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Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil military begins fighting fires 25 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
Aerial view of burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on August 24, 2019. AFP / Lula Sampaio
Thick smoke chokes Brazil's north as Amazon fires rage 25 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
Soldiers, firemen and volunteers combat forest fires in the surroundings of Robore in eastern Bolivia, on August 25, 2019. AFP / Aizar Raldes
As students map the weather, an Indian village bests its water woes 25 Aug 2019 - 07:23 pm
Ninth grader Vamshi Voggu at the automatic weather station on the school premises in Kothapally, India, on July 31, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava
Rohingya women defy threats in refugee camps to rebuild lives one stitch at a time 25 Aug 2019 - 07:23 pm
Shofika Begum, a Rohingya who was raped two years ago in Myanmar and today leads a group of female tailors in the refugee camps in South East Bangladesh who sell clothes for a living, stitches a dress at her home on August 5, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundat
Carrier bag spat erupts as Islamabad moves to ban plastic 25 Aug 2019 - 07:23 pm
A salesman registers a credit card for a customer at a shop in Peshawar, April 1, 2019. Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Iran foreign minister makes surprise visit to G7 summit 25 Aug 2019 - 06:09 pm
The air-plane which carried Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stands on the tarmac at the airport of the French seaside resort of Biarritz, south-west France, during the G7 summit in Biarritz, on August 25, 2019, on the second day of the annual
Barcelona police clear beach amid report of explosive device 25 Aug 2019 - 05:12 pm
People leave Sant Sebastia beach after police found an explosive device in the water and evacuated part of it, possibly from the Spanish Civil War, in Barcelona, Spain August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Albert Gea
'Blind men': End of South Korea-Japan pact undermines bid to understand North Korea threats 25 Aug 2019 - 04:07 pm
A police officer stands guard near Japan and South Korea national flags at hotel, where South Korean embassy in Japan is holding the reception to mark the 50th anniversary of normalisation of ties between Seoul and Tokyo, in Tokyo June 22, 2015. Reuters/T
2 Israeli drones crash over Beirut, Hezbollah denies firing 25 Aug 2019 - 03:52 pm
Damage and glass from broken windows is seen inside Hezbollah media center after an Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs and a second one exploded near the ground in Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Moh
G7 to help nations hit by Amazon fires: Macron 25 Aug 2019 - 03:27 pm
Aerial picture showing smoke from a two-kilometre-long stretch of fire billowing from the Amazon rainforest about 65 km from Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on August 23, 2019. AFP / Carl DE SOUZA
Hariri says Israeli drones in Beirut attempt to stir Middle East tensions 25 Aug 2019 - 02:50 pm
Broken windows are pictured after an Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs and a second one exploded near the ground in Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Paris celebrates its liberation from Nazis, 75 years on 25 Aug 2019 - 02:26 pm
FILE PHOTO: Paris firemen display a French national flag on the balcony of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, in memory of their 1944 colleagues who did it on the day Paris was liberated from Nazi occupation. AFP / PIERRE VERDY
Trump says hasn't 'discussed' joint G7 message to Iran 25 Aug 2019 - 02:18 pm
US President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a bilateral meeting with Canada's Prime Minister at the Bellevue centre in Biarritz, south-west France on August 25, 2019. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Migrant dies after van plunges into river in Croatia 25 Aug 2019 - 02:14 pm
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Hong Kong police again fire tear gas as protesters regroup 25 Aug 2019 - 01:06 pm
Demonstrators are surrounded by tear gas during a protest in Tsuen Wan, in Hong Kong, China, August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Lebanese PM calls Israeli drones in Beirut attack on sovereignty 25 Aug 2019 - 12:26 pm
A Lebanese army soldier walks past military intelligence forensic investigators of inspecting the scene where two drones came down in the vicinity of a media centre of the Shiite Hezbollah movement earlier in the day, in the south of the capital Beirut on
At G7 summit, Trump offers Brexit Britain a "very big" trade deal 25 Aug 2019 - 11:55 am
US President Donald Trump (R) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak before a working breakfast at the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France on August 25, 2019, on the second day of the annual G7 Summit attended by the leaders of the world's seven riche
Brazilian troops begin deploying to fight Amazon fires 25 Aug 2019 - 11:28 am
Aerial view of burnt areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. AFP / CARL DE SOUZA
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