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Los Angeles fires, Trump inauguration rehearsals and more
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A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California, on January 8, 2025.
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Flowers and a car are covered by fire retardant in Mandeville Canyon, a neighbourhood in Los Angeles, California, US, on January 11, 2025, amid the Palisades fires.
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The sun rises on the National Mall during a presidential inauguration rehearsal on Capitol Hill on Sunday, January 12, 2025, in Washington, DC.
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A Kimono-clad young woman stands outside the venue for a Coming of Age Day celebration ceremony in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, on January 13, 2025.
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A pro-Palestinian protester leaves the venue, escorted by police, where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds the start of his Social Democratic (SPD) party election campaign tour in Bielefeld, Germany, on January 13, 2025.
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A man walks past a mural depicting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on January 8, 2025, two days ahead of his swearing-in for his third-consecutive term.
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Dancers perform in a parade during the annual Perahera festival at the historic Kelaniya Buddhist temple in Kelaniya, southwestern Sri Lanka, on January 12, 2025.
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Two women in costumes wait at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, on Monday, January 13, 2025.
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Horses compete during the 22nd Ajman Arabian Horse Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which concluded with the participation of 289 horses from various countries on January 11, 2025.
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Tourists fly in hot air balloons over the west bank of the Nile River on January 9, 2025, in Luxor, Egypt.
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In his new book, Saudi writer and journalist Ali Makki revisits a collection of interviews he conducted with numerous Arab writers, poets, and…
I voted for US President Joe Biden in 2020, and as readers here know, I supported Vice President Kamala Harris last November despite my misgivings…
One of the most important and urgent tasks for Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is to rebuild the nation’s dismembered armed forces. He has…
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that Canada—a nation of 40 million people, one of America’s biggest trade partners, and a…
France faces an uncertain 2025 after experiencing a politically turbulent year and a series of setbacks on the international stage. Although it…
For decades, Iran and Israel have been locked in a protracted shadow war marked by covert operations, proxy conflicts, and strategic posturing…
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