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Smoke rises over the Azovstal iron and steel works company in Mariupol, Donetsk People’s Republic.
Caption:United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a third operation is underway to try and evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol.Photo credit:AFP /Russian State-owned agency Sputnik
People gather to receive humanitarian aid in a car park in Mariupol on 29 April.
Servicemen of the Russian Marine Corps guard the area of Azovstal plant.
Coogee Beach shark attack victim Leah Stewart with her daughter before the June 2026 shark attack
A soldier looks through binoculars during combat exercises and training of the navy of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the waters around the Taiwan Island, 5 August, 2022. T
The 32-year-old was a co-host of a podcast that had last posted an episode on the day of the murder. (YouTube)
Rescue workers evacuate an injured person from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 24, 2026. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Venezuela on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported, triggering panic in Caracas, according to AFP journalists. The tremor, which was followed by several aftershocks, was also felt in Colombia. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP)
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Juan Manuel Leon Sandoval’s case was heard in the Hamilton District Court.
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