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Images of Piton de la Fournaise volcano erupting in France's Reunion Island

With the curfew in force because of the pandemic, hikers have decided to camp on the slopes of the volcano, which is erupting for the first time this year

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Ash and smoke rise from La Soufriere volcano on Saint Vincent

Smoke and ash continued to cover the island of St. Vincent on Saturday after a volcano erupted forcing residents to evacuate their homes and seek shelter

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Bikini skiing event marks end of the winter season at Sochi.

Hundreds of skiers and snowboarders have swapped their winter gear for shorts and bikinis during the end-of-the-season mountain festival in Russia's Sochi.

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Protest in Paris metro against "the profiteers" of the pandemic

Activists from the global justice movement Attac organise a poster display in the Bercy metro station in Paris.

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Egyptian mission discovers mortuary city in Luxor

Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old lost city, complete with mud brick houses, artifacts, and tools from pharaonic times.

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New York exhibition celebrates Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama

One year after it was originally scheduled, the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx is opening the exhibition "KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature"

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Kosovo: Mannequins used in protest against virus restrictions

A Kosovar restaurant owner is holding an unusual protest - setting mannequins instead of clients on the empty chairs of his closed restaurant.

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Russian-US crew departs to ISS for six month mission

The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft launched on Friday to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Police fire tear gas, arrest demonstrators against Monusco in DRC

Police fire tear gas, arrest demonstrators against Monusco in DRC

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Thousands evacuated following flash floods in Indonesia

Thousands evacuated following flash floods in Indonesia

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Israelis stand silent as siren marks Holocaust Day

Israelis stand silent as siren marks Holocaust Day

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New York Philharmonic brings music back to Lincoln Center

The New York Philharmonic brings music back to Lincoln Center for the first time since the start of the pandemic

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Bolivia Polluted Lake Clean Up

Pan of plastics and other trash piled up on lake

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Protesters hurl stones and petrol bombs in Northern Ireland

Protesters hurl stones and petrol bombs in Northern Ireland

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Chinese tech company develops robo dogs

meet the AlphaDog, a robotic response to two of China's burgeoning loves: pets and technology.

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Rwanda Genocide Anniversary

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame on Wednesday commemorated the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, during a solemn ceremony in Kigali.

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'Grim reaper' artist in Berlin protests Brazil virus stance

Multimedia artist Rafael Puetter, who has been in Berlin for five years and originally comes from Rio de Janeiro, made his nightly excursion in the small hours of Wednesday just as Brazil for the first time reported a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths exceeding 4,000.

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Candidate kicks off campaign in northern Mexico inside a coffin

Carlos Mayorga, candidate for federal representative in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, on the border with the United States, launches his election campaign inside a coffin to draw attention

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Bavaria signs 'preliminary contract' for doses of Sputnik V vaccine

German state of Bavaria has negotiated 'preliminary contract' for 2.5 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.

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Yemen gravediggers, bulldozer struggle against Covid

Between the mountain ranges of Taez, dozens of fresh graves are being hastily dug in Yemen's third city to deal with a spike in deaths from Covid-linked complications.