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Mourners leave flowers at Thai shopping mall after mass shooting 10 Feb 2020 - 09:32 am
People leave flowers and written messages in front of Terminal 21 shopping mall after a shooting in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
About 60 more novel coronavirus cases on Japan cruise ship: NHK 10 Feb 2020 - 09:10 am
The cruise ship Diamond Princess, where 10 more people were tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, is seen at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Where did they go? Millions left city before virus quarantine 09 Feb 2020 - 11:09 pm
A picture taken on February 6, 2020 shows a view of the coast during the sunset at The Vacanciel Holiday Resort in Carry-le-Rouet, near Marseille, southern France, where French citizens are in quarantine following their repatriation from the coronavirus z
Israel set to increase its soft power in China 09 Feb 2020 - 11:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin meets with Vice Premier of China Liu Yandong at the presidential compound in Jerusalem on March 29, 2016. AFP/ Gali Tibbon
Families of Thai shooting victims wait for answers, bodies 09 Feb 2020 - 09:51 pm
Victim's family members cry at a hospital following a gun battle involving a Thai soldier on a shooting rampage, in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, February 9, 2020. Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha
Azerbaijan ruling party wins vote 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
Azerbaijan's servicemen vote at a polling station during the parliamentary elections in Baku on February 9, 2020. AFP / Tofik Babayev
Thousands light candles for victims of Thailand mass shooting 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
A soldier lies on a bed as he donates his blood for the victims of a gun battle involving a Thai soldier on a shooting rampage, at a hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand February 9, 2020. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Thousands from cruise ship in Hong Kong freed after virus tests 09 Feb 2020 - 06:31 pm
Passengers leave the World Dream cruise ship at the Kai Tak terminal in Hong Kong on February 9, 2020, where 3,600 people confined aboard for days as coronavirus checks was going. AFP / Philip Fong
Insider attack in Afghanistan kills two American soldiers and Afghan serviceman 09 Feb 2020 - 03:53 pm
An armoured vehicle patrols near the side of an incident where two U.S soldiers were killed a day before in Shirzad district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan February 9, 2020.REUTERS/Parwiz
Exit polls predict Modi defeat as Delhi votes 09 Feb 2020 - 12:40 pm
People queue at a polling station to cast their votes during the Legislative Assembly elections in New Delhi on February 8, 2020. / AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN
Roadside bomb in SW Pakistan kills 1 soldier, wounds 5 09 Feb 2020 - 11:38 am
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Singapore Airshow hit by virus fears as 70 exhibitors pull out 09 Feb 2020 - 11:00 am
Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force's Bayi Aerobatic Team fly J-10 performance aircraft as they take part in an aerial display during a media preview ahead of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 9, 2020. / AFP / ROSLAN RAH
Death toll hits 21 from Thai shooting after raid into mall 09 Feb 2020 - 10:26 am
Bullet holes (top C) are seen on the exterior of the Terminal 21 mall, where a mass shooting took place, in the Thai northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima on February 9, 2020. A Thai soldier who killed at least 20 people and holed up in a mall overnight
Thai soldier kills 26 in rampage, most inside shopping mall 09 Feb 2020 - 10:17 am
This handout from Chanathip Somsakul taken on February 8, 2020, and released to AFP on February 9, 2020 shows people in the carpark of the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima after they were evacuated following a shooting incident in the mall.
Malaysia expands China traveller ban as coronavirus spreads 09 Feb 2020 - 10:08 am
Passengers wear protective face masks at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on February 4, 2020. / AFP / Mohd RASFAN
Philippines evacuates 30, including infant, from virus-hit Wuhan 09 Feb 2020 - 09:45 am
Filipinos, voluntarily evacuated due to the coronavirus outbreak, board a plane from Wuhan, Hubei, China, February 9, 2020. Courtesy of Department of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS
China virus deaths rise past 800, overtaking SARS toll 09 Feb 2020 - 09:40 am
Medical workers in protective suits attend to novel coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a designated hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 6, 2020. Picture taken February 6, 2020.
India asks Sri Lanka to resume Tamil reconciliation process 08 Feb 2020 - 05:23 pm
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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
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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