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As lightning strikes surge, Bangladesh plants a defence 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
A view of the widow of Mongol Chandra Sarker (in white sari) with her daughter and son in front of the family's tin house in central Bangladesh's Ghior sub-district, September 1, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/A.Z.M. Anas
Hillary Clinton says abuse of female politicians on social media is 'viral' 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton attend an event promoting
Japanese women fight for right to wear glasses to work 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
Women assemble an Aquos television at Sharp Corp Tochigi plant in Yaita, north of Tokyo, November 19, 2015. Reuters / Reiji Murai
Votes for women? Not without facial recognition technology in Afghanistan 11 Nov 2019 - 09:10 pm
Afghan women stand in line while waiting for their turn to vote at a polling station in Mazar-i-sharif April 5, 2014. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra
In Venezuela, special police force wreaks havoc in slums 11 Nov 2019 - 09:09 pm
Venezuelan Ruth Perez, 35, shows a picture of her late brother Jesse in Caracas on Ocober 11, 2019. AFP
As wildfires worsen, Californians harness tech for help 11 Nov 2019 - 09:09 pm
A Buddha statue is seen at a burned home in Spring Valley near Clearlake Oaks, northern California on August 7, 2018. AFP / Josh Edelson
French woman told not French enough for Quebec residency 11 Nov 2019 - 08:01 pm
A family enjoys a campfire at the Huttopia Sutton glamping ground in Quebec, Canada, on August 14, 2019. AFP / Sebastien St-Jean
Russian goat who made unlikely friends with tiger dies 11 Nov 2019 - 08:01 pm
In this photo taken on November 30, 2015 and obtained from the Primorye Safari-Park official website, Amur, a tiger, resting close to a goat named Timur in an enclosure at the Primorye Safari Park. AFP
UK's Farage withdraws Brexit threat to PM Johnson 11 Nov 2019 - 05:08 pm
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage (R) and Hartlepool parliamentary candidate and Brexit Party Chairman, Richard Tice visit the Headland War memorial in Hartlepool, northeast England on November 11, 2019 during a general election campaign visit. AFP / Paul
Israeli gunfire kills a West Bank Palestinian 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
People wheel the dead body of Palestinian man Omar al-Badawi at a hospital in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 11, 2019. Reuters/Mussa Qawasma
3 blasts hit north Syria town inflicting casualties 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Syrian soldiers ride in the back of a truck past people sitting in a field with harvested aubergines, as government forces deploy for the first time in the eastern countryside of the city of Qamishli in the northeastern Hasakah province on November 5, 201
Spain criticises role of security forces in Morales's resignation 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
A man walks along a street after protests in La Paz on November 11, 2019.  AFP / Ronaldo Schemidt
Russia 'alarmed' over situation in Bolivia 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
A man looks at the remains of buses burned during a protest after Bolivia's President Evo Morales announced on Sunday that he was resigning, in La Paz, Bolivia November 11, 2019. Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Macron marks Armistice Day, 101 years after end of WWI 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he leaves a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe as part of commemorations marking the 101st anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I, in Paris, France November 11, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Pool via
Johannesburg seeks to avert 'ecological disaster' from beetle-infested trees 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Some of the millions of trees making up Johannesburg's man-made forest are pictured on October 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kim Harrisberg
Myanmar faces genocide lawsuit at top UN court 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Ethnic Rakhine men attend a police training course as a civilian force will be deployed in the north of the Rakhine state in Sittwe, Myanmar, November 15, 2016. Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun
After push from Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry attends a joint news conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Budapest, Hungary, November 13, 2018. Reuters / Bernadett Szabo
Jordan's king tours enclave along Israel border after end of lease deal 11 Nov 2019 - 05:03 pm
A view from the Israeli side of the border shows Jordanian soldiers praying in front of a national flag during a ceremony at the Jordan Valley site of Naharayim, also known as Baqura, east of the Jordan River on November 11, 2019.  AFP / Menahem Kahana