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Lone midwife delivers amid chaos of Colombia jungle river 17 May 2019 - 09:22 pm
Colombian midwife Marciana Caycedo checks a pregnant woman in Isla Mono, in the San Juan river, Choco department, Colombia, on April 23, 2019.  AFP / Raul Arboleda
Soda taxes work in cutting consumption, US study finds 17 May 2019 - 08:01 pm
A man unloads bottles of Coca Cola from a truck in Caracas on May 27, 2016. AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt
Surging suicide rate among young girls raises questions about role of social media 17 May 2019 - 08:01 pm
A woman looks towards dark clouds over the Houses of Parliament in central London August 11, 2014. Reuters/Luke MacGregor
Less fat, more fruit may cut risk of dying of breast cancer 17 May 2019 - 08:00 pm
A monitor shows the image of breast cancer affected area at a centre run by the Reto Group for Full Recovery of Breast Cancer in Mexico City, October 18, 2012. Reuters/Edgard Garrido
San Francisco ban of facial recognition use by police and govt highlights privacy fears 16 May 2019 - 01:34 am
A facial recognition software is demonstrated at the Intel booth at CES 2019 consumer electronics show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 10, 2019. AFP / Robyn Beck
Stop soil erosion now or face starvation soon, scientists warn 15 May 2019 - 11:43 pm
Cracked soil waits for rain at Tapan Mondals fields in Chouldari, Andaman, India March 6, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Colin Daileda
Could online takeout help prove home ownership? 15 May 2019 - 11:42 pm
An UberEATS food delivery scooter is seen parked in London, September 7, 2016. Reuters/Neil Hall
Tel Aviv eyes tourism boon with 'amazing' Eurovision week 15 May 2019 - 09:13 pm
The Eurovision Village, an area dedicated for fans of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, is seen from above along the shoreline in Tel Aviv, Israel May 15, 2019. Reuters/Corinna Kern
In Iraq, academics restock Mosul's barren bookshelves 15 May 2019 - 09:10 pm
Iraqi women sit at the new library of Mosul University in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on April 17, 2019.  AFP / Zaid Al-Obeidi
Masters of puppets: Indonesia's 'Ondel-Ondel' kids 15 May 2019 - 09:10 pm
This picture taken on April 26, 2019 shows people walking past Ondel-ondel effigies worn by children busking for money on a street in Jakarta.  AFP / Goh Chai Hin
Driverless electric truck starts deliveries on Swedish public road 15 May 2019 - 09:56 am
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Sherpa climber scales Mount Everest for record 23rd time 15 May 2019 - 09:17 am
In this file photo taken on March 28, 2018, Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa spins prayer wheels at Boudhanath Stupa on the outskirts of Kathmandu. AFP / Prakash Mathema
Exclusive Ramadan offer for Genesis announced 15 May 2019 - 09:07 am
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First aid in years lifts hope for cut-off towns in Central African Republic 15 May 2019 - 12:34 am
A Central African internally displaced woman holds a child inside an emergency room of the MSF-run hospital in Bangassou on May 26, 2017. AFP/Saber Jendoubi
'Rise up': Papua New Guinea female police chief's battle cry to women 14 May 2019 - 09:31 pm
This picture taken on March 4, 2019 shows parade commander Julie Palakai (L) escorting East New Britain’s new residential Judge Justice Stephen Kassman (R) during a guard of honour parade outside Kokopo Police station in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. AFP / El
In robotics classes, Armenian teens dream of high-tech future 14 May 2019 - 09:31 pm
A view of the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Yerevan on April 30, 2019. AFP / Karen Minasyan
Brazilian giant's comeback shows preservation and development of Amazon is possible 14 May 2019 - 09:31 pm
A fisherman removing a large Pirarucus (Arapaima gigas) fish from the water at the Amana Sustainable Develpment Reserve, in Amazonas State, northern Brazil on November 27, 2018.  AFP/Mamiraua Institute of Sustainable Development/Bernardo Oliveira
When science is no match for a California lawyer 14 May 2019 - 08:31 pm
A protestor stands with a bee smoker and a placard reading