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Screengrab taken from social media Video: Indian man discovers snake and hatchlings in air-conditioning unit
A paramilitary soldier stands guard at a railway station in Quetta on March 12, 2025. Pakistan forces launched a Pakistani military announces elimination of 10 militants in northwest Pakistan
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, answers questions at a regular press conference in Beijing, capital of China, March 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua) No room for any "Taiwan independence" separatist activities: mainland spokesperson
Protesters holding Filipino flags and a banner in support of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gather outside the The Hague Penitentiary Institution prison, which houses the International Criminal Court's (ICC) detention unit, on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Ramon van Flymen / ANP / AFP) Duterte case seen as a 'gift' for embattled ICC

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony and a press conference following a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP) Putin says Russia "in favor" of ceasefire, but nuances exist
Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel puts onher face mask as she leaves after addressing a press conference following a video meeting with the heads of government of Germany's federal states at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 18, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Michael Kappeler / POOL / AFP Merkel denies covering up report on Covid-19 origins
File photo for representational purposes only, European stocks fall as US-EU tariff dispute escalates
A picture shows the statue of John Paul II under heavy rain outside the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) Pope stable, X-ray confirms improvements: Vatican

Africa

People walk through the UN base outside Bentiu, South Sudan, September 17, 2015. AFP, Tristan McConnell South Sudan projected to experience universal poverty in 2025 World Bank
Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on October 12, 2024. Photo by AFP. African Union warns of huge risk of partition in Sudan
File photo: General view of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) Libya announces resumption of oil field operations after 10-year hiatus
File photo for representational purposes only. Sudan's grain production in 2024-2025 summer season reaches 6.6 mln tons minister

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