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India to auction rare art belonging to diamond magnate arrested in UK 21 Jan 2020 - 04:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: A protester holds an effigy depicting billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi during a rally in Kolkata, India, February 18, 2018. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
China's former Interpol chief sentenced to 13 years in prison 21 Jan 2020 - 11:57 am
This handout photo taken on January 21, 2020 and released by the Tianjin First Intermediate People's Court shows former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei (C) during his sentencing at the court in the Chinese city of Tianjin.AFP PHOTO / TIANJIN FIRST INTERMEDIAT
Signs of life at 'no-man's land' around Philippine volcano 21 Jan 2020 - 10:56 am
A bird's eye view of mud-covered and destroyed houses with Taal volcano in background as seen from a Philippine airforce helicopter during an aerial survey in Agoncillo town, Batangas province, south of Manila on January 21, 2020. / AFP / Ted ALJIBE
Scare grows over China virus as human transmission and fourth death confirmed 21 Jan 2020 - 10:51 am
People wearing masks are seen at the Jinyintan hospital, where the patients with pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT.
Weather 'merry-go-round' poses new risks for fire-ravaged Australia 21 Jan 2020 - 09:59 am
Storm clouds gather over Sydney Harbour on January 20, 2020. AFP / Peter Parks
Bangladesh court orders government to tackle rise in rapes 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
Bangladeshi women hold placards and photographs of schoolgirl Nusrat Jahan Rafi at a protest in Dhaka following her murder after she had reported a sexual assault on April 12, 2019. AFP / Sazzad Hossain
Huawei CFO Meng's lawyer says ‘double criminality’ at centre of US extradition case 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
Huawei Technologies Co Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves the British Columbia Superior Courts on September 23, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. Karen Ducey / Getty Images / AFP.
Double trouble: Too many show for Sri Lanka twins record bid 20 Jan 2020 - 06:46 pm
Lakshika and Devika (55), look on during an event to attempt to break the world record for the biggest gathering of twins in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 20, 2020. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Indian 'Rapunzel' remains a cut above with world's longest teen hair 20 Jan 2020 - 03:14 pm
Nilanshi Patel, 17, who has been awarded the 2019 Guinness World Record for the longest hair in the teenager category, 190 cm, poses for a picture at Modasa town, some 110 Kms from Ahmedabad on January 19, 2020. AFP / SAM PANTHAKY
US envoy say it's his mustache; South Koreans say otherwise 20 Jan 2020 - 12:45 pm
US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris poses for a photo after a group interview at the ambassador's residence in Seoul on January 16, 2020. AFP / Sebastien Berger
Quake causes damage, injuries in China's Xinjiang region 20 Jan 2020 - 12:31 pm
Rescuers search in the aftermath of an earthquake in Kashgar in China's northwestern Xinjiang region on January 20, 2020./ AFP / STR
After fire, dust and hail play havoc on Australian summer 20 Jan 2020 - 09:14 am
A view of golfball-sized hail after a hail storm at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, January 20, 2020. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS
Evacuation crackdown ordered as Philippine volcano seethes 20 Jan 2020 - 09:05 am
A man walks on a road blanketed with volcanic ash from the erupting Taal Volcano in Tagaytay, Philippines, January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Collapse of footbridge over Indonesia river kills at least nine 20 Jan 2020 - 09:00 am
Locals and rescue workers stand on the remains of a footbridge that collapsed following heavy rains as they search for the missing in Kaur regency, Bengkulu province, Indonesia, January 20, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken January 20
Malaysia says won't be 'garbage dump' as it returns waste 20 Jan 2020 - 08:51 am
Malaysian officials inspect a container containing plastic waste shipment on January 20, 2020 before sending back to the countries of origin in Butterworth. - Malaysia OUT / AFP /
As China seeks to spark night economy, on-demand chauffeurs for drunk drivers see surge 20 Jan 2020 - 08:26 am
Liu Pengfei, a substitute driver of DiDi Chuxing, checks the ride-hailing app before starting his night shift in Beijing, China January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
India says no meeting with Malaysia in Davos as palm row simmers 19 Jan 2020 - 10:15 pm
Demonstrators attend a protest against a new citizenship law in Shaheen Bagh, area of New Delhi, India January 19, 2020. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Fearless Delhi women protesters inspire national movement 19 Jan 2020 - 10:15 pm
In this picture taken on January 16, 2020, protesters take part in a demonstration for the fifth consecutive day against India's new citizenship law, at Mansoor Ali Park in Allahabad. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia

Europe

File photo Prince William reveals King Charles 'hates football' on podcast
(FILES) This picture shows dry soil in a sunflower field near the Po River Delta at Scardovari, Italy, northeast Italy, on June 26, 2026. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Italy waterways in 'critical state' from drought: authority
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Africa

(FILES) An aerial image shows a general view of Gao, in Mali, on November 26, 2019. (Photo by Souleymane AG ANARA / AFP) Mali hit by new coordinated attacks, including prison
A healthcare worker takes samples from a patient suffering from Ebola virus disease at the Ebola Treatment Center of the Center Médical Évangélique (CME), in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP) DRC Ebola claims 452 lives, says WHO
File photo DR Congo's official Ebola death toll exceeds 400
Head of Algeria's Islamist Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) Abdelaali Hassani Cherif casts his ballot during parliamentary elections in Algiers on July 2, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Algerians vote for new parliament with turnout in focus

Americas

Rescuers work on the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 3, 2026. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) Venezuela quake death toll rises to 2,645: official figures
People walk through downtown Philadelphia after news that the Semiquincentennial Independence Day Parade has been canceled due to extreme heat in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / AFP) Dangerous heat wave roasts America's big birthday party
US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota (Photo by Mandel Ngan/ AFP) US turns 250 as Trump warns of 'attack' on American identity
Peru president-elect for the Fuerza Popular party, Keiko Fujimori, waves as she gives a statement at her campaign headquarters in the San Borja district of Lima on July 3, 2026. (Photo by AFP) President-elect Fujimori hails 'new chapter' for Peru

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