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Unlucky 13th mountain for 84-yr-old Spanish climber 18 May 2023 - 02:38 pm
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Man arrested for arson over hostel fire in New Zealand 18 May 2023 - 01:09 pm
Firefighters inspect the Loafers Lodge hostel where a fire broke out a day earlier in the suburb of Newtown in Wellington on May 17, 2023. Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP
Two bodies found in Chinese fishing vessel crew search 18 May 2023 - 01:06 pm
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Bodies recovered from hostel fire in New Zealand 18 May 2023 - 10:50 am
Firefighters inspect the Loafers Lodge hostel where a fire broke out a day earlier in the suburb of Newtown in Wellington on May 17, 2023. Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP
Australian police taser 95-year-old with dementia inside nursing home 18 May 2023 - 10:46 am
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Pakistan former PM Imran Khan says house surrounded by police 17 May 2023 - 05:00 pm
File photo: Policemen escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad on May 12, 2023. Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP
A billion new air conditioners will save lives but cook the planet 17 May 2023 - 02:53 pm
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Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say 17 May 2023 - 02:47 pm
Pigeons gather under a shaded area during a hot day in Ahmedabad on May 17, 2023. (Photo by Sam Panthaky / AFP)
Japan ramps up G7 security after PM attacks 17 May 2023 - 02:22 pm
People walk past police officers standing guard near Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit, on May 17, 2023. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Chinese fishing boat capsizes in Indian Ocean, 39 missing 17 May 2023 - 12:13 pm
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New Zealand police say arson suspected in deadly hostel fire 17 May 2023 - 11:24 am
A burnt out window is seen at the Loafers Lodge hostel in the aftermath of a fire in the suburb of Newtown in Wellington on May 17, 2023. Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP
Nepali climber makes record 27th Everest summit: expedition 17 May 2023 - 07:50 am
In this file photo taken on May 2, 2021, Nepal's mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa poses for a picture at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. (Photo by Prakash Mathema / AFP)
Sri Lanka farmers protest after elephants destroy crops 16 May 2023 - 02:27 pm
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Dead woman wins local election in India 16 May 2023 - 01:50 pm
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Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 41 in Myanmar's Rakhine state 16 May 2023 - 01:11 pm
A Rohingya woman stands in her destroyed house at Basara refugee camp in Sittwe on May 16, 2023. (Photo by SAI Aung MAIN / AFP)
Pakistan army will not exercise restraint if mobs attack military installations 16 May 2023 - 11:42 am
Security personnel and supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan gather around his vehicle upon his arrival in High court in Lahore on May 15, 2023. (Photo by Arif Ali / AFP)
Climate change makes cyclones more intense, destructive: scientists 15 May 2023 - 11:59 pm
A local resident looks at broken boats in Sittwe, in Myanmar's Rakhine state, on May 15, 2023, after cyclone Mocha made a landfall. (Photo by Sai Aung Main / AFP)
Amitabh Bachchan faces police action for not wearing helmet 15 May 2023 - 10:09 pm
Photo source: Amitabh Bachchan social media