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Pimp my carriage: How to ride in style like Austria's famed emperor Franz Joseph 24 Dec 2024 - 02:40 pm
Carriages are pictured in an exhibition hall at the Imperial Carriage Castle Museum (Wagenburg) of the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna on December 5, 2024. (Photo by Alex Halada / AFP)
How Finnish youth learn to spot disinformation 24 Dec 2024 - 01:53 pm
Students attend a class on media literacy at the Hiidenkiven Koulu school on November 19, 2024 in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
London wall illuminates Covid's enduring pain at Christmas 24 Dec 2024 - 01:10 pm
Volunteers hang lights on The National Covid Memorial Wall, dedicated to those who lost their lives to Covid-19, on the bank of the River Thames in London on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Benjamin Cremel / AFP)
12 killed in blast at Türkiye explosives plant 24 Dec 2024 - 12:01 pm
This handout image taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on December 24, 2024, shows Turkish soldiers forming a cordon as part of security measures near the building where the explosion occurred in Balikesir. Photo by DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP.
NASA solar probe to make its closest ever pass of Sun 23 Dec 2024 - 07:42 pm
The NASA logo is displayed at the Earth Information Center exhibit, at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2023. Photo by Stefani REYNOLDS / AFP
Cadbury loses royal warrant under King Charles III 23 Dec 2024 - 06:01 pm
A photograph taken on December 23, 2024 shows a Cadbury's chocolates tablet displayed on a table in Liverpool, in north west England. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
Snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes in Bosnia without power 23 Dec 2024 - 04:20 pm
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Russia says oil spill may have polluted 200,000 tonnes of soil 23 Dec 2024 - 04:07 pm
In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on December 17, 2024, rescuers respond to an oil spill along the coastline of the Black Sea, caused by the wreck of two oil tankers, with the one which broke apart, in a storm in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and southern Russia's Krasnodar region on December 15. (Photo by Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)
France mourns Mayotte victims amid uncertainy over government 23 Dec 2024 - 04:01 pm
Members of the Mahoran community take part in a tribute ceremony as part of a national day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido, which hit the archipelago on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte a week ago, in Bordeaux on December 23, 2024. Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP
French pawnshops give back for Christmas 23 Dec 2024 - 03:36 pm
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Clock ticks down on France government nomination 23 Dec 2024 - 02:18 pm
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou stands at attention as he observes a minute of silence as part of an official day of mourning for the victims of Cyclone Chido at The Hotel Matignon in Paris on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Stephane De Sakutin / AFP)
Rome's Trevi Fountain reopens to limited crowds 22 Dec 2024 - 09:52 pm
The mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri (4th right) throws a coin in the Trevi fountain on the day of its reopening after renovation works in Rome, on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
Spanish royals make surprise visit to flood disaster town 22 Dec 2024 - 09:01 pm
File: People with masks and soldier remove mud in a flooded street on November 6, 2024, in Catarroja, in the region of Valencia, eastern Spain, in the aftermath of deadly floods. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)
One missing after oil rig sinks off Trinidad 22 Dec 2024 - 07:39 pm
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Thousands protest in Serbian capital over fatal train station accident 22 Dec 2024 - 07:08 pm
Students, pupils and citizens block a street in front of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade on December 20, 2024, standing in silence to honour the 15 victims of the tragedy that occurred at the railway station in Novi Sad in November 2024. Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP
High winds hit UK Christmas travel plans 22 Dec 2024 - 06:34 pm
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France awaits appointment of new government 22 Dec 2024 - 05:02 pm
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (C) attends a meeting with the President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet (L), Senate President and party leaders excluding La France Insoumise (LFI) nor Rassemblement National party (RN), to finalise his government at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on December 19, 2024. Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / POOL / AFP.
Putin says Russia does not lose desire to improve ties with U.S. 22 Dec 2024 - 04:58 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of air and road infrastructure facilities in Russian regions via video link in Moscow on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)