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Tourists stay away from Taj Mahal, other Indian attractions as protests flare 29 Dec 2019 - 10:30 am
The Taj Mahal is reflected in a puddle in Agra, India August 9, 2016. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File Photo
Two dead, 2,500 seek emergency shelter in cyclone-battered Fiji 29 Dec 2019 - 09:05 am
Trees buffeted by strong winds are seen near a beach during tropical cyclone Sarai in Viseisei, Fiji December 27, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media. Picture taken December 27, 2019. YOGACHARYA P R MOHANAN /via REUTERS
Philippines Christmas typhoon death toll climbs to 41 29 Dec 2019 - 08:53 am
Residents walk past a house damaged during Typhoon Phanfone in Tacloban, Leyte province in the central Philippines on December 25, 2019. / AFP / Bobbie ALOTA
Police use face-recognition software as India protests intensify 28 Dec 2019 - 11:15 am
Congress Party activists and supporters take part in a rally to commemorate the party's 134th foundation day and to protest against India's new citizenship law in Mumbai on December 28, 2019. / AFP / Indranil MUKHERJEE
Vietnam court sentences ex-minister to life in MobiFone corruption scandal 28 Dec 2019 - 09:14 am
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Nearly 2,000 evacuated, one missing as 'scary' cyclone hammers Fiji 28 Dec 2019 - 08:52 am
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Citizenship law: Protesting Indians get creative 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against a new citizenship law in Mumbai, India, December 27, 2019. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Nepal cracks down on illegal 'menstrual huts' after deaths 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm
In this 2014 archive photo, a 14-year old girl sits inside a Chaupadi shed in the hills of Legudsen village in Achham District in western Nepal. Reuters / Navesh Chitrakar
Noisy birds to holograms, eight curious property rights debates in 2019 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm
Small boats maneuver through the Amphawa floating market at Samut Songkhram province March 16, 2013. Reuters/Damir Sagolj
Philippines bans US senators, mulls visa for Americans 27 Dec 2019 - 09:52 pm
Donald Trump shakes hands with Rodrigo Duterte during the gala dinner marking ASEAN 50th anniversary in Manila, November 12, 2017. Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha
China launches Long March rocket as space race heats up 27 Dec 2019 - 06:18 pm
The Long March-5 Y3 rocket, China's largest carrier rocket, is transported to the launching site at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan province, China December 21, 2019. China Daily via Reuters
Hundreds of Indonesians hold solidarity rally for Uighurs 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm
Indonesian hardline Muslim group members take part in an anti-China rally in front of the Chinese colsulate in Surabaya, East Java, on December 27, 2019, to condemn China's government for rounding up an estimated one million Uighurs and other mostly Musli
India clamps down on marches, internet after deadly protests 27 Dec 2019 - 05:01 pm
A policewoman tries to detain a demonstrator during a protest against a new citizenship law, in New Delhi, India, December 27, 2019. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
12 killed, 49 hurt after plane crashes in Kazakhstan 27 Dec 2019 - 11:39 am
This handout picture taken on December 27, 2019 and released by Kazakhstan's emergencies committee shows resquers working at the site of a passenger plane crash outside Almaty. ( AFP / Kazakhstan's emergencies committee)
Norwegian, 71, told to leave India after joining citizenship law protest 27 Dec 2019 - 11:39 am
Demonstrators prepare placards before attending a protest march against a new citizenship law, in Kochi, India, December 23, 2019. (REUTERS/Sivaram V)
Sizzling temperatures hit Australia as wildfires persist 27 Dec 2019 - 11:22 am
Firetrucks are seen stationed on a road as a bushfire burns in Bargo, southwest of Sydney on December 21, 2019. (AFP / PETER PARKS)
Oxygen bar to fake rain: 10 ways India tried to beat its 'airpocalypse' 26 Dec 2019 - 08:28 pm
Indian policemen stand as traffic passes through the Civil Lines area of Allahabad on December 14, 2016. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
Japan executes first foreigner in 10 years in family murder 26 Dec 2019 - 03:33 pm
Japan's Justice Minister Masako Mori (top) speaks during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on December 26, 2019. (AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi)

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Members of specialized response teams enter the morgue of the Evangelical Medical Center of Nyankunde (CME) with the body of a person who died from Ebola virus disease to allow relatives to pay their last respects after washing, disinfection and safe body-wrapping procedures in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 13, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 1,000 cases, kills 254

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