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Africa

  • Troops sitting in the back of military vehicles as they drive along a road

    Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram in Chibok

    Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014
  • A man stands at a podium reading from a script. Behind him hangs a large image showing a seated woman, her head bowed in grief, holding the body of a child completely wrapped in a winding-sheet

    War, grief and hope: the stories behind the World Press Photo award-winners

  • Tony-Jason, eight months, and his mother, Melissa, at home in Soa, near Yaoundé, Cameroon, with the mosquito nets in their bedroom.

    New types of mosquito bed nets could cut malaria risk by up to half, trial finds

  • Cattle-drawn haycart

    Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds

  • Side-by-side composite of Kagame shaking Rishi Sunak’s hand outside No 10, and Kagame in the crowd at the Arsenal match

    Rwandan leader went to Arsenal game as country marked 30 years since genocide

  • A patrol of Afghan and British troops in Helmand in 2010. The UK is considering a Lords’ amendment to the Rwanda bill allowing some exemptions.

    Sunak considering exemptions to Rwanda bill for some Afghans

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Americas

  • Toussaint ‘L’Ouverture

    France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’

    Coalition of civil society groups says Paris should return harsh reparations imposed on Caribbean state two hundred years ago
  • A long, close line of people carrying backpacks trudges along a muddy jungle trail.

    Panama’s presidential frontrunner vows to ‘close’ Darién Gap

  • In a scene with the sky the same silver gray color as the water, towers appear to sit in the middle.

    US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as hope for democracy crumbles

  • A woman brought her seemingly dead uncle to a bank in Brazil for a loan.

    Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’

  • a man speaks from behind a lectern

    Six men arrested in Toronto gold heist that ‘belongs in a Netflix series’

  • Conservation officials shipped Emerson away ‘far from human habitation’ for his peace.

    Elephant seal makes ‘epic’ trek back after Canadian officials relocate him

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Asia Pacific

  • Flock of Merino Rams.

    Ram believed responsible for deaths of elderly New Zealand couple

    Police say the sheep was shot dead after confronting officers called to the property in Waitakere, west of Auckland
  • Michael Pezzullo

    Australia needs a plan for war to ‘focus the national mind’, Michael Pezzullo says

  • Richard Marles

    Australia plans for a ‘less certain’ future in Asia — one where the US may not remain the dominant force

  • US marines take part in a joint amphibious assault exercise as part of the annual 'Balikatan' (shoulder-to-shoulder) US-Philippines war exercises in 2022.

    China sounds warning after Philippines and US announce most expansive military drills yet

  • Mount Ruang in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province spews hot lava and smoke as the volcano erupts.

    Indonesia volcano eruption sparks tsunami fears

  • A child reaches up to touch the cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo

    Japan to allow divorced parents to share custody of children

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Australia

  • Detective Superintendent Ben Fadian speaks to media during a press conference at Queensland Police Service Headquarters in Brisbane

    High-ranking Queensland police officers under scrutiny over offensive social media activity

    Exclusive: Ethical standards command launches internal review as Guardian Australia unearths Facebook posts dating back years
  • cockatoo and lorikeet

    Love nest: how a musk lorikeet fell for a red-tailed black cockatoo

  • Young people standing outside shops using single-use vaping products.

    Australian states and territories united in support of federal bill banning non-prescription vapes

  • Centrepay Composite featuring Centrepay logo atop generic image of white goods and a standard lease. agreement

    Landlords charging Centrepay transaction fees to vulnerable tenants against scheme policy

  • Barbed wire at Don Dale youth detention centre in Darwin.

    UN watchdog warns Australia after failure to provide timely report on detention conditions

  • NSW premier Chris Minns and police commissioner Karen Webb arrive to pay their respects to the victims of the Bondi Junction massacre

    Sydney church stabbing: social media pages ‘infamous’ for spreading misinformation taken down

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Europe

  • Two soldiers with guns in front of an armoured vehicle

    Germany arrests two dual nationals on suspicion of plotting attacks for Russia

    Men accused of working with secret service to target sites, including US military bases, to undermine Ukraine support
  • Students walking on a wide path outside in the sun on a university campus, with grass and trees outside and a building in the background

    Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit mobility for UK and EU young people

  • Alexandre and Frédéric Arnault attending the annual shareholders meeting of LVMH in Paris, France on Thursday.

    Two sons of world’s richest man Bernard Arnault join him on board of LVMH

  • Hands hold a photo in a frame of 17-year-old young man

    All 48 victims of 1981 Dublin nightclub fire unlawfully killed, inquest finds

  • Police van parked outside police cordon with officers and pedestrians in background

    Man arrested after two schoolgirls injured in knife attack in France

  • The EU flag flies outside parliament in London in 2022.

    Europe: Brussels proposes free movement deal for UK’s 18- to 30-year-olds – as it happened

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Middle East

  • ‘Forced the decisions on to authors’ … PEN America

    Writers withdraw from PEN America literary awards in support of Gaza

    Authors and translators say PEN America has ‘had no criticism of American complicity in the bombardment of Gaza’, in stark contrast to other national centres of the organisation
  • Israeli soldiers approach a ruined apartment building

    Middle East crisis: UN security council to vote on granting membership to Palestine – as it happened

  • A person stands surrounded by flood water caused by heavy rains, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday.

    Dubai floods: Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record rains

  • Rishi Sunak speaking to MPs in the Commons

    Cameron and Truss: former PMs stage their comebacks – Politics Weekly UK

  • Arial image of tents in Rafah

    Israel reportedly deploys extra weapons for assumed Rafah offensive

  • David Cameron addresses reporters on Israel visit

    Israel ‘making decision to act’ after Iran attack, says Cameron on Jerusalem visit

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South and Central Asia

  • Diagram showing 20 of the snake's vertebrae.

    Fossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western India

    Scientists estimate Vasuki indicus was up to 15m long, weighed a tonne and would have constricted its prey
  • Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi

    Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s jailed former leader, moved to house arrest, says junta

  • Salman Khan, wearing a white shirt, waves to fans

    Gang members fire at Bollywood star’s home in antelope killing row

  • Women and young children pull luggage as they queue to board a plane

    Delays by Home Office risk return of vulnerable Afghan families to Taliban

  • Emergency workers use a boat to evacuate people in floodwater

    Russia and Kazakhstan evacuate tens of thousands amid worst floods in decades

  • Members of the Karen National Liberation Army and the People’s Defence Force collect weapons after they captured an army outpost in the southern part of Myawaddy township in Myanmar on 11 March

    Blow for Myanmar’s military as rebels say hundreds have surrendered at key border town

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UK

  • Post Office logo

    Post Office was urged by external lawyers to ‘suppress’ key document, inquiry hears

    Email was sent suggesting postal company should withhold disclosing investigation guidelines
  • Andy Street wearing pink tie standing inside an empty train holding on to a pole in an aisle.

    Andy Street ditches Tories in West Midlands mayoral campaign material

  • Andrew Malkinson raises a fist signifying victory, wearing a shirt that says: 'Innocent. And not the only one …'

    Criminal Cases Review Commission apologises to Andrew Malkinson for handling of case

  • Nicola Sturgeon arrives with husband Peter Murrell at the Broomhouse Community Hall polling station, Glasgow, as voting begins in the local government elections in 2022. Peter Murrell was previously arrested in April last year.

    Peter Murrell rearrested in SNP finances investigation

  • Mark Menzies, left, and Rishi Sunak standing in front of a wood-panelled wall

    UK politics: Tory HQ resists calls to refer Menzies allegations to police – as it happened

  • KitKat chocolate bar

    KitKat owner Nestlé fights off push to cut back on unhealthy products

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US

  • FILE - Dickey Betts, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, exits the funeral of Gregg Allman at Snow's Memorial Chapel, June 3, 2017, in Macon, Ga. Guitar legend Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was 80. (Jason Vorhees/The Macon Telegraph via AP, File)

    Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and guitarist, dies aged 80

    Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who wrote the band’s biggest hit, Ramblin’ Man, dies at home in Florida ‘surrounded by his whole family’
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  • Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols prepare to testify before the US senate on Larry Nassar’s abuse.

    Larry Nassar abuse survivors to be paid $100m over FBI failure

  • A cloned black-footed ferret

    Two endangered black-footed ferrets cloned from frozen tissue samples

  • The Baphomet statue at the Satanic Temple

    US man arrested for allegedly throwing pipe bomb at Satanic Temple

  • An arm restraint on the gurney in the the execution chamber

    Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US

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