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France mourns Mayotte victims amid uncertainy over government 23 Dec 2024 - 04:01 pm
Members of the Mahoran community take part in a tribute ceremony as part of a national day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido, which hit the archipelago on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte a week ago, in Bordeaux on December 23, 2024. Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP
French pawnshops give back for Christmas 23 Dec 2024 - 03:36 pm
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Clock ticks down on France government nomination 23 Dec 2024 - 02:18 pm
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou stands at attention as he observes a minute of silence as part of an official day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido at The Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Stephane De Sakutin / AFP)
Rome's Trevi Fountain reopens to limited crowds 22 Dec 2024 - 09:52 pm
The mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri (4th right) throws a coin in the Trevi fountain on the day of its reopening after renovation works in Rome, on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
Spanish royals make surprise visit to flood disaster town 22 Dec 2024 - 09:01 pm
File: People with masks and soldier remove mud in a flooded street on November 6, 2024, in Catarroja, in the region of Valencia, eastern Spain, in the aftermath of deadly floods. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)
One missing after oil rig sinks off Trinidad 22 Dec 2024 - 07:39 pm
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Thousands protest in Serbian capital over fatal train station accident 22 Dec 2024 - 07:08 pm
Students, pupils and citizens block a street in front of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade on December 20, 2024, standing in silence to honour the 15 victims of the tragedy that occurred at the railway station in Novi Sad in November 2024. Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP
High winds hit UK Christmas travel plans 22 Dec 2024 - 06:34 pm
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France awaits appointment of new government 22 Dec 2024 - 05:02 pm
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (C) attends a meeting with the President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet (L), Senate President and party leaders excluding La France Insoumise (LFI) nor Rassemblement National party (RN), to finalise his government at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on December 19, 2024. Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / POOL / AFP.
Putin says Russia does not lose desire to improve ties with U.S. 22 Dec 2024 - 04:58 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of air and road infrastructure facilities in Russian regions via video link in Moscow on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)
Germany pledges security inquest after Christmas market attack 22 Dec 2024 - 04:35 pm
People mourn at a makeshift memorial outside the Johanniskirche (Johannes Church), near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 22, 2024. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP.
Angry questions in Germany after Christmas market attack 22 Dec 2024 - 03:41 pm
The site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market is pictured in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 22, 2024. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Anger and sadness in Croatia after a school stabbing attack 21 Dec 2024 - 08:54 pm
People react next to a makeshift memorial at the playground of Precko primary school, following a stabbing attack at the school which left one dead and several injured, in Zagreb, on December 20, 2024. (Photo by DAMIR SENCAR / AFP)
Thousands greet the sun at Stonehenge solstice celebration 21 Dec 2024 - 04:39 pm
Revellers celebrate the pagan festival of 'Winter Solstice' at Stonehenge in Wiltshire in southern England on December 21, 2024. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Germany says Christmas market attack toll rises to 5 dead, over 200 injured 21 Dec 2024 - 03:39 pm
Debris a closed stalls are seen as a police officers stands on the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 21, 2024. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
Drone attack hits Russian city 1,000km from Ukraine frontier 21 Dec 2024 - 02:13 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released on the official Telegram account of the Mayor's Office of Kazan on December 21, 2024, a Russian rescuer works in the courtyard of a residential building following a drone attack in Kazan, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @kzn_official / AFP)
'Torn from my side': horror of German Christmas market attack 21 Dec 2024 - 08:46 am
Forensics police inspect the car that crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 21, 2024. (Photo by John MacDougall / AFP)
Italy fines OpenAI €15 million after ChatGPT probe 21 Dec 2024 - 12:19 am
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