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Hurricane Irma nearing Florida with catastrophic winds, deadly storm surges 10 Sep 2017 - 08:39 am
A man wades through a flooded street during the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Havana, on September 9, 2017. Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened it to a Category Three, but it is still packing winds of 125 miles (200 kilometer) per hour. / AF
The siege broken, Deir Ezzor Syrians prepare for pizza 10 Sep 2017 - 08:16 am
Local residents gather to receive humanitarian aid parcels provided by the Syrian Red Crescent in the northeastern city of Deir Ezzor on September 9, 2017. / AFP / STRINGER
Death toll from massive Mexican quake rises to 65 09 Sep 2017 - 10:00 pm
Relatives of German Torres morn during a funeral of victim of the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico's Pacific coast, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca, September 9, 2017. AFP / Victoria Razo
Scramble to flee Irma underscores rich, poor divide 09 Sep 2017 - 09:51 pm
People arrive at a shelter at Alico Arena where thousands of Floridians are hoping to ride out Hurricane Irma on September 9, 2017 in Fort Myers, Florida. The Fort Myers area could begin to feel hurricane-force winds from Irma by 11 a.m. Sunday and experi
Desperation spreads in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh as resources scarce 09 Sep 2017 - 08:26 pm
A Rohingya refugee boy is stopped by volunteers as he jostles to receive food distributed by local organizations in Kutupalong, Bangladesh, September 9, 2017. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Five roaming lions raise alarm in South Africa 09 Sep 2017 - 07:32 pm
A lion yawns at a nature reserve on the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian/File Photo
Irma pummels Cuba as Florida hunkers for a hit 09 Sep 2017 - 07:08 pm
Doctor Alberto Rodriguez takes a television from his home to a safer place prior to the arrival of the Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba, September 8, 2017. (REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini)
After Irma, fearful islands await Hurricane Jose 09 Sep 2017 - 02:34 pm
Wrecked boats are seen at the Fort Louis Marina in Marigot on September 8, 2017 on Saint-Martin island, devastated by Hurricane Irma. AFP / Martin BUREAU
US-backed Syria force launches new anti-IS assault in Deir Ezzor 09 Sep 2017 - 01:21 pm
Ahmad Abu Khawlah (3rd-R), chief of the Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC) -- a coalition of Arab tribes and fighters that belongs to the broader US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces -- speaks during a press conference in the northeastern Syrian village of
Syrian army seizes oilfield from Islamic State in east 09 Sep 2017 - 11:43 am
Smoke billows as Syrian government forces advance in Al-Shula on the southwestern outskirts of Deir Ezzor on September 8, 2017, during the ongoing battle against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. AFP / George OURFALIAN
Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh nears 300,000 09 Sep 2017 - 10:44 am
Newly built shelters for Rohingya refugees are pictured at Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhiya district on September 9, 2017. AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
Race to rescue survivors from ruins of Mexico quake 09 Sep 2017 - 09:38 am
Soldiers work to remove the debris of a house destroyed in an earthquake that struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, in Juchitan, Mexico, September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Australia to allow more Pacific Islands workers, patrol fisheries 09 Sep 2017 - 08:59 am
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Pope to see a Medellin that has put drug wars in its past 09 Sep 2017 - 08:36 am
A woman walks by a display of t-shirts for sale outside the Olaya Herrera airport the day before Pope Francis celebrates an open air mass in Medellin, on September 8, 2017. AFP / JOAQUIN SARMIENTO
Civilians fleeing Syria's Raqa find shelter in ruined town 09 Sep 2017 - 08:31 am
A displaced Syrian child who fled the Islamic State (IS) group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa as fighters from a US-backed coalition battle to retake the city, stands at an abandoned house where people take refuge in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometres (3
Hurricane Katia makes landfall in eastern Mexico: US forecasters 09 Sep 2017 - 08:29 am
Secured boats are seen under pouring rain caused by Hurricane Katia in Tecolutla, Veracruz state, Mexico on September 8, 2017. AFP / YURI CORTEZ
Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba as massive storm: US forecasters 09 Sep 2017 - 08:27 am
Palm trees sway in the wind prior to the arrival of the Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba, September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Bahamas narrowly escapes the worst of Hurricane Irma 09 Sep 2017 - 08:17 am
This handout photograph obtained courtesy of the Royal Bahamas Police Force & Royal Bahamas Defense Force shows a damaged structure near the shore of Inagua in the southern Bahamas, September 8, 2017 following passage of Hurricane Irma. AFP / Royal Bahama
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