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Fire in 17-story building in India's Mumbai kills 4 22 Aug 2018 - 01:53 pm
Firefighters carry the body of a victim killed in a fire at a residential building in Mumbai, India, August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Rohingya mark Eid, one year after Myanmar crisis began 22 Aug 2018 - 12:43 pm
Rohingya refugees offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhia district near Cox's Bazar on August 22, 2018. / AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR
China culls thousands of pigs as African swine fever spreads 22 Aug 2018 - 12:28 pm
File photo of workers in protective suits are seen by a truck at a plant of pork processor Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development, a subsidiary of WH Group, following a discovery of pigs infected by the African swine fever (ASF), in Zhengzhou, Henan Aug
Snappy salute: Philippines hails Diaz for Asian Games lift 22 Aug 2018 - 12:17 pm
Hidilyn Diaz of Philippines celebrate at the podium during the victory ceremony for the women's 53kg weightlifting event during the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on August 21, 2018. / AFP / MONEY SHARMA
Emotional farewells as North and South Koreans part for last time 22 Aug 2018 - 12:03 pm
South Korean Lee Keum-yeon (R), 87, talks with her North Korean relatives as they bid farewell at the last meeting of a three-day family reunion event at North Korea's Mount Kumgang resort on August 22, 2018. South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT / AFP
Fire in India's financial hub of Mumbai kills 4, injures 16 22 Aug 2018 - 11:42 am
Firefighters carry the body of a victim killed in a fire at a residential building in Mumbai, India, August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Pakistan's new PM proposes dialogue with India 21 Aug 2018 - 06:53 pm
A Pakistani man holds his smartphone, as he watches a broadcast of a speech of newly appointed Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, as he addresses the nation, in Karachi on August 19, 2018. (AFP / RIZWAN TABASSUM)
Thousands of relief camps sheltering 1.2 million people in flood-hit Kerala; massive cleanup begins 20 Aug 2018 - 09:01 pm
Flood-affected people wait to receive food inside a college auditorium, which has been converted into a temporary relief camp, in Kochi in the southern state of Kerala, India, August 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Sivaram V)
New Pakistan PM Khan calls for austerity; wants bullet-proof cars sold 20 Aug 2018 - 06:16 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan, speaks to the nation in his first televised address in Islamabad, Pakistan August 19, 2018. (Press Information Department (PID)/Handout via REUTERS)
Pakistan's 21-member Cabinet is sworn in; PM promises change 20 Aug 2018 - 06:00 pm
Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi listens during a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan August 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood)
Afghan forces free 149 hostages taken by Taliban in ambush 20 Aug 2018 - 12:40 pm
File photo shows Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers search vehicles at a checkpoint. (AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / File photo)
Tears as North and South Koreans meet after decades 20 Aug 2018 - 12:37 pm
Inter-Korean family reunion participants prepare to depart for North Korea from a hotel resort in Sokcho on August 20, 2018. / AFP / Ed JONES
Pakistan's largest province gets new chief minister 19 Aug 2018 - 09:18 pm
A journalist poses with a cell phone displaying Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, speaking to the nation in his first televised address, in Karachi, Pakistan August 19, 2018. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro)
Afghanistan announces Eid ceasefire with Taliban 19 Aug 2018 - 05:59 pm
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan July 15, 2018. (REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail/File Photo)
800,000 displaced in flooding in southern Indian state 19 Aug 2018 - 01:05 pm
This picture taken on August 18, 2018 shows a view of a flooded area in the north part of Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala. / AFP / STR
Fresh quake rocks Indonesia's Lombok island 19 Aug 2018 - 12:10 pm
Debris and dust is seen after a building collapsed during an earthquake in lombok, Indonesia, August 19, 2018 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Amre Mogen /via REUTERS
Elephants take the flag in Indonesia independence ceremony 18 Aug 2018 - 02:30 pm
Sumatran elephants carrying the Red and White Flag to the handler (Mahout) to be raised at the ceremony the commemoration of the 73rd Republic of Indonesia anniversary at the Sampoiniet Conservation Response Unit (CRU), Aceh Jaya Regency, Aceh, Indonesia,
N. Korea urges Trump to be 'bold' on denuclearisation 18 Aug 2018 - 12:16 pm
File photo of the North Korean Flag. Reuters

Europe

Smoke from a wildfire is seen near the town of Albendiego, in the Guadalajara province north of Madrid, on July 22, 2026. A wildfire that broke out on July 16 in La Mierla area, near Guadalajar has devastated 32,000 hectares and caused the evacuation of several hundred people. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP) Evacuees from Spain's wildfire struggle with scale of devastation
File photo Louvre heist gallery reopens to public, but with nothing to steal
A photograph taken on July 22, 2026 shows the site of an accident involving two trams that collided on the Erasmus Bridge, in Rotterdam, injuring 18 people including two in serious conditions. (Photo by Mitchell de Kwant / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT Trams collide on iconic Rotterdam bridge, 15 hurt
This aerial view shows the Hanklit cliff overlooking Limfjord on the Danish island of Mors, Denmark on July 9, 2026. (Photo by James Brooks / AFP) Danish fish fossil cliffs set to gain UNESCO status

Africa

A wildfire rages in a mountainous area near the town of Al Hachimia, Bouira Province, on July 21, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Over 100 hospitalised, 150 homes damaged in Algeria blazes
File photo Ebola death toll in Africa outbreak surpasses 1,000
This photo shows a view of a power station in Mateur on July 21, 2026. Tunisia has been experiencing a heatwave for a week, with temperatures exceeding 48 degrees celsius as people endure the ordeal of daily water and electricity cuts. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP) Extreme heatwave grips Tunisia as wide power cuts fuel frustration
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Americas

Representational file photo US oil inventories at lowest level since 1984
(FILES) An elderly woman walks in a street of Havana, on June 3, 2025. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) Cuba's population slide continued in 2025 to 9.4 mn
File photo Venezuela's ousted leader Maduro back in US court
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 21, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) US President pledges assistance to Lebanon

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