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Second fire in two days at Russian oil refinery near Ukraine 05 May 2023 - 12:48 pm
This handout image posted on May 4, 2023 on the official Telegram account of Krasnodar Krai governor Veniamin Kondratyev shows smoke rising from a fire at an oil refinery in the southern Krasnodar region's Ilsky settlement. Photo by Handout / TELEGRAM / @kondratyevvi / AFP
UK Tories suffer losses in Sunak's first electoral test 05 May 2023 - 11:02 am
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak comes out from 10 Downing Street to welcome Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, in cental London on May 4, 2023 ahead of a meeting. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)
Eight killed in Serbia's second mass shooting in a week 05 May 2023 - 10:54 am
Masked policemen secure an area in the village of Dubona near the town of Mladenovac, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of Serbia's capital Belgrade, on May 5, 2023, in the aftermath of a drive-by shooting. Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP
More than 1,000 evacuated as Guatemala volcano erupts 05 May 2023 - 10:44 am
People arrive by bus to a shelter in a sports center after fleeing from their village affected by Fuego volcano in Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla south of Guatemala City, on May 4, 2023. Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP
Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes central Japan: weather agency 05 May 2023 - 10:00 am
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Man held under mental health laws after Buckingham Palace incident 05 May 2023 - 12:11 am
A Royal fan adjusts a life-sized cut-out of Britain's King Charles III, on The Mall in central London, on May 4, 2023, ahead of the coronation weekend. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
Russia accuses US of masterminding Kremlin drone attack 04 May 2023 - 11:01 pm
Workers dismantle a heavily damaged residential building in Irpin, on May 4, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP)
Baby animals join Mandela on environment-themed South African banknotes 04 May 2023 - 07:16 pm
Newly upgraded South African Rand banknotes depicting former South African president Nelson Mandela are displayed at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg on May 4, 2023. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)
Five teachers among seven killed in Pakistan school shooting: police 04 May 2023 - 05:18 pm
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'Happy' on rare visit to India, says Pakistan FM 04 May 2023 - 04:59 pm
A vehicle carrying Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrives in a convoy to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting in Benaulim in Goa on May 4, 2023. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe / AFP) 
$445 million needed to help 860,000 who could flee Sudan by October: UN 04 May 2023 - 04:47 pm
A view of fleeing Nigerian students in Sudan filling their arrival form after being evacuated from Sudan to Nigeria at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria on May 4, 2023. (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON / AFP)
UK coronation speeds up Jamaica's republic ambitions 04 May 2023 - 04:34 pm
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WHO experts mull Covid emergency status 04 May 2023 - 03:26 pm
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Japan PM heads to Seoul as ties warm over North Korea threat 04 May 2023 - 12:34 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference with Kenya's President William Ruto (not seen) after their meeting at the Statehouse in Nairobi on May 3, 2023. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)
'I cried all day': Serbia reels after deadly school shooting 04 May 2023 - 12:28 pm
People light candles at a makeshift memorial for the victims following a shooting at a school in the Serbian capital Belgrade on May 3, 2023. Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP
Striking Hollywood writers decry the Uber-ization of their trade 04 May 2023 - 12:18 pm
Writers walk the picket line on the second day of the television and movie writers' strike outside of Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California on May 3, 2023. Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP
UK's Sunak faces first date with voters 04 May 2023 - 12:17 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (C) and Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman (L) visit a U3A community group at the Chiltern leisure centre in Amersham, England, on May 3, 2023. (Photo by Frank Augstein / POOL / AFP)
US, Philippines to strengthen ties as Marcos visits Pentagon 04 May 2023 - 12:00 pm
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, accompagned by Army colonel David Rowland, reviews the troops during a welcome ceremony outside of the Pentagon in Washington, DC on May 3, 2023. Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP