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Wildfires burn outside Athens, villages evacuated 16 Aug 2021 - 04:08 pm
A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop as a wildfire burns in the village of Markati, near Athens, Greece, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Britain asks: Is America back or has it turned its back? 16 Aug 2021 - 02:59 pm
British Forces from 16 Air Assault Brigade arrive in Kabul, Afghanistan, to provide support to British nationals leaving the country, as part of Operation Pitting after Taliban insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul, August 15, 2021.
Serbia authorises third shot of COVID-19 vaccine, minister says 15 Aug 2021 - 10:01 pm
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All 16-, 17-year-olds in England to be offered first COVID vaccine dose by Aug. 23 15 Aug 2021 - 08:01 pm
People queue to receive a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at an NHS vaccination centre hosted at the Heaven nightclub, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Hungary bus crash kills eight, injures dozens 15 Aug 2021 - 03:11 pm
First responders work at the crash site, after a bus rolled over on the M7 motorway, killing at least eight people, in the early hours of Sunday near Szabadbattyan, Hungary August 15, 2021. Zoltan Mihadak/Pool via REUTERS
Protesters in France denounce COVID health pass rules for fifth weekend 14 Aug 2021 - 05:54 pm
Protesters attend a demonstration called by the French nationalist party
Spain flirts with record heat; 16 Italy cities on red alert 14 Aug 2021 - 05:06 pm
Three french tourist families cool off in a fountain at the Las Tendillas square, as a heatwave hits Spain, in Cordoba, southern Spain, August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Musicians at Serbian trumpet festival play on despite pandemic 14 Aug 2021 - 12:30 pm
Musicians play their instruments during the annual brass band festival in Guca, Serbia, on August 13, 2021. Reuters/Zorana Jevtic
Russia releases worst pandemic death numbers to date 14 Aug 2021 - 12:13 pm
A medical specialist walks by an ambulance outside a hospital for patients infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Reluctant French get Covid vaccination as health pass closes doors 13 Aug 2021 - 08:13 pm
People wait after being injected with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech
WHO seeks to take political heat out of virus origins debate 13 Aug 2021 - 06:36 pm
Peter Ben Embarek and Marion Koopmans, members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), arrive for the WHO-China joint study news conference at a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei provinc
Spanish town takes neighbourly chats 'al fresco' to UNESCO 13 Aug 2021 - 05:15 pm
Neighbours chat outside their houses to avoid the heat at night, as a heatwave hits Spain, in Algar, August 12, 2021. Picture taken August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Norway ends some COVID restrictions, keeps others 13 Aug 2021 - 04:23 pm
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One month after floods, Belgians try to rebuild 13 Aug 2021 - 03:49 pm
Volunteers prepare food for people affected by the floods after heavy rainfall in Jupille, Belgium, August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
One dead, 15 people injured in bus blast in Russia -RIA 13 Aug 2021 - 02:07 pm
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Wildfire breaks out east of Rome, locals evacuated 13 Aug 2021 - 01:52 pm
Firefighters battle wildfires in the beach village of Porto Badisco near Otranto in the southern region of Puglia, Italy, August 13, 2021. Vigili del Fuoco/Handout via REUTERS
The 11-year-old British boy walking to save the earth 13 Aug 2021 - 01:34 pm
Jude Walker, 11, during his 210 miles (340 km) walk from Yorkshire to London over 21 days to raise awareness for 'the zero carbon campaign' petition, which calls for the government to implement a Carbon Tax, in Milton Keynes, Britain August 10, 2021. Pict
Six people killed in mass shooting in Plymouth, England 13 Aug 2021 - 01:09 pm
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Picture: Photo File No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DRC warns as as toll hits 80
View of the sunset at Zanzibar Island, Tanzania (photo by Mahmoud Elmazaty / The Peninsula) Tanzania's tourist arrivals rise 10.7 percent in 2025
File photo Ebola death toll rises to 80 in Eastern DR Congo
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