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    Photos: US and China set to enter phase one of trade deal

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    Updated on Jan 15, 2020 10:03 IST
    A photo illustration of a Chinese 100 yuan note (C) and US 100 notes. China’s trade surplus with the United States narrowed last year as the world’s two biggest economies exchanged punitive tariffs in a bruising trade war, data showed on Tuesday, just as the two prepared to sign a deal dialling down tensions. (Nicolas Asfouri / AFP)7

    Photos: The liberation of Auschwitz, 75 years on

    An aerial view of the remains of gas chambers and crematoriums of Auschwitz I, which was part of former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland. The site has been turned into a museum and memorial site. Ahead of events to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, AFP spoke to some of the death camp’s last survivors, who are recounting the events that left an indelible mark on their personalities. (Pablo Gonzalez / AFP)12
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    Updated on Jan 15, 2020 08:24 IST

    Photos: Bushfires hit tourism in Australia

    Accommodation blocks at the Gold Rush Colony in Mogo, a tourist attraction dedicated to Mogo's 1850s gold rush -- where a recent bushfire reduced it to twisted metal and ash. The unprecedented scale of Australia's bushfires have tainted the country's reputation as a safe and alluring holiday destination. (Holly Robertson / AFP)7
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    Updated on Jan 14, 2020 16:23 IST

    Photos : Students and teachers boycott classes at JNU

    An inside view of a classroom at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on January 13. Students and teachers of JNU boycotted classes on Monday, the first day of the new session, demanding resignation of vice chancellor (V-C) M Jagadesh Kumar. (Amal KS / HT Photo)7
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    Updated on Jan 14, 2020 11:38 IST

    Photos: Young Chinese try to build a future in resource-rich Hegang

    Ship mechanic Li Hai, 32, inside his flat during an interview with Reuters, in the coal city of Hegang, Heilongjiang province, northeast China. Li is a nobody in the country. But he became a minor internet sensation last month after posting a video of his everyday life in the largely forgotten coal city in the country’s far north. The country’s declining economy is driving some youth to settle in cities like Hegang. (Ryan Woo / REUTERS)8
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    Updated on Jan 14, 2020 10:47 IST

    Photos: Volcanic eruption in Philippines; thousands flee

    Residents walk past wooden boats as Taal volcano erupts in Tanauan town, Batangas province, south of Manila, Philippines. Clouds of ash blew far north of the Philippines’ Taal volcano, reaching Manila, the country’s bustling capital, and forcing the shutdown of its main airport after lava gushed out of the mountain on Monday. Thousands of villagers were fleeing to safety, but officials say the number could swell to hundreds of thousands. (Ted Aljibe/AFP)12
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    Updated on Jan 13, 2020 14:24 IST

    Photos: Protests erupt in Iran after military admits downing plane

    Demonstrators raise slogans during a vigil for the victims of the Ukraine International Airlines flight that was unintentionally shot down by the Iranian military, in Tehran. Iran on January 11 admitted it unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian jetliner that it mistook for a cruise missile, a dramatic reversal after days of denials that triggered international condemnation and protests in the streets of Tehran. (Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg)7
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    Updated on Jan 13, 2020 13:21 IST

    Photos: Buildings go down for violating environmental norms

    Jain Coral Cove apartment built in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone norms in Maradu Municipality, being demolished through a controlled implosion, in Kochi. Four illegal multi-storey apartment complexes in Maradu town of Kerala’s Kochi were successfully demolished in two rounds of controlled implosion. (Vivek R Nair/HT Photo)9
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    Updated on Jan 13, 2020 07:35 IST

    Nationwide strike and snowfall in Shimla: India this week

    Members of various trade unions participate in a nationwide strike on January 8, in Patna. Workers from 10 central trade unions went on a strike pressing for a 12-point common demands related to minimum wage and social security among other issues. (AP Dube / HT Photo)15
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    Updated on Jan 13, 2020 07:34 IST

    Photos: Declining rain stresses need for water conservation in Meghalaya

    Tyllod Khongwir fills a container from a storage of rain water collected at her home at Nongthymmai-Lumthangding village on the outskirts of Shillong, Meghalaya. Every drop of rain water trickling down Khongwir’s rusty tin roof and into her house is collected. Meghalaya, home to two of the wettest places on earth, is among the greenest states in India but it has rapidly lost its rich rainforests over the last few decades. (Diptendu Dutta / AFP)12
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    Updated on Jan 12, 2020 06:43 IST

    Photos: From tools of war to photo op, Taiwanese remodel old bunkers

    A former air-raid shelter and storage space for the Taiwanese military stands behind a family grave in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Dotted around Taiwan lie the remains of abandoned bunkers originally built to repel an invasion from China, during a period in the island’s history when it was under martial law and fear of a Chinese attack was a part of daily life. Over the years, these bunkers have been repurposed by the people. (Ann Wang / REUTERS)10
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    Updated on Jan 11, 2020 14:45 IST

    Photos: Delhi Police names suspects in JNU violence, a timeline of events

    Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students protest against the attack on students inside the university campus on Sunday, at Police Headquarters in New Delhi. On January 5, more than 30 students of the university, including JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh, were injured and taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a masked mob entered the campus and attacked them and professors with sticks and rods. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)18
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    Updated on Jan 11, 2020 11:29 IST

    Photos of the week: Britain’s royal crisis and General Soleimani’s funeral

    People attend a funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran. Iran launched ballistic missiles into Iraq, hitting two US bases in retributive action described by the nation’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamein as “a slap” against America. (Official Khamenei website handout via REUTERS)20
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    Updated on Jan 11, 2020 07:31 IST

    Photos: Himachal Pradesh shivers as cold conditions intensify

    People at the Ridge in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, when the season’s heaviest spell of snow so far was recorded. Five national highways and more than 900 other roads in the state remained blocked on Thursday with the administration pressing men and machinery into service to restore essential services. (Deepak Sansta/HT Photo)10
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    Updated on Jan 10, 2020 11:47 IST

    Photos: Vietnamese women clear countryside of war-era mines

    Members of an all-female demining team scan for unexploded ordnance at a landmine site in the Quang Tri province, Vietnam. Inching across a field littered with Vietnam war-era bombs, Le Thi Bich Ngoc leads an all-women demining team clearing unexploded ordnance that has killed tens of thousands of people—including her uncle. (Nhac Nguyen/AFP)9
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    Updated on Jan 10, 2020 11:47 IST

    Photos| Haiti quake: 10 years on, survivors feel forgotten

    Herlande Mitile, 36, at home in Village Lumane Casimir, northeast of Port-au-Prince. Ten years ago, Mitile was left disabled by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti. Today, she uses a wheelchair jury-rigged with a piece of string, which means she cannot go far. She is confined to her village, which itself was meant to be a model for reconstruction of the country after the disaster. (Chandan Khanna/AFP)10
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    Updated on Jan 10, 2020 10:18 IST

    Photos: Over 11 lakh migratory birds visit Odisha’s Chilika lake

    Whiskered Terns seen at Mangalajodi wetland, a part of Chilika Lake, some 70km from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. PTI reports that the number of migratory birds visiting the famous Chilika lake has increased to 11,05,040 this winter, at least 57,000 more than the previous year, according to the latest bird census in the lagoon. (Arabinda Mahapatra/HT Photo)10
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    Updated on Jan 9, 2020 13:34 IST

    Photos: Family’s fortress no match for furious Australian fires

    Justin Kam (R), and Helena Wong survey their destroyed home at Balmoral, Australia, with a message to themselves written in chalk on the wall promising “We'll be back”. With flames climbing as high as a 15-storey building and menacing his supposedly fireproof home on three sides, Justin Kam ran to the laundry room and opened the door. Inside was fire.That’s not supposed to happen, he thought. (Rick Rycroft / AP)11
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    Updated on Jan 9, 2020 10:31 IST

    Photos: Iran strikes US bases in Iraq, Trump responds

    A satellite image of damage(C, top; R; and lower L) to the Ain al-Asad US airbase in western Iraq. Iran struck back at the United States early on Wednesday for the killing of Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house American troops in what was initially feared to become an escalation of the conflict. (Planet Labs Inc./AFP)8
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    Updated on Jan 9, 2020 09:45 IST

    Photos: Trade unions ‘Bharat Bandh’ hits transport and banking services

    Protesters confront police during the nationwide general strike called by various trade unions against the central government, in Chennai. Ten central trade unions including INTUC, AITUC and CITU along with various sectoral federations and associations had adopted a declaration in September last year to go on a nationwide strike on January 8. (Arun Sankar / AFP)12
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    Updated on Jan 8, 2020 13:31 IST

    Photos: 3D printed prostheses give Brazilian cancer survivor a new face

    Denise Vicentin looked in the mirror and burst into tears. After losing her right eye and part of her jaw to cancer, she was getting a digitally-engineered prosthesis. “Today I can say how much better I will feel being out in the streets. I have no words,” Vicentin, 53, told AFP at a clinic in Sao Paulo after being fitted for a missing chunk of her face. (Nelson Almeida/AFP)10
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    Updated on Jan 8, 2020 11:32 IST

    Photos: Chinese farmers reap rich harvest through video-sharing apps

    Farmer Ma Gongzuo holds up a piece of honeycomb at his apiary in China’s Zhejiang province. “Do you want a piece?” Ma said, looking into the camera of a friend’s smartphone before biting into the dripping comb of amber-coloured honey. (Wang Zhao/AFP)10
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    Updated on Jan 8, 2020 11:32 IST

    Photos: ‘Occupy Gateway’ protest against JNU violence called off in Mumbai

    A girl holds the national flag while raising slogans during the ‘Occupy Gateway’ protest at Gateway of India in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on Monday, January 6. Organisers on Tuesday called off the against the mob attack in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), hours after they were shifted to Azad Maidan by the police. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)12
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    Updated on Jan 7, 2020 17:11 IST

    Photos: Romanian children with Down syndrome shine on stage

    A boy with Down syndrome leans against a wall before performing in a dance show in Bucharest, Romania. During Romania’s communist era, children with disabilities were shunned, often kept in institutions or at home, deprived of schooling and social interactions. Recent art shows in which children with Down syndrome had starring roles illustrate social change since communism fell in 1989. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)9
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    Updated on Jan 7, 2020 17:07 IST

    Photos: Hong Kong’s borderlands, a doorway to the past

    Andrew Kwok returns home from fishing to his farmhouse in Lok Ma Chau village in Hong Kong. Shenzhen’s high rise building can be seen in the distance. More than two decades after Hong Kong returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997, a long border fence still threads between mainland China and the city. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/REUTERS)10
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    Updated on Jan 7, 2020 09:07 IST

    Photos: Mass snow wedding and crystal towers at China’s ice fest

    Tourists walk in front of an ice sculpture ahead of the opening of the Harbin International Snow and Sculpture Festival in Harbin. China’s annual ice festival in Harbin has kicked off with couples lining up for a snow-themed mass wedding, swimmers braving frigid waters and frozen palaces rising from the ground. (Noel Celis/AFP)12
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    Updated on Jan 6, 2020 12:36 IST

    Photos: Masked mob on rampage hurts JNU students, teachers

    A view of the Sabarmati Hostel inside Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus that was vandalised on January 5. Groups of masked men armed with sticks, rods and hammers stormed JNU on Sunday evening and attacked students and teachers, triggering condemnation and forcing the police to set up a high-level inquiry later in the night. (Amal KS/HT Photo)11
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    Updated on Jan 6, 2020 10:48 IST

    Photos: Decades of recovery ahead for bushfire wildlife loss in Australia

    Smoke billows during bushfires in Bairnsdale, Victoria. The fires raging across Australia have had a devastating impact on the country’s unique flora and fauna, with some estimates putting the death toll at nearly half a billion animals in one state alone, and experts believe it could take decades for wildlife to recover. (Glen Morey/REUTERS)8
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    Updated on Jan 6, 2020 10:48 IST

    New Year celebrations and anti-CAA protests: India this week

    Fireworks illuminate the Gateway of India as people celebrate on New Year’s Eve, in Mumbai. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)20
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    Updated on Jan 6, 2020 09:36 IST

    Photos: Houston residents dream of cleaner air away from refineries

    The Fernando family moves out of their home in the Manchester neighbourhood of Houston, Texas. They were bought out by Valero Energy Corp as the refinery planed to expand operations. On the east side of Houston, the white plumes of the Texas oil and chemical refineries are a constant backdrop for residents of this neighbourhood. (Loren Elliott / REUTERS)11
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    Updated on Jan 5, 2020 14:46 IST
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