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First astronauts arrive at China's space station

Jiuquan: The first astronauts arrived at China's new space station on Thursday in the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power.The trio blasted off on a...

(from left) Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng, and Liu Boming.
Houses submerged in flood waters in Sindhupalchok, some 70 km northeast of Kathmandu on Wednesday, after heavy monsoon rains caused the overflowing of the Melamchi River. — AFP
A group of tourists take photos at the Taj Mahal in Agra on Wednesday. — AFP
Taishan Nuclear Power Station in Guangdong province. — Reuters file photo
A youth rides a horse while he waits for customers along a beach in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. — AFP
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The Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is transferred to the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province. — Reuters
Normita Lopez, 56, is photographed while holding a portrait of her son Djastin Lopez, in a church nearby her home in Manila on Tuesday. Lopez, whose son was a victim of the Philippines’ bloody narcotics campaign, is among the many International Criminal Court (ICC) complainants calling for President Rodrigo Duterte’s international indictment over thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings. — Reuters
Tharunicaa (right) was medically evacuated to the Australian mainland last week.
Miss Universe Thailand 202, Amanda Obdam hands food boxes made by Michelin-starred chefs to residents of the Klong Toei slum area in Bangkok. - AFP
Protesters make the three-finger salute as they take part in a flash mob demonstration in Yangon. - AFP
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Exempt travelers will need to fill out an application and still need to be tested before and after arriving in South Korea. - AFP File Photo
Unique Foundation volunteers assist a physically challenged man during a vaccination drive against the coronavirus at Medica North Bengal cancer hospital some 15 Km from Siliguri. - AFP
Afghan police officer inspects a damaged van after a blast in Kabul. - Reuters File Photo
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