The death toll from Japan's New Year's Day earthquake topped 100 on Saturday, with over 200 people still missing, marking the country's deadliest quake in nearly eight years. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck Japan's west coast caused widespread destruction, leaving 23,000 homes without power in the Hokuriku region. (AFP)
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Rescuers sifted through rubble on January 6 as focus turned to recovering bodies rather than finding survivors five days after a huge earthquake struck central Japan, with 98 people now confirmed killed. (AFP)
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As the search for survivors under collapsed buildings entered its sixth day, over 30,000 evacuees awaited aid, highlighting the ongoing urgency and scale of the disaster. (AP)
Earlier on Saturday, the reported death toll had reached 98, with two additional deaths reported in Anamizu city during officials' daily meeting to discuss strategy and assess damages. (AFP)
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White smoke rises as firefighters work amid the wreckage from a fire at a burnt market in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. A series of powerful quakes set off a large fire in the town of Wajima, as well as tsunamis and landslides in the region. (Kyodo News via AP)(AP)
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Elon Musk and U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shake hands at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from a video. REUTERS/Idrees Ali
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The Israel army urged Gazans to evacuate areas near the border, after it unleashed a wave of deadly overnight strikes, the most intense since a ceasefire began in January.
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After nine months of being stranded at the International Space Station, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, returned back to Earth on the SpaceX Crew Dragon with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov
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Nagpur violence: Police personnel near charred remains of a vehicle, a day after violence broke out following an agitation by a right-wing group demanding the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb.
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Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales reacts as she attends St Patrick's Day Parade at Wellington Barracks, central London, on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
