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Hong Kong extradition row sparks parliament scuffles 11 May 2019 - 08:32 am
Pro-democracy lawmakers clash with pro-Beijing lawmakers during a meeting for control of a meeting room to consider the controversial extradition bill, in Hong Kong, China May 11, 2019. REUTERS/James Pomfret
Mexican official resigns as HIV drug shortage sparks outcry 10 May 2019 - 11:12 pm
Carlos Magis confirmed to the Thomson Reuters Foundation via text message local media reports that he had quit his job as director of comprehensive care at the national HIV/AIDS agency, Censida, but declined to give further details.Photo: Linkedin.com
Nurse's rape and murder sparks protest in Bangladesh 10 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
Students of Ibn Sina Nursing Institute stage a human chain in Kalyanpur yesterday, protesting the rape and killing of Shahinoor Akhter Tania. Photo courtesy: The Daily Star
Gangs to gardens: Kenyan youth shun crime to create green spaces 10 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
Members of Komb Green Solutions pose for a picture in Korogocho, Kenya on March 27, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Thomas Bwire
Conflicts uproot a record 41 mln in their own countries 10 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
Internally displaced Syrians wait near the Bab al-Salam crossing, opposite the Turkey's Kilis province, on the outskirts of the northern Syrian border town of Azaz in this Reuters file photo
Tripoli urges Trump to stop Haftar's backers meddling in Libya 10 May 2019 - 08:47 pm
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj speaks during a press conference on July 17, 2016 in Tunis (AFP)
Social networks under intense surveillance in Pakistan 10 May 2019 - 08:28 pm
In this file photo taken on May 9, 2014 Pakistani vendors use computers to upload music and video files onto their client's mobile phones at a market in Faisalabad. AFP / Farooq Naeem
Three migrants drown off Tunisian coast, dozens missing 10 May 2019 - 08:28 pm
Migrants are seen onboard a Libyan Coast Guard vessel following a rescue operation in central Mediterranean Sea, January 31, 2018. Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis
Hungary stems migrant flow, but issue remains big in EU vote 10 May 2019 - 10:27 am
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (C) and Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel speak during an Informal Summit of Heads of State or Government of the EU countries in Sibiu, central Romania on May 9, 2019. AFP / POOL / OLIVIER HOSLET
Venezuela: Guaido call for new protests on Saturday 10 May 2019 - 09:51 am
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country's rightful interim ruler, gestures during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Indian politicians don't walk the talk on women 10 May 2019 - 12:09 am
A worker displays T-shirts with images of Mamata Banerjee Narendra ModiM Rahul Gandhi and logo of CPI-M for sale inside a shop in Kolkata, India, March 26, 2019. Reuters / Rupak De Chowdhuri
Displaced by fighting then by mudslides, Colombians struggle to rebuild 10 May 2019 - 12:09 am
Landslide survivor Eugenia Torres and her friends stand behind a home in a flood prone area in Mocoa, Colombia, March 28, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Anastasia Moloney
Lebanon students get classes in surviving war and disasters 10 May 2019 - 12:09 am
Volunteers conduct a first-aid check on a student during a safety drill at ATakmiliyat Al Kobba 2nd School in Tripoli, Lebanon, March 28, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Heba Kenso
Indigenous party aims to win big in India poll with land rights focus 10 May 2019 - 12:09 am
Members of the Dongria Kondh tribe attend a protest demanding the ouster of a Vedanta Limited alumina plant in Lanjigarh in the eastern state of Odisha, India, June 5, 2018 Reuters/Krishna N Das
UK urged to spend £1 bln a year on flood defences as world warms 09 May 2019 - 11:09 pm
England is at high risk from flooding as sea levels rise and climate change drives more extreme weather.
Poor Pakistani women trafficked as 'brides' to China 09 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
A Chinese bride takes a self portrait before her symbolic wedding in Fuessen, May 31, 2012. Reuters/Michael Dalder
In Syria's Aleppo, the customers are back in the bathhouse 09 May 2019 - 03:38 pm
A girl carries a stack of bread on her head as she walks near rubble of damaged buildings in Aleppo's Kalasa district, Syria April 12, 2019. Picture taken April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
BBC radio presenter sacked for 'racist' royal baby tweet 09 May 2019 - 02:58 pm
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