11, 202
Coronavirus death toll surges past 1,000 as fears grow for Chinese economy 11 Feb 2020 - 10:17 am
This file photo taken on January 25, 2020 shows medical staff members wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city as they work at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan
‘Come home’: Pakistan student in coronavirus epicentre misses father's funeral, anxiety grows 10 Feb 2020 - 06:32 pm
A staff member carrying a box of medical supplies from Pakistan at a warehouse of an exhibition centre which has been converted into a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak, in China's central Hubei province on Februar
Coronavirus cases outside China ‘could be spark’for bigger fire, says WHO 10 Feb 2020 - 06:32 pm
A resident wearing a protective facemask walks at the Patan Durbar Square area in Kathmandu on February 10, 2020. AFP / Prakash Mathema
China president makes rare visit to meet virus patients, medics 10 Feb 2020 - 05:43 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the novel coronavirus prevention and control work at Anhuali Community in Beijing, China, February 10, 2020.
Nissan to halt production at Japan factory due to coronavirus 10 Feb 2020 - 04:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: Employees of Nissan Motor Co. work on the assembly line at the company's Kyushu plant in Kanda town, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, July 9, 2015. Picture taken July 9, 2015. REUTERS/Maki Shiraki
Kashmir journalists accuse Indian police of muzzling press 10 Feb 2020 - 02:24 pm
Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard at a checkpoint during a one-day strike called by Jammu and Kashmir Libration Front (JKLF) on February 9, 2020. AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
Afghans celebrate 'Skateistan' victory at the Oscars 10 Feb 2020 - 01:13 pm
Elena Andreicheva and Carol Dysinger pose with the Oscar for Best documentary Short Subject for

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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
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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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