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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
Peninsula
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
4 dead, 22 injured in Indonesia train collision 05 Jan 2024 - 01:46 pm
Search and rescue teams work at the scene of a train accident in Cicalengka, West Java province on January 5, 2024. Photo by ADI MARSIELA / AFP
Singapore to face more extreme weather amid climate change: report 05 Jan 2024 - 12:05 pm
 A man holding an umbrella rides in rain in Singapore, Jan. 4, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
Japan quake death toll rises to 94 with 222 missing 05 Jan 2024 - 11:44 am
A general view shows a street affected by tsunami waves in Noto, Ishikawa prefecture on January 5, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
3 dead, 28 injured in Indonesia train collision: officials 05 Jan 2024 - 09:26 am
Search and rescue teams work at the scene of a train accident in Cicalengka, West Java province on January 5, 2024. Photo by TIMUR MATAHARI / AFP
Popular dining district severely damaged following massive fire in Japan's Kitakyushu 04 Jan 2024 - 02:13 pm
Peninsula
Search dog finds elderly woman trapped after Japan quake 04 Jan 2024 - 01:07 pm
A rescue dog joins firefighters searching for people in the rubble of a collapsed house in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 4, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Hopes fade for survivors of Japan quake 04 Jan 2024 - 01:00 pm
People walk past fallen utility poles and damaged buildings in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 4, 2024, after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Stabbed S. Korean opposition leader 'recovering well': doctor 04 Jan 2024 - 12:40 pm
South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was attacked in Busan, lies on a stretcher as he arrives at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul on January 2, 2024. Photo by Yonhap / YONHAP / AFP
Beijing embraces good air quality in 2023 03 Jan 2024 - 02:43 pm
A child walks past a toy shop converted from a trailer along a business street in Beijing on January 3, 2024. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)