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"We are one" says PM Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence 22 Mar 2019 - 10:24 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves after the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' 22 Mar 2019 - 10:17 am
The India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' is pictured at the Wagah-Attari border crossing, India, March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Alasdair Pal
Police in Kazakhstan detain dozens of anti-government protesters 22 Mar 2019 - 10:10 am
File photo of policemen detain an opposition supporter during a protest rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mariya Gordeyeva
Australian state election will be trial run for PM's federal contest in May 22 Mar 2019 - 10:05 am
Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 20, 2019. AAP Image/Andrew Taylor/via REUTERS
Hun Sen denies Cambodia is Chinese 'colony' as work on $2 bn road begins 22 Mar 2019 - 10:00 am
File photo of premier Hun Sen. AFP
The junta leader who's running for prime minister of thailand 21 Mar 2019 - 09:30 pm
Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-ocha (AFP)
Bangladesh town barbers face fines for 'foreign' cuts 21 Mar 2019 - 07:54 pm
Representational image: A Rohingya refugee cuts the hair of a kid at a temporary shelter in Beras Pati after arrived from Aceh Shelter in Medan of North Sumatra, Indonesia on November 25, 2016. (Jefri Tarigan / Anadolu Agency)
New Zealand bans 'military-style' guns after mosque attacks 21 Mar 2019 - 05:42 pm
A police officer stands guard as relatives of victims of mosque attack arrive to attend the funeral of a victim who died at the mosque attack at Memorial Park Cemetery, in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 21, 2019. Peter Adones - Anadolu
Six dead, dozens injured as blast rocks China chemical plant 21 Mar 2019 - 04:19 pm
A vehicle of paramilitary police is seen near smoke following an explosion at a chemical industrial park in Xiangshui county, Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China March 21, 2019. REUTERS
Six killed in blasts as Kabul marks Persian New Year 21 Mar 2019 - 03:37 pm
Afghan people gather around the Shrine of Saint Sakhi Saib as they celebrate the Persian New Year Nowruz in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 21, 2019. Haroon Sabawoon - Anadolu
Six dead, dozens injured as blast rocks China chemical plant 21 Mar 2019 - 02:47 pm
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Pilots searched for right checklist before Lion Air crash - investigators 21 Mar 2019 - 02:05 pm
Soerjanto Tjahjono (R), the head of Indonesia's national transportation safety committee (KNKT) and Nurcahyo (L), head of the flight accident sub-committee of KNKT, brief journalists during a press conference about the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 crash in 2
New Zealand bans assault weapons within days of massacre 21 Mar 2019 - 01:13 pm
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks about changes in gun laws in Wellington, New Zealand, March 21, 2019, in this still image taken from video. TVNZ/via REUTERS TV
Forced evictions illegal, slum dwellers have right to city: Delhi court 20 Mar 2019 - 08:01 pm
Sushila Devi, who lost her son and husband in a water dispute, poses for a photo outside her one-room shanty in Delhi, India, June 26, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Annie Banerji
New Zealand to hold memorial service for terror victims 20 Mar 2019 - 05:05 pm
Floral tributes to those who were gunned down at the two mosques are seen against a wall bordering the Botanical Garden in Christchurch on March 19, 2019. AFP / Marty MELVILLE
Kazakhstan renames capital as new president takes office 20 Mar 2019 - 04:11 pm
Acting President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev kisses a flag as he takes part in a swearing-in ceremony during a joint session of the houses of parliament in Astana, Kazakhstan March 20, 2019.
Pakistan sentences Czech model to 8 years on drug charge 20 Mar 2019 - 03:23 pm
Czech model Tereza Hluskova weeps after the court decision to sentence her to eight years and eight months in prison for attempted heroin smuggling, in Lahore on March 20, 2019. AFP / ARIF ALI
Chasing youth vote, Indian parties blitz smartphones with political cartoons 20 Mar 2019 - 01:30 pm
A man speaks on a phone next to a hoarding with cartoons of India's main opposition Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi and Sanjay Nirupam, President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee, alongside a road in Mumbai, India, February 22, 2019. REUTER

Europe

This picture taken on November 12, 2025 shows power poles near the lignite-fired power station operated by German energy giant RWE near Niederaussem, part of Bergheim, western Germany. Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP Germany probes latest sabotage attacks on power grid
File photo BP appoints chairman to replace ousted predecessor
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File photo. Representational. Eurozone inflation hits 2026 high of 3.3 pct in August

Africa

Pic from social media. Low S.African stadium flyover under review, next scrapped
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Stranded passengers sit on the pavement as they wait with their luggage by the departure terminal of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after staff from the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) airport workers' go-slow strike action continued into its second day, in Nairobi, on August 31, 2026. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP Kenya airport staff end strike
File photo Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike

Americas

US President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement on Healthcare Affordability in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) Trump suggests renaming Strait of Hormuz 'Trump Strait'
US golfer Tiger Woods (L) appears in County Judge Darren Steele's courtroom for a plea hearing from an arrest in March at the Martin County Courthouse in Stuart, Florida in September 2, 2026. Photo by Crystal Vander Weit / POOL / AFP Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving, license suspended
View of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, on April 18, 2026. Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP Mexican troops kill prominent cartel suspect
A 1996 photo of rapper Tupac Shakur (L) and Marion “Suge” Knight is shown on screens during closing arguments in the Duane Davis murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 31, 2026. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Former gang member found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur

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