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Africa's week in pictures: 25 - 31 August
Diver ‘Merman Mike’ finds your treasures under water
Antique statue seized in US looting inquiry
Sarina Wiegman: England boss dedicates Uefa coach of the year award to Spain
Clarence Thomas: US Supreme Court judge acknowledges paid-for trips
BBC gets first glimpse of devastation in Cedar Key
Nuclear weapons testing cause of radioactivity in wild boars, study says
Meloni's partner Andrea Giambruno criticised for Italy rape remarks
Luis Rubiales' mother taken to hospital on third day of hunger strike
China map: India lodges 'strong protest' over territory claims
Russia’s kamikaze drones raining down on Ukraine's east
Netflix: Streamers expansion into gaming is 'natural extension'
On patrol with Tunisia's coast guard: Nine boats in 24 hours
Ukraine war: 'Drone attack' hits airport in northwest Russia city of Pskov
Rare footage of St Elmo's Fire as hurricane approaches
Ukraine war: Hundreds bid farewell to fighter ace Juice
Helicopter crash: US marines killed in Australia identified
Saudi Arabia's multi-billion dollar football powerhouse bet
India Club in London: Iconic restaurant to shut after 70 years
Bears encroach on evacuated Canadian town of Yellowknife
Evergrande: Shares in the crisis-hit Chinese developer plunge by 80%
Zambia-Egypt plane seizure: The cash and fake gold that no-one is claiming
How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco
The mobile game funding a revolution in Myanmar
Hallstatt: Austrian town protests against mass tourism
France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools
Mancini named new Saudi Arabia football coach
The indiscriminate devastation of Canada's raging wildfires
Spain head coach Jorge Vilda criticises 'inappropriate' Luis Rubiales kiss
Ukraine war: Fighter ace and two other pilots killed in mid-air crash
Jacksonville shooting: Several dead at Dollar General store in Florida
Bob Barker, who hosted The Price Is Right for 35 years, dies aged 99
The Rubiales World Cup kiss row... in 75 seconds
Luis Rubiales kissing Jenni Hermoso unleashes social tsunami in Spain
Spain Hermoso: Fans and players protest over Rubiales kiss
Dutch Grand Prix 2023: Zandvoort imposes car ban on travelling F1 fans
Gladstone family urged to pay slavery reparations to Jamaica
France to spend €200m destroying wine as demand falls
Niger junta gives French envoy 48 hours to leave
Kleenex is pulling out of Canada due to 'unique complexities'
Rohingya: Gang violence stalks world's largest refugee camp
Africa's week in pictures: 18-24 August 2023
US government sues Elon Musk's SpaceX over hiring policy
Putin breaks silence over Prigozhin's reported death
Key moments from Republican presidential debate so far
Trump's surrender at Georgia jail explained...in 90 seconds
Nepal gay marriage 'victory' hits legal roadblock
Ros Atkins on... Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russia: Video shows plane crash in Kuzhenkino
How South Africa's oldest Quran was saved by Cape Town Muslims
Ukraine war: Three elderly civilians killed in Russian strikes, say officials
Pakistan cable car: Children brought to safety along zip line
Tropical Storm Harold makes landfall in Texas
Wagner chief Prigozhin seen in first video address since coup attempt
Brics summit: How China's and Russia's clout is growing in Africa
What to know about the first Republican debate
Canada wildfires: Trudeau criticises Facebook over news ban amid crisis
Trump bail set at $200,000 in Georgia election case
Women's World Cup: Spain's jubilant champions arrive in Madrid
X removes holocaust denying post after Auschwitz Museum criticism
Greece wildfires: Authorities on alert for new spate of blazes
China cuts key interest rate as recovery falters
Donald Trump confirms he will skip Republican presidential debates
Maiden Pharmaceuticals: Fury in The Gambia a year after cough syrup deaths
Olga Carmona told after Women's World Cup final that father has died
Niger coup leader Gen Tchiani promises to handover power in three years
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us star, dies aged 66
Ukraine war: Russia says drone injures five at Kursk railway station
Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon
Canada wildfires: At least 30,000 households told to evacuate as fires approach
Miyu Pranoto: Dance prodigy, 9, blazes trail for girls
Sudan conflict: Black market AK-47s flood Sudan's capital
How a suicide bomb attack changed the lives of UN aid workers
Canada wildfires: 'It started raining pine cones and tree bark'
Canada wildfires: Residents scramble to flee fires in Kelowna and Yellowknife
Russia sanctions UK politicians and journalists
Sebastian Kurz: Ex-Austria leader charged with misleading parliament
Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature
Evergrande: China property giant files for bankruptcy in US
Africa's week in pictures: 11-17 August 2023
Wildfire evacuees frustrated by Facebook news ban in Canada
Abused and stalked, US election workers are bracing for 2024
Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh: More rain, less snow are turning Himalayas dangerous
Transgender women banned from women's chess events
Channel migrants: France arrests four people over fatal sinking
Pascale Ferrier jailed for 22 years for mailing Donald Trump ricin
Ukraine war: University students grapple with rules under conflict
Trevian Kutti: Who is ex-Kanye West publicist indicted with Trump?
Mob attacks churches in Pakistan blasphemy row
Tenerife wildfires lead to evacuation of villages
Afghan women escape for a chance at education
Trump's court and campaign schedule is looking chaotic
Texas woman awarded $1.2bn in revenge porn case
Rudy Giuliani jailed mobsters with a charge he now faces
Weak currency boosts Japanese economy
Michael Oher, subject of The Blind Side, alleges 'adoptive parents' tricked him
Why fashion brands are putting celebrities in charge
Five key moments in the crushing of Afghan women's rights
Taiwan VP a 'troublemaker' for US visit: Beijing
Israelis seek opportunities abroad amid unrest at home
When a 'fire hurricane' hit, Maui's warning sirens never sounded
Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo
Egypt Rabaa killings pain lingers 10 years on
Talking to the Taliban: Right or wrong?
Cambodia: Thousands of war-era explosives found buried at high school
How did Netflix know I was gay before I did?
Nelson Chamisa: The comeback preacher who wants to be Zimbabwe president
Mutanjan: The meat-and-rice dessert loved by Indian royals
Maui fire: Search for victims intensifies after 80 deaths
Hawaii fires: Relatives of residents struggle to help from afar
Harry Kane's move to Germany... in 68 seconds
Hawaii fires: How Pinky's famous truck saved lives in Lahaina
Hawaii fires deadliest natural disaster in state history
Judge Chuktan warns Trump against 'inflammatory' remarks before trial
Niger coup: Fear and anger in Niamey as Ecowas threatens force
China floods: The families torn apart by 'huge, furious waves'
Ukraine war: Sex lives in focus for Ukraine's injured veterans
Yemen: Oil salvaged from abandoned 'time bomb' tanker in Red Sea
Staged videos fuel religious hate and misogyny in India
Africa's week in pictures: 4 - 10 August 2023
Ecuador politician murder suspects are Colombian, police say
Virgin Galactic: First space tourism mission after decades of promises
Georgia doctor decapitated baby using 'excessive force' in delivery
Donald Trump and Walt Nauta plead not guilty to latest charges in documents case
Famous tree and centuries-old church hit by Hawaii fires
Canada accuses China of targeting lawmaker in misinformation campaign
Storm Hans: Floodwaters in Norway send mobile home crashing into bridge
US concerned for ousted Niger president Mohamed Bazoum's health
US to bar and screen some tech investments in China
Amazon nations fall short of agreed goal to end deforestation
WeWork: Shares slide as it raises 'substantial doubt' over future
Niger coup: Fact-checking misinformation spreading online
Texas woman seriously injured after hawk drops snake on her
Carbon credits - land grab or the Amazon’s future?
Tory Lanez: Sentencing for shooting of Megan Thee Stallion delayed
Investigating the 'spiritual healers' sexually abusing women
Nigeria's President Tinubu faces backlash over military intervention in Niger
Will electric flying taxis live up to their promise?
Simon & Schuster: Publisher to be sold for $1.6bn
Ukraine war: Several killed in Russian missile strike eastern Ukraine, officials say
Four soldiers killed in Israeli strike in Damascus, says Syria
Families in Turkey's quake cities battle dust and rubble six months on
Belarus isolates political prisoners to break their spirit
Israeli security forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank
Slovenia floods 'worst-ever natural disaster'
Chatbots: Why does White House want hackers to trick AI?
Donald Trump social media post flagged by prosecutors in court filing
Ukraine war: Russia hits blood transfusion centre, says Zelensky
Italian fugitive caught in Corfu thanks to photo celebrating football win
Hun Sen: Cambodia election result confirms expected win for PM
Watch: Chaos breaks out at NYC giveaway event
Mark Margolis: Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul actor dies at 83
Florida deputy jumps onto a speeding runaway boat
Alexei Navalny braces for new verdict as Kremlin clamps down
Devastating wildfires spur new detection systems
Blackpink: Jisoo’s new relationship with Ahn Bo-hyun rocks K-pop world
Freddie Mercury: Contents of former home being sold at auction
Fremantle Highway: Disaster averted as burnt car carrier reaches port
This 93-year-old went to all 63 US national parks
Heartstopper: 'How the series helped me open up about my sexuality in later life'
Niger: US announces partial evacuation of embassy
Timelapse shows rain drenching Las Vegas
Atlantic orcas 'learning from adults' to target boats
El Salvador rings off entire region to hem in gangs
Niger coup: A litmus test for democracy in West Africa
Fitch downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA+
'It's like playing with death' - Ukraine's female front line soldiers
The fury in Pakistan sparked by a misogynist minister
Sturgeon Moon: Supermoon pictures from around the world
National Party: Irish far-right party's stolen gold bars sparks funding query