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Rape map and murdered women - welcome to South Africa's Republic of Sexual Abuse 10 Dec 2019 - 11:23 pm
Women hold placards as they protest against gender-based violence, outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 13, 2019. Reuters/Marius Bosch
Bangladesh film about girl surfer faces calls to be banned 10 Dec 2019 - 11:23 pm
A worker hangs clothes to dry on the roof of a garment factory in Dhaka in this June 15, 2005 file photo. Reuters / Rafiqur Rahman
US sanctions 5 South Sudan agents it says killed 2 critics 10 Dec 2019 - 11:07 pm
File photo of Rwandese UN peacekeepers in South Sudan. AFP
Grief and neglect: 10 factory disasters in South Asia 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
Relatives of victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse pay their respects at a graveyard in Dhaka on April 24, 2016. AFP / Rehman Asad
Closing down: aging residents, falling fish stocks spell end for Canadian town 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
Michael Parsons watches the sunrise from Back Beach, Little Bay Islands, Canada, November 2, 2019. Photo handout by Michael Parsons
Refugee girls in Chad embrace school as path to university opens up 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
Mouna Issahk poses for a portrait with her daughter at her school in Touloum refugee camp, Iriba, Chad, November 27, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nellie Peyton
Five ways women protested against sexual violence this year 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
This file photo taken on June 11, 2019 shows a demonstrator holding a placard during a protest against the lack of substantial legal protection for sexual assault victims in Tokyo. AFP / Charly Triballeau
Consulting firm allows Buttigieg to release names of clients 10 Dec 2019 - 07:59 pm
Pete Buttigieg participates in the Black Economic Alliance Forum at the Charleston Music Hall on June 15, 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina. Sean Rayford / Getty Images / AFP
Nobel winner Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar on genocide charges 10 Dec 2019 - 07:58 pm
This file photo taken on July 19 2016 shows Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi paying her respects to her late father Myanmar independence hero General Aung San during a ceremony in Yangon. AFP / Ye Aung
Why have North Korea-US denuclearisation talks stalled? 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and US President Donald Trump (AFP / Saul Loeb & Ed Jones)
Detroit tops list of hard-to-count cities ahead of census 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
An informational pamphlet is displayed at an event to mark the one-year-out launch of the 2020 Census efforts in Boston, Massachusetts, April 1, 2019. Reuters / Brian Snyder
A free pass for Trump? GOP presses edge in key battlegrounds 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
A Trump 2020 campaign poster is seen on a fir alarm during a campaign rally by Donald Trump in Fayetteville, North Carolina, US, September 9, 2019. Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
French pension tension: Unions protest, police on guard 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
People stand amid tear-gas smoke during a demonstration on December 10, 2019 in Lyon as part of the sixth day of massive strike action over government's plans to overhaul the pension system. AFP / Jeff Pachoud
Alberto Fernández inaugurated as president of Argentina 10 Dec 2019 - 06:20 pm
Argentina's incoming president Alberto Fernandez (L) receives the presidential sash from outgoing president Mauricio Macri .December 10, 2019. / AFP / Ronaldo SCHEMIDT
Democrats announce two impeachment charges against Trump 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler(2ndL), Nancy Pelosi(L), Eliot Engel(R), Maxine Waters(3rdL), Democrat of California, and Carolyn Maloney(2ndR) announces articles of impeachment for US President Donald Trump during a press conference, December 10, 2019. AFP / Sa
Russians protest over plans to build road near Soviet-era radioactive waste site 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
A sign indicating radioactive material is shown in Anaheim, California, March 17, 2011. Reuters / Lucy Nicholson
Angry protesters attack Lebanese city's municipality 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanese protesters celebrate the resignation of Saad Hariri in the southern city of Sidon on October 29, 2019 on the 13th day of anti-government protests. AFP / Mahmoud Zayyat
2 police officers fired over Facebook posts 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration, March 28, 2018. Reuters / Dado Ruvic