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Sri Lanka media rights activists decry new anti-terror laws 18 Mar 2019 - 08:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Indian PM Narendra Modi joins hands with Maithripala Sirisena and PM Ranil Wickremesinghe after addressing a public rally in Norwood. AFP/Ishara S KODIKARA
Taliban capture 58 Afghan security forces: defence ministry 18 Mar 2019 - 06:21 pm
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How hero refugee chased gunman away from New Zealand mosque 18 Mar 2019 - 04:38 pm
Afghan refugee and local resident Abdul Aziz (L), 48, speaks with a man who came to thank him for his bravery, during an interview with AFP in Christchurch on March 17, 2019, two days after he chased a gunman during a shooting incident at the Linwood Mosq
Australian teen who egged senator hailed online as 'heroic' 18 Mar 2019 - 11:42 am
Australian Senator Fraser Anning has an egg smashed on his head while talking to the media in Victoria, Australia March 16, 2019 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. THE UNSHACKLED/via REUTERS
Baby reunited with dad as Indonesia flood death toll hits 77 18 Mar 2019 - 10:44 am
This handout picture taken and released by Indonesia Military on March 18, 2019 shows soldiers looking for survivors in a flooded area in Sentani. AFP PHOTO / INDONESIA MILITARY
Hong Kong subway partly suspended after overnight crash 18 Mar 2019 - 09:56 am
Mass Transit Railway (MTR) trains collide near Central station during signal system trial in Hong Kong, China March 18, 2019. MTR Corp/Handout via REUTERS
China says 13,000 'terrorists' arrested in Xinjiang since 2014 18 Mar 2019 - 09:47 am
File photo of weapons the government says were seized from militants in Xinjiang are on display at an exhibition titled
Rohingya "lost generation" struggle to study in Bangladesh camps 18 Mar 2019 - 09:23 am
File photo of Rohingya students are seen during a class at school, at Leda refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 9, 2019. Picture taken February 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jiraporn Kuhakan
New Zealand firms consider pulling ads from social media after mass shooting 18 Mar 2019 - 09:14 am
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New gun laws will make NZ safer after mosque massacre, says PM Ardern 18 Mar 2019 - 08:12 am
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media during a press conference at the Justice Precinct in Christchurch on March 16, 2019. / AFP / OFFICE OF PRIME MINITER NEW ZEALAND / Marty MELVILLE
Remote Cape with 'world's cleanest air' offers smog respite 18 Mar 2019 - 07:58 am
This photo taken on February 24, 2019 shows Mike Buckby from the Cape Grim Water Company walking in Cape Grim, Tasmania. Andrew BEATTY / AFP / William WEST
Dealer who sold arms to mosque killer rejects responsibility 18 Mar 2019 - 07:58 am
Gun City store owner David Tipple (R) with his public relation advisor David Linch speak to the media during a press conference at the Piano Event Centre in Christchurch on March 18th, 2019, after 50 worshippers were killed last week in two mosque attacks
Flash floods, earthquake in Indonesia kill dozens 18 Mar 2019 - 07:49 am
People stand as they look at damaged houses after a flash flood in Sentani, Papua, Indonesia, March 17, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Gusti Tanati/ via REUTERS
Pakistan salutes hero of New Zealand mosque shooting 17 Mar 2019 - 10:52 pm
Rizwan Rashid (C), elder brother of Pakistani national Naeem Rashid, who was killed in the attacks to the Christchurch mosques in New Zealand, prays for his brother at Naeem house in Abbottabad on March 17, 2019. AFP / Farooq Naeem
New Zealand mosque attack: 5 Indian victims identified 17 Mar 2019 - 08:32 pm
Relatives and neighbours of Anzi Ali Bhava, who was killed in Friday's mosque attacks in New Zealand, are seen during a condolence gathering at her parent's house in Kodungalloor town in the southern state of Kerala, India, March 17, 2019. Reuters/Sivaram
New Zealand citizens open to gun reform after massacre 17 Mar 2019 - 08:02 pm
Workers dig grave sites at a cemetery in Christchurch on March 17, 2019 two days after a shooting incident at two mosques in the city. AFP / Marty Melville
An Indian family grieves as hours pass without father's body after New Zealand shootings 17 Mar 2019 - 08:02 pm
Altaf Khokhar, son of Mahebubbhai Khokhar who was killed in Friday's mosque attacks in New Zealand, speaks with his neighbours outside his home in Sunrendranagar in the western state of Gujarat, India, March 17, 2019. Reuters/Amit Dave
3-year-old victim of New Zealand mosque attack mourned 17 Mar 2019 - 07:59 pm
A Muslim family stands across the road from the Dean Street mosque when worshipers were gunned down in Christchurch on March 17, 2019, two days after a shooting incident at two mosques in the city. AFP / Marty Melville

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A person lies on a mattress under a tree in a park, in Paris on May 29, 2026 as a heatwave hits France. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP) Half of France hits new monthly records in heatwave
Municipal workers clear debris from the street after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, western Romania. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu / AFP) Drone crash in Romania shows Russia threat to 'entire Europe': Ukraine FM
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File photo UN says protecting children online an 'urgent priority'

Africa

File Photo Kenya court blocks US Ebola quarantine center set to open on Friday
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
Dieudonné Sezabo, a health worker, decontaminates the clothing of a motorcycle taxi driver who transported a patient suspected of having Ebola to the Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP) US says its Ebola quarantine center opens Friday in Kenya
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