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China raises flood alert to second highest level 12 Jul 2020 - 11:45 pm
This overview taken on July 8, 2020 shows streets and walkways that lead to a dock inundated by floodwaters from the swollen Yangtze River following seasonal rains in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. / AFP / STR
Thailand to begin its Covid-19 vaccine human trials in September 12 Jul 2020 - 07:50 pm
A woman wearing a face mask has her hair curled by a special equipment at a beauty salon in Bangkok on July 12, 2020. / AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
Philippines: China should comply with sea feud ruling 12 Jul 2020 - 07:28 pm
An aerial photo shows the alleged on-going land reclamation by China on mischief reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, May 11, 2015. Reuters / Ritchie B Tongo
Race to rescue turtles entangled in plastic on Bangladesh beach 12 Jul 2020 - 06:33 pm
A dead sea turtle is seen on a beach in Cox's Bazar on July 12, 2020. Bangladesh green activists said on July 12 hundreds of sea turtles have floated ashore and at least 20 were killed as tonnes of plastic wastes invaded the world's largest unbroken beach
500,000 Hong Kongers cast 'protest' vote against new security laws 12 Jul 2020 - 02:03 pm
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens wait to vote during primary elections in Hong Kong on July 12, 2020. AFP / ISAAC LAWRENCE
India's Biocon secures approval to use drug on coronavirus patients 11 Jul 2020 - 07:27 pm
India's Biocon Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw speaks during the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Kuala Lumpur September 13, 2011. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo
Philippine lawmakers deny TV giant ABS-CBN’s franchise bid 11 Jul 2020 - 06:45 pm
A journalist lights a candle outside the ABS-CBN headquarters, following Philippine congress' vote against the broadcast network's franchise renewal, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Bangladeshi coronavirus sufferers shun hospitals 11 Jul 2020 - 01:54 pm
This photograph taken on July 9, 2020 shows empty beds at a COVID-19 coronavirus ward in a hospital set up by Al Manahil Welfare Foundation Bangladesh in Chittagong. AFP / STR
Virus-free UK pilot, symbol of Vietnam's pandemic success, to return home 11 Jul 2020 - 12:32 pm
A vendor selling rice noodles waits for customers along a street at sunset in Hanoi on July 9, 2020. / AFP / Manan VATSYAYANA
Singapore ruling party, stung by poll setback, faces succession questions 11 Jul 2020 - 11:01 am
Workers’ Party supporters celebrate the results of the general election in Singapore July 11, 2020. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)
Australia's Victoria state records another day of high coronavirus infections 11 Jul 2020 - 08:54 am
Police and medical workers stand outside an entrance to a public housing estate which is undergoing a forced lockdown in Melbourne on July 10, 2020, as the city records another 288 new cases in a fresh outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. AFP / William
Australia approves remdesivir as virus treatment 10 Jul 2020 - 03:57 pm
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Furore after Indian police shoot gangster dead 10 Jul 2020 - 01:21 pm
Policemen stand guard next to an overturned vehicle after the gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead by police, on a highway at Sachendi in Uttar Pradesh state on July 10, 2020. / AFP /
Fake pilot scandal prompts US to block Pakistan’s flag carrier 10 Jul 2020 - 01:03 pm
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China's Kazakhstan embassy warns citizens of pneumonia deadlier than COVID-19 10 Jul 2020 - 11:13 am
Medical specialists wearing protective equipment work at the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing facility in Almaty, Kazakhstan July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mariya Gordeyeva
In masks and gloves, Singaporeans vote under COVID-19 cloud 10 Jul 2020 - 12:25 am
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat (L), of the incumbent People's Action Party, gives a thumbs up during a campaign walkabout in the Bedok South estate neighbourhood ahead of the general election in Singapore on July 8, 2020. / AFP / ROSLAN
Seoul mayor found dead after leaving message 'like a will' 09 Jul 2020 - 08:00 pm
South Korean policemen conduct a search operation for Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS
Australian city wakes to another lockdown as more state borders close 09 Jul 2020 - 08:37 am
Response personnel prepare to distribute goods to residents inside a public housing tower, locked down in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Melbourne, Australia, July 9, 2020. AAP Image/James Ross via Reuters

Europe

A Turkish vessels patrols during search and rescue operations following a ferry capsizing off the port of Kyrenia in the north of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus on August 30, 2026. Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP Capsized ferry off Northern Cyprus has 'completely sunk': official
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Norway's King Haakon VIII (R), Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra (2ndR), Queen Sonja (2ndL) and Prince Sverre Magnus (L) attend a memorial church service for the late King Harald V at Asker Church in Asker, Norway, on August 30, 2026. Photo by Cornelius Poppe / NTB / AFP Norway's churches hold services to late King Harald
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham smiles during a visit to Bath, western England, on July 22, 2026. Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP Tests loom for popular UK PM Burnham as parliament returns

Africa

File photo Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike
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Representational photo. South Africa investigates new reports of sardine deaths along coast
File photo showing the AU logo outside the headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AU condemns armed attacks on UN peacekeepers in South Sudan

Americas

This handout image released by the Grand Canyon National Park Service via X (formerly Twitter) on August 30, 2026 shows remnants of stone bridge pylons along Bright Angel Creek following a flash flood that destroyed the footbridge on August 29. (Photo by J.THOMPSON and Handout / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE / AFP) Grand Canyon flash flood leaves one dead, around 15 missing
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