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Spring comes to Tokyo with first cherry blossoms 17 Mar 2018 - 12:18 pm
A visitor looks at early flowering Kanzakura cherry blossoms in full bloom at the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, Japan March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Mass arrests in Maldives as activists defy emergency 17 Mar 2018 - 11:55 am
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7 dead as small plane slams into house in Philippines 17 Mar 2018 - 10:53 am
Photo by: Leuvert Catalan / Philippine Red Cross
Cows throng Bondi Beach for Australia rural health cause 17 Mar 2018 - 10:30 am
Cows are mustered after being released from a cattle truck onto Bondi Beach in Sydney on March 16, 2018 as part of an effort called
Taliban claims deadly car bomb attack in Kabul 17 Mar 2018 - 09:47 am
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Baby Donald Trump causes a stir in Afghanistan 17 Mar 2018 - 09:20 am
This picture taken on March 16, 2018 shows Afghan toddler Donald Trump, who is aged around 18 months, playing at his home in Kabul. AFP / Wakil Kohsar
Car bomb rocks Kabul, multiple casualties: official 17 Mar 2018 - 08:44 am
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Cambodia kicks off drills with "great friend" China as U.S. ties sour 17 Mar 2018 - 08:27 am
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends the inauguration ceremony of National Road No. 1, which has been built with aid from Japan, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
North Korea's top diplomat meets Swedish leaders 16 Mar 2018 - 06:47 pm
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (C) leaves the Swedish goverment building Rosenbad in central Stockholm on March 16, 2018. AFP / TT News Agency / Vilhelm Stokstad
Thai graffiti artists lionise slain panther 16 Mar 2018 - 04:37 pm
Graffiti artists spray paint a mural of panthers, in protest against the illegal wildlife poaching by construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, in Bangkok on March 16, 2018. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
Hong Kong's judges voice fears over China influence in judiciary 15 Mar 2018 - 09:57 pm
Police march past judges during a ceremony to mark the beginning of the legal year in Hong Kong, China January 8, 2018. Reuters/Bobby Yip
2 killed during land mine clearance training in Cambodia 15 Mar 2018 - 03:49 pm
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Afghan hostage shoots Taliban captors, killing seven 15 Mar 2018 - 12:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: A member of the Afghan security force keeps watch at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
Nepal plane crash survivors say it's a miracle they're alive 14 Mar 2018 - 01:54 pm
An airplane takes off at the international airport in Kathmandu on March 13, 2018, near the wreckage of a US-Bangla Airlines plane that crashed on March 12. AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMA
Vietnamese recruited 2 months before Kim Jong Nam's murder 14 Mar 2018 - 01:41 pm
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Philippines' Duterte moves to quit International Criminal Court 14 Mar 2018 - 10:47 am
(FILES) A file photo taken and released by Presidential Photographers Division (PPD) on March 1, 2018, shows President Rodrigo Duterte firing a few rounds with a sniper rifle during the opening ceremony of the National Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) C
UN official says violence and torture continues on Rohingya 13 Mar 2018 - 08:26 pm
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee (R) gives her report next to the President of the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Marzuki Darusman, during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, M
Nepal probes deadly air crash after runway confusion 13 Mar 2018 - 05:18 pm
Nepali people take part in a candlelight vigil in honour of the plane crash victims in Kathmandu on March 13, 2018, a day after the deadly crash of a US-Bangla Airlines plane at the international airport. AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMA

Europe

Red Crescent emergency responders and police personnel transfer the bodies of Italian tourists from a police speed boat to an ambulance in Male on May 19, 2026. Photo by MOHAMED AFRAH / AFP Italian divers in Maldives may have got lost in cave: recovery firm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media during a press conference in Kyiv on March 12, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP) Ukraine boosts border security with Belarus over attack fears
This photograph taken at the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris on May 21, 2026 shows the installation of 'French Banksy' and Daft Punk star turn Paris bridge into Alpine cave
Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Spain to launch biggest forest fire campaign after record losses: PM

Africa

Security escort migrants in a National Public Health Agency (NPHA) after their arrival at Freetown International Airport, formerly known as Lungi International Airport, in Lungi on May 20, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Sierra Leone receives migrants deported from US
A health worker monitors visitors arriving at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB) in Goma, on May 19, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) Race to find vaccines, treatments for Ebola strain behind outbreak
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A visitor has their temperature checked by a health worker before entering Kyeshero Hospital, as part of Ebola prevention measures in Goma on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) WHO chief says 'deeply concerned' by 'scale and speed' of DR Congo Ebola outbreak

Americas

File photo UNGA votes for resolution supporting strong action to combat climate change
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Representational Photo File US stocks dip as markets fret over inflation
Fire fighters use a bulldozer to combat the Sandy Fire as it burns on a hill at a residential area in Simi Valley, California (Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP) Brush fire near Los Angeles forces thousands to evacuate

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