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Over a dozen wounded in rare Sydney mass shooting 06 Oct 2025 - 08:06 am
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5.4-magnitude quake hits Kyrgyzstan -- GFZ 06 Oct 2025 - 12:02 am
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Bangladesh deploys warships to protect prized hilsa fish 05 Oct 2025 - 08:31 pm
Hilsa - Bangladesh's national fish and a much-loved delicacy / Image: social media
5.3-magnitude quake hits near east coast of Kamchatka -- GFZ 05 Oct 2025 - 07:43 pm
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Bangladesh's dengue fever death toll in 2025 rises to 212 05 Oct 2025 - 06:43 pm
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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 45 05 Oct 2025 - 04:53 pm
An aerial view shows rescuers searching for victims at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, on October 5, 2025, after a multi-story building at the school collapsed during prayers. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi / AFP)
Indonesia lifts TikTok licence suspension as app shares data 05 Oct 2025 - 03:09 pm
The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California on September 30, 2025. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Hanoi's Old Quarter glows as Mid-Autumn Festival approaches 05 Oct 2025 - 02:21 pm
People shop for the Mid-Autumn Festival at Hang Ma Street in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct. 3, 2025. Hanoi's Hang Ma Street is brightly decorated with lanterns and festive items for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. (Photo by Dang Hong Dung/Xinhua)
5 teenagers arrested after stolen car hits police car in Australia 05 Oct 2025 - 01:48 pm
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Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Matmo lashes southern China 05 Oct 2025 - 01:15 pm
This photo taken on Oct. 5, 2025 shows high waves in a seashore area of Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Xinhua/Guo Cheng
Boy hospitalized in Thailand after attack by escaped lion 05 Oct 2025 - 12:39 pm
This handout photo taken and released on October 5, 2025 by Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) shows a female pet lion chained to a kitchen table before being confiscated by authorities, in western Kanchanaburi province. (Photo by Handout / Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) / AFP)
Landslides and floods killed 42 in Nepal 05 Oct 2025 - 12:22 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Nepal's Army on October 5, 2025 shows Army personnel carrying a landslide victim evacuated by a helicoper following heavy rain-triggered landslides and floods in Nepal. (Photo by Nepalese Army / AFP)
Indian states ban cough syrup linked to child deaths 05 Oct 2025 - 08:14 am
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6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes eastern coast of Japan: GFZ 04 Oct 2025 - 10:07 pm
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing 04 Oct 2025 - 05:30 pm
Police officials transfer the remains of a student, killed in a building collapse at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school, to a morgue at the Bhayangkara hospital in Surabaya, East Java province on October 4, 2025. (Photo by Juni KRISWANTO / AFP)
China hawk Takaichi set to be Japan's first woman PM 04 Oct 2025 - 10:09 am
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4, 2025. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon / POOL / AFP)
One dead, one missing in Japan after bear attack 04 Oct 2025 - 09:58 am
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New direct flight route links China's Shenzhen with Indonesia's Manado 03 Oct 2025 - 05:12 pm
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Leader of D66 (Democrats 66) Rob Jetten (L) speaks to journalists in The Hague on Ocotber 31, 2025, after the D66 party won the the Dutch parliamentary elections. (Photo by Robin Utrecht / ANP / AFP) Centrist D66 confirmed as Dutch general elections winner
Members of the French Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention (BRI - Research and Intervention Brigade) police unit check the scene of a robbery at a gold refining laboratory in Lyon, central-eastern France, on October 30, 2025. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP French police arrest six over armed robbery at gold laboratory

Africa

This handout satellite image by Vantor taken on October 26, 2025 and made available on October 31, 2025 shows smoke billowing from fires burning around El-Fasher Airport in El-Fasher. (Photo by Handout / Satellite image ｩ2025 Vantor / AFP) UN calls for swift, independent investigation into violations in Western Sudan's El Fasher
A displaced woman rests in Tawila, in the country's war-torn western Darfur region, on October 28, 2025, after fleeing El-Fasher following the city's fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (Photo by AFP) UN warns of 'atrocities,' 'horror' in Sudan as RSF advances
France's President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi before a meeting at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on October 30, 2025, on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP) Congo's Goma airport to reopen, over $1.7bn in aid pledged: Macron
A Tanzanian police officer stops a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania presidential elections. Photo by Marco Longari / AFP Tanzania blackout after election chaos, deaths feared

Americas

A 'We Accept Food Stamps' sign hangs in the window of a grocery store on October 31, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images via AFP) Americans worry about next meal as shutdown enters second month
An aerial view of destroyed buildings following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on October 29, 2025. (Photo by Ricardo Makyn / AFP) Nearly 50 dead after Hurricane Melissa thrashes Caribbean
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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One as he returns to the United States on October 30, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) Trump orders US to start nuclear weapons testing

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Nido 7FC Panama coffee, that costs 3600 AED (around 980 US dollars), is presented at the Julith Coffee cafe in Dubai on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace / AFP)

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