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Britons say they oppose police use of facial recognition tech 26 Oct 2019 - 12:06 am
Members of The Dazzle Club apply face make-up to avoid facial recognition by CCTV cameras in London on September 19, 2019. Photo credit: The Dazzle Club
Judges hear legal case on London police handling of climate protests 26 Oct 2019 - 12:06 am
Extinction Rebellion climate change activists gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London before a judicial review hearing on a protest ban issued during a series of protests in October, Oct. 24, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Laurie Goering
From cell to where? New US focus on home post-prison 26 Oct 2019 - 12:06 am
A view of Chino State Prison. (AFP Photo / Kevork Djansezian)
Four million slum dwellers in Delhi to win property rights 25 Oct 2019 - 11:31 pm
A woman stands after filling her containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker in New Delhi, India, June 28, 2019. Reuters / Adnan Abidi
US Supreme Court's Ginsburg honored for women's, human rights work 25 Oct 2019 - 11:31 pm
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen during a group portrait session for the new full court at the Supreme Court in Washington, November 30, 2018. Reuters / Jim Young
Young Thais battle seniority culture to raise climate awareness 25 Oct 2019 - 11:31 pm
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A better Beirut? From street clean-ups to revived buildings, protests spur city innovation 25 Oct 2019 - 10:58 pm
A young woman sorts recycling into a bin in front of the Mohammad al-Amin mosque in Beirut, Lebanon on 23 October 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Finbar Anderson
From hotbed of crime to joggers' paradise: Nairobi forest thrives 25 Oct 2019 - 10:41 pm
People run in Karura forest, Nairobi on September 17, 2019.  AFP / Simon Maina
Bored of male heroes, Afghan girl coders build their own champions 25 Oct 2019 - 10:41 pm
Afghan students attend a class at the Code to Inspire school in Herat on September 4, 2019. AFP / Hoshang Hashimi
Nepal gang-rape victim sees attackers convicted after years-long battle 25 Oct 2019 - 10:41 pm
Pooja Bohara, a rape victim, poses for a picture inside the Raksha Nepal rehabilitation centre in Kathmandu January 16, 2015. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
Amid crises, Xi seems set to uphold Party's rule at secretive China conclave 25 Oct 2019 - 08:07 pm
Souvenir plates with images of  late Chairman Mao Zedong and Chinese President Xi Jinping are seen in Beijing, October 21, 2017. Reuters / Tyrone Siu
Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance 25 Oct 2019 - 07:21 pm
People carry the coffin of Alfiani Hidayatul Solikah, a cabin crew of Lion Air flight JT610, during the funeral at Mojorejo village in Madiun, Indonesia, November 14, 2018. Antara Foto / Siswowidodo /  Reuters
Russian woman who admitted being secret agent out of prison 25 Oct 2019 - 07:21 pm
In this file photo released on August 17, 2018 courtesy of the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office, shows Maria Butina's booking photograph when she was admitted into the Alexandria Detention Center in Alexandia, Virginia.  AFP
Who will win Uruguay's presidential election on Sunday? 25 Oct 2019 - 07:21 pm
Supporters of the ruling Frente Amplio (Broad Front) party sail a boat during a campaign closing rally in Montevideo, on October 23, 2019, ahead of the October 27 general election. AFP / Pablo Porciuncula
UK police arrest man and woman for human trafficking over truck deaths 25 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm
An EU flag flutters at the port of Zeebrugge after British police found bodies inside a lorry container in Grays, Essex, in Zeebrugge, Belgium October 24, 2019. Reuters/Francois Lenoir
Argentina election: done deal or twist in the tail? 25 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm
Argentina's President and presidential candidate of the Juntos por el Cambio party, Mauricio Macri (R), applauds as First Lady Juliana Awada was a national flag during the closing rally of his campaign in Cordoba, Argentina, on October 24, 2019. AFP / Ron
Chile's inequality challenge: What went wrong and can it be fixed? 25 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm
A demonstrator lifts his bike in the air during clashes with riot police in Santiago on October 24, 2019 after a week of street violence which erupted against a now suspended metro fare hike but spiralled into general discontent.  AFP / Martin Bernetti
How does impeachment of a US president work? 25 Oct 2019 - 06:30 pm
Donald Trump arrives to deliver the State of the Union address alongside Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence at the US Capitol on February 5, 2019. AFP / Doug Mills