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Samba schools show their talents at Rio Carnival parade

Samba schools show their talents at Rio Carnival parade

High-tech Start-Ups in Croatia: Rimac Automobili pushing electric car limits

High-tech Start-Ups in Croatia: Rimac Automobili pushing electric car limits

"Sack race for men only in the CDU": a carnival float depicting the leadership race, seen during the Rose Monday carnival street parade in Dusseldorf, February 24, 2020.

Angela Merkel’s CDU to elect new leader in April to try to revive fortunes

Sebastião Salgado: world-famous photographer's Genesis exhibition comes to Lyon

Sebastião Salgado: world-famous photographer's Genesis exhibition comes to Lyon

The Green Revolution - faster, cheaper and more efficient telescopic windturbines

The Green Revolution - faster, cheaper and more efficient telescopic windturbines

Samba schools show their talents at Rio Carnival parade

Samba schools show their talents at Rio Carnival parade

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Samba schools show their talents at Rio Carnival parade

Samba schools show their talents at Rio Carnival parade

Chile protesters face off against police at Viña del Mar festival

Chile protesters face off against police at Viña del Mar festival

Iraqi students hold anti-government protests

Iraqi students hold anti-government protests

Iran quake hits villages in Turkey, kills at least nine people

Iran quake hits villages in Turkey, kills at least nine people

Bolivians clean up after river flood forces evacuation

Bolivians clean up after river flood forces evacuation

Residents queue for supplies at supermarket after COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak

Residents queue for supplies at supermarket after coronavirus outbreak

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World

Protesters march for Assange's release

Protesters march for Assange

Louvre opens all-night for free for last weekend of Da Vinci exhibition

Louvre pulls an all-nighter for last weekend of Da Vinci exhibition

Macron tells farmers he opposes cuts to agricultural subsidies

Macron tells farmers he opposes cuts to agricultural subsidies

Business

Strength in numbers: the benefits when firms join forces

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Strength in numbers: the benefits when firms join forces

European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Brussels, Feb. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU warns Facebook: Don't 'push away' responsibility over regulation

Flower pow(d)er: Smelling this year's Valentine roses could leave you on a real high

Smelling this year's Valentine roses could leave you on a real high

Sport

Continued success for Japan's judoka and young Georgian in Düsseldorf

Continued success for Japan's judoka and young Georgian in Düsseldorf

Abe siblings star on Day 1 of the 2020 Dusseldorf Grand Slam

Abe siblings star on Day 1 of the 2020 Dusseldorf Grand Slam

Racism in football: "The message being sent is devastating"

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Carnival kicks off in Rio with traditional Carmelitas street party

Carnival kicks off in Rio with traditional Carmelitas street party

Macron defends EU agricultural policy at Paris showcase

Macron defends EU agricultural policy at Paris showcase

Taiwan military disinfects plane carrying coronavirus ship evacuees

Taiwan military disinfects plane carrying coronavirus ship evacuees

Europe

Tough border control awaits migrants attempting to reach EU from Bosnia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tough border control awaits migrants attempting to reach EU

France's oldest nuclear plant Fessenheim turns off one reactor

France's oldest nuclear plant Fessenheim turns off one reactor

A woman with a protective facemask walks across the Piazza del Duomo, in front of the Duomo, in central Milan.

COVID-19: World must act 'to prevent a potential pandemic' says WHO

Culture

Venice Carnival starts amid 'coronavirus and high tide fears'

'Coronavirus and high-tide fears' impacts Venice Carnival tourism

Storm Ciara winds force cancellation of Galway 2020 European Culture Capital ceremony

Storm Ciara forces cancellation of Galway's European Culture ceremony

Maryam Touzani's 'Adam' looks at the lives of two isolated Moroccan women in a patriarchal society

Touzani's 'Adam' looks at the lives of two isolated Moroccan women

Travel

Camel milk chocolate: Moving from the desert to the dessert table

Camel milk chocolate: Moving from the desert to the dessert table

Dubai Creek: Discover a lost Arabian world

Dubai Creek: Discover a lost Arabian world

Dubai acts to stem the tide of single use plastic

Dubai acts to stem the tide of single use plastic

Sci-tech

Graphene: Meet the material of the future that's 200 times stronger than steel

Meet the material of the future that's 200 times stronger than steel

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has produced the highest resolution image of the Sun’s surface ever taken.

Hot shot: Solar telescope captures the Sun in unprecedented detail

Climate control: Stockholm named world’s smartest city as it aims for climate positive footprint

Climate control: Stockholm named world’s smartest city as it aims for climate positive footprint