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Honduras burns 3.3 tonnes of cocaine seized from cartels
Honduras burns 3.3 tonnes of cocaine seized from cartels
Traders evacuate burning market in El Salvador
Traders are evacuated and emergency services work at the scene as a huge fire burns at San Salvador's San Miguelito market.
Bolivian Cholitas play football at top of a mountain
The Cholitas Climbers - a group of Bolivian Aymara women dedicated to climbing mountains - played a football match at 5,890 meters altitude on the Huayna Potosi mountain near La Paz.
Greek and Italian schools reopen for new academic year
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Hurricane Ida: flooded streets and destroyed homes at LaPlace in Louisiana
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Greek police fire tear gas as 7,000 protest vaccine rules in Athens
Around 7,000 people protested in Athens on Sunday against a new rule obliging health workers to get vaccinated against Covid-19, said police who fired teargas to quell violence among the demonstrators
Thousands march at Pride Parade in Copenhagen
Thousands of people march through the streets of Copenhagen in Denmark to celebrate and defend LGBTI+ equality around the world.
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Spain remembers victims of two violent terrorist attacks in 2017
Four years ago today, a van plowed through pedestrians along Barcelona's Las Ramblas, leaving many dead and more injured.
Chaos as thousands flee Afghanistan after Taliban takeover
Thousands of people packed into the Afghan capital's airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government.
A London bar serving cocktails for humans and their dogs
"After Bark", a newly-opened bar and café in East London, takes dog-friendly to a whole new level by catering to humans and their pets with a mix of alcoholic cocktails for humans and "puptails" for dogs.
Guadeloupe hospital says emergency rooms are saturated
In Guadeloupe, emergency rooms are saturated with patients suffering from Covid-19.
Activists form human chain around Garzweiler mine in Germany
About 2,500 people in western Germany demonstrated for a quick halt to coal mining in the region, where a village could be bulldozed to make way for a mine's continued operation.
Participants in the protest formed a 4-kilometer human chain.
Therapy dogs bring joy to kids at Chile hospital
At a children's hospital in Santiago, Chile there is a flurry of excitement over a delegation of special visitors: a four-legged quartet has arrived to offer some reprieve from sickness and pain with their wagging tails and soulful eyes.
Anti-Olympics protesters gather near Tokyo stadium
Anti-Olympics protesters gather near Tokyo stadium
First foreign tourists arrive in Greece following reopening
Tourists flew into Athens on Friday as Greece officially kicked off its tourist season.