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2 women struck by lightning as summer storms lash Germany 28 May 2018 - 11:44 am
A picture taken on May 27, 2018 shows thunderbolts in the night sky in Premnitz, northwestern Germany. - Germany OUT / AFP / dpa / Julian St
Italy's president calls in former IMF official amid political turmoil 28 May 2018 - 10:39 am
Italian President Sergio Mattarella speaks to media after a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy, May 27, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi?
Paris mayor praises Malian 'hero' for scaling building to save child 28 May 2018 - 09:39 am
Screenshot of the video showing the 22-year-old climbing the building that is shared on social media.
Italian president's powers limited but key in a crisis 28 May 2018 - 08:28 am
Italian President Sergio Mattarella arrives to meet media after a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy, May 27, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Ireland quietly comes to terms with dramatic change after abortion vote 27 May 2018 - 10:44 pm
A Pro-Choice poster featuring Savita Halappanavar is placed near a sign for a polling station ahead of a 25th May referendum on abortion law, in Dublin, Ireland May 23, 2018. Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Spain rescues over 400 migrants in Mediterranean 27 May 2018 - 03:20 pm
Migrants, part of a group intercepted aboard two dinghies off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, enter a tent of the Spanish Red Cross after arriving on a rescue boat at the port of Malaga, Spain May 22, 2018. Picture taken May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jon Nazc
Seven injured in massive blaze at German theme park 27 May 2018 - 01:57 pm
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Huge lightning storms in UK disrupt travel at London airport 27 May 2018 - 12:29 pm
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Five metro stations closed in Ukraine capital after bomb warning 26 May 2018 - 02:29 pm
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Japan's Abe oversees puppy handover to Russian Olympic champion 26 May 2018 - 02:16 pm
Endo Takashi, head of the Association for the preservation of the purity of the Akito breed, Russian figure skating gold medallist Alina Zagitova, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe poses with an Akita Inu puppy presented to Zagitova
Russian police arrest man who vandalised Ivan the Terrible painting 26 May 2018 - 01:05 pm
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Ireland set to repeal abortion ban by a landslide 26 May 2018 - 11:55 am
A voter casts her vote at the Marlborough Street National School polling station in Dublin, Ireland on May 25, 2018, during the Irish referendum on liberalising the abortion law. / AFP / BARRY CRONIN
Platini tells AFP: FIFA must now end his ban 26 May 2018 - 11:42 am
In this file photo taken on May 20, 2017 French former football player and former UEFA head Michel Platini attends the French L1 football match between Nancy (ASNL) and Saint-Etienne (ASSE) at Marcel Picot stadium in Tomblaine, eastern France. / AFP / JEA
Ukraine bans Russian news agency 24 May 2018 - 03:38 pm
People hold pictures of journalist from Russia's state-run RIA Novosti news agency Kirill Vyshynsky as they protest against his arrest in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow on May 18, 2018. AFP / Maxim ZMEYEV
Merkel, Chinese premier defend Iran deal, free trade 24 May 2018 - 03:09 pm
China's Premier Li Keqiang (R) shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after a joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Investigators: Russian military missile downed Flight MH17 24 May 2018 - 02:46 pm
A part of the BUK-TELAR rocket that was fired on the MH17 flight is displayed on a table during the persconference of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), in Bunnik on May 24, 2018. AFP / Robin van Lonkhuijsen
Two dead, 20 injured after train smashes into truck in Italy 24 May 2018 - 10:23 am
Italian police officers stand next to the twisted wreckage of a train that plowed into a truck last night in Caluso, near Turin, Italy, May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
Poisoned ex-spy's daughter Yulia Skripal says wants to return to Russia 'in future' 23 May 2018 - 11:54 pm
scan of a detail of a signed handwritten statement by Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned in Salisbury along with her father, Russian spy Sergei Skripal, is pictured in London, on May 23, 2018. AFP / Dylan Martinez

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
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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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