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Taiwan holds an air raid drill in Kaohsiung, stopping traffic and guiding residents as authorities test civilian emergency responses.

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Officials have attributed the growing unrest to acute overcrowding. Sri Lanka’s prisons hold about four times their intended capacity.

Berlin officials and LGBTQ community members unveil a rainbow bench and plant a maple tree in Tiergarten to honour victims of the CSD attack.

The sun last set at the geographic South Pole on 23 March and will not rise until 21 September.

Rubber ducks race down Chicago River in the annual Ducky Derby, raising funds for Special Olympics Illinois and its athletes.

The Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), splitting the Koreas since their 1950-53 war ended with an armistice, is one of the most heavily mined places on Earth.

The Refugee Council of Australia, a nonprofit umbrella organisation representing asylum-seekers, said refugees usually must live in Australia on a valid visa for four years before they can apply for citizenship.

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Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation, one for every seven inhabitants.