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Collapsed building
An aerial view taken on October 31, 2020, in Izmir shows Rescue workers searching for survivors in a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's western coast and parts of Greece. A powerful earthquake hit Turkey and Greece on October 30, killing at least 26 people, levelling buildings and creating a sea surge that flooded streets near the Turkish resort city of Izmir. / AFP / Ozan KOSE
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Deadly quake

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BAYRAKLI, Turkey, Oct 31, 2020 (AFP) - Rescuers dug through heavy blocks of concrete with their bare hands Saturday in a desperate search for survivors

Swab test
A medical worker takes a nasal swab sample from a student to test for COVID-19 at the Brooklyn Health Medical Alliance urgent care pop up testing site as infection rates spike in New York City. The United States passed nine million reported coronavirus cases on October 30, 2020, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University, as infections spike days before the nation chooses its next president. The country, which has seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 outbreak since mid-October, has now charted 9,007,298 cases, according to a real-time count by the Baltimore-based school. / AFP / Angela Weiss
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US passes 9 million coronavirus cases as infections spike

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WASHINGTON, Oct 31, 2020 (AFP) - The United States passed nine million reported coronavirus cases on Friday and broke its own record for daily new

Knifeman
This picture shows the tribute to one of the victims of a knife attacker, outside the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice. A 47-year-old man believed to have been in contact with the suspected knifeman who killed three at a church in Nice has been detained for questioning, a judicial source said on October 30, 2020. The man was detained late Thursday after the attack at the city's Notre-Dame basilica by a 21-year-old Tunisian who arrived in France on October 9. / AFP / Valery HACHE
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Knifeman kills 3 at Nice church, elderly woman almost beheaded

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NICE, France, Oct 30, 2020 (AFP) - A knife-wielding man killed three people at a church in southern France Thursday, practically beheading a 60-year-old woman

Respect a Mon prophete
A man holds up a sign reading in French "respect my prophet" during a gathering outside the Great Mosque of Bamako on October 28, 2020, called to condemn French President Emmanuel Macron remarks after he has strongly defended secular values and the right to mock religion following the murder of a French schoolteacher who had shown his class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. SEYDOU CAMARA / AFP
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‘Deep concern’ over Mohammed cartoon tensions

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UNITED NATIONS, United States, Oct 29, 2020 (AFP) - The head of a UN anti-extremism body expressed "deep concern" Wednesday about growing tensions over satirical

Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses thousands of supporters during a campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear Airport October 28, 2020 in Goodyear, Arizona. With less than a week until Election Day, Trump and his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, are campaigning across the country. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
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Biden says halting virus will take hard work, as Trump stumps non-stop

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WILMINGTON, United States, Oct 28, 2020 (AFP) - Democrat Joe Biden insisted Wednesday he will tackle coronavirus from Day 1 if elected president but warned

Tony Chung
Tony Chung posing near the water in Hong Kong. Chung, 19, who was among the first arrested under Beijing's new national security law, was detained on October 27, 2020 close to the US consulate, local media and activists reported. ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP
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HK teen activist Tony Chung charged with secession

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ON Thursday with secession, the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping new national security law Beijing imposed on the city. Tony

Joe Biden
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden waves to supporters as he finishes speaking during a drive-in campaign rally in the parking lot of Cellairis Ampitheatre on October 27, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden is campaigning in Georgia on Tuesday, with scheduled stops in Atlanta and Warm Springs. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
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Biden insists he’ll tackle virus as Trump pushes ‘super-recovery’

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WARM SPRINGS, United States, Oct 28, 2020 (AFP) - Joe Biden flayed Donald Trump on Tuesday with accusations the US President has surrendered to a