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A handout screengrab grab taken from a video released by Iranian state TV (IRIB) shows rockets lunched from Iran against the US military base in Ein-al Asad in Iraq, 08 January 2020. Photo: EPA
Chinese nationals, arrested on suspicion of operating a large-scale cyber fraud operation, are being escorted to a police vehicle for deportation in Kathmandu on January 8, 2020. (AFP Photo/PRAKASH MATHEMA)
The infection was first confirmed on December 31, 2019 in Wuhan, a central Chinese city with a population of over 11 million (AFP/File / STR)
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) attends the 72nd Kachin State day ceremony in Myitkyina, upper Myanmar on January 10, 2020. Photo: AFP
An aerial view of the wreckage from the crashed Ukrainian International Airlines plane near Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2020. Photo: AFP
This photo taken on September 20, 2019 shows a giant Buddha on the Thai side of the Golden Triangle in Chiang Rai province, with Myanmar in the background and Laos on the right. Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong, a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the South China Sea. Photo: Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
Two thirds of the glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, known as the world's 'Third Pole', will disappear by 2100 if current global warming trends continue (AFP / AAMIR QURESHI)
Rohingya people who were arrested at sea in December walk on a beach after being transported by Myanmar authorities to Thalchaung near Sittwe in Rakhine state on January 13, 2020. Photo: AFP
Geologists said the volcano remained active, spurting red-hot lava some into the air as accompanying earthquakes rattled the area (AFP PHOTO/ Ted ALJIBE)
A general view of the court room in the Peace Palace as Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (C-L, back) stands during the second day before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, The Netherlands, 11 December 2019. Photo: Koen Van Weel/EPA

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