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Number of missing in Japan quake jumps to over 300 08 Jan 2024 - 10:20 am
A damaged car lies underneath a collapsed building at Shika town in Hakui District, Ishikawa Prefecture on January 8, 2024 after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region on New Year's Day. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
India's Supreme Court overrules release of Bilkis Bano convicts; 11 murderers must return to jail 08 Jan 2024 - 09:54 am
(Files) A woman holds a placard during a protest against the release of 11 men convicted in Bilkis Bano case in Mumbai on August 23, 2022. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Roadside bomb kills atleast five, injures many in Pakistan 08 Jan 2024 - 09:38 am
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Indonesia's presidential hopefuls face off in debate 07 Jan 2024 - 05:58 pm
Workers prepare ballot papers in Banda Aceh on January 7, 2024, ahead of Indonesia's general election on February 14. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Hasina set to stay in power in Bangladesh after opposition boycotts election 07 Jan 2024 - 05:32 pm
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures after casting her vote casts at a polling station in Dhaka on January 7, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Seoul to make all public facilities earthquake-resistant by 2030 07 Jan 2024 - 03:20 pm
A person crosses a footbridge as the first sunrise of the new year is seen in Seoul on January 1, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
South Korea accuses North of firing artillery for 3rd day, as Kim sister mocks it 07 Jan 2024 - 03:10 pm
A general view shows the North Korean coastline with artillery bunkers as seen from a viewpoint on Yeonpyeong island on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Stringer / Yonhap / AFP)
Thousands of Rohingya homeless after Bangladesh fire 07 Jan 2024 - 11:26 am
Picture shared by Office of the Refugee Relief & Repatriation Commissioner, Cox's Bazar
Bhutan to vote as economic strife hits 'national happiness' 07 Jan 2024 - 11:03 am
Bhutanese people line up to vote at a polling station in Thimpu on October 18, 2018. Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP
Bangladesh votes in election without opposition 07 Jan 2024 - 09:01 am
Police personnel inspect vehicles at a checkpoint near a polling station during Bangladesh's general elections in Dhaka on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Woman in 90s pulled from rubble five days after Japan quake 07 Jan 2024 - 08:17 am
This picture shows damaged buildings in the town of Misaki in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP)
Life on the frontline: fear, camaraderie on S. Korean border island 06 Jan 2024 - 04:09 pm
A general view shows a wall damaged by a North Korean artillery attack in late 2010 at Yeonpyeong island, near the 'northern limit line' sea boundary with North Korea, on January 6, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
India's Sun probe reaches solar orbit 06 Jan 2024 - 03:42 pm
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North Korea fires 60 rounds of artillery near Yeonpyeong Island 06 Jan 2024 - 02:35 pm
South Korean marines walk past a shelter sign in a village of Yeonpyeong island, near the 'northern limit line' sea boundary with North Korea, on January 6, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Bangladesh's main opposition party starts a 48-hour general strike ahead of Sunday's election 06 Jan 2024 - 12:34 pm
Army soldiers patrol outside the state secretariat in Dhaka on January 6, 2024 on the eve of Bangladesh's general elections. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Death toll hits 98 in Japan quake 06 Jan 2024 - 09:32 am
Rescuers search for missing victims at a landslide site in the Kawashima district in the city of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on January 6, 2024. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP)
Cold wave grips several states in north India as fog delays flights, trains 05 Jan 2024 - 03:11 pm
People ride a horse-driven cart on a cold foggy winter morning in New Delhi on January 5, 2024. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Japanese air safety experts search for voice data from plane debris after runway collision 05 Jan 2024 - 02:29 pm
A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane taxis past as officials remove the remaining debris of a JAL passenger plane from the runway area at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on January 5, 2024. Photo by Richard A. BROOKS / AFP

Europe

French volunteer baker Loic Nervi holds a basket of freshly baked bread in his mobile bakery in Borodyanka, Kyiv region on February 19, 2026. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP) French volunteer bakes for Ukraine amid frosts and power outages
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Representational file photo of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukrainian President announces recapture of hundreds of kilometers in south of country
Snow covers chairs and tables of a cafe as winter strikes Vienna, Austria with snow and freezing temperatures on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP) Austria snowstorm brings road and power chaos, two deaths

Africa

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General view of a flooded street in Toamasina on February 15, 2026 after the passage of tropical cyclone Gezani. Photo by RIJASOLO / AFP Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59
File photo: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi Strike disrupts flights at Kenya's main airport

Americas

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) Trump imposes 10% global tariff after stinging court rebuke
This handout picture released by Ecuador's Environment Ministry shows park rangers releasing Floreana giant tortoises (Chelonoidis niger) on Floreana Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Handout / Ecuador's Ministry of Environment / AFP) 158 giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island
First responders work at the entrance of the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires on February 20, 2026, after a mail package exploded. Three people were injured on February 20 by the explosion of a mail package at the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP) Three injured in blast at Buenos Aires police school
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