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This photo shows an aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 61 people on board in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 10, 2024. — AFP pic

Three days of mourning in Brazil as all 62 bodies recovered from ‘death spiral’ plane crash wreckage

People hold anti-racism placards as they take part in a

‘No, we don’t stand for this’: Across UK, thousands join anti-racist rally against far-right riots incited by Southport knife attack

A child looks on as a woman mourns over the corpse of a member of her family killed in an overnight Israeli strike, in the yard of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 10, 2024. — AFP pic

World pours scorn on Israel for ‘horrifying and barbaric’ bombing of Gaza school, rescuers say 93 killed

This autumn universities in England are nearing a financial tipping point with some at risk of going under without urgent government intervention, according to vice-chancellors. ― AFP pic

‘Not enough students to go around’: England universities at make-or-break point, VCs call for urgent govt intervention 

A man stands in the site of the wreckage of a US MQ-9 drone that Houthis claim they shot out of the sky, in a location given as Saada Governorate, Yemen in an undated screengrab obtained on August 4, 2024. — Reuters pic

US reverses ban on selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia as ties warm

Smoke billows during an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila on August 9, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes. — AFP pic

Washington DC releases US$3.5b to Israel to spend on US weapons, military equipment as Middle East tensions grow

Bangladeshi military personnel stand guard at an empty police station in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP pic

Bangladesh’s latest prison break: 12 dead, hundreds free in twin jail escapes amid unrest

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Premier Kim Tok-hun visit a flood-affected area near the border with China, in North Pyongan Province, North Korea, in this undated photo released July 31, 2024 by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. — Reuters pic/KCNA

Kim Jong-un’s flood recovery plan: Move 15,000 flood victims to Pyongyang, reject aid offers

Displaced Palestinians spending the night in the courtyard of a UN school southern Gaza on August 8, 2024. — AFP pic

Israel bombs Gaza school, kills over 100 during dawn prayers

A mural of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vandalised by protesters.  — Reuters pic

Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina still PM: Son claims she didn’t have the time to hand in her resignation before fleeing the country

US President Joe Biden exiting the Air Force One plane on August 8, 2024. — AFP pic

Keen to leave a ‘wow’ legacy, outgoing US president Biden gambles on bolder diplomacy with Gaza, Sudan

A Bangladeshi student controls traffic in capital city Dhaka as national police went on strike on August 7, 2024. — AFP pic

Bangladeshi students take up crime watch, traffic control after ousting Sheikh Hasina while police go on strike

118 people have now been jailed for their involvement in one of the worst unrest the UK has seen in over a decade. — Reuters pic

From Facebook to prison: UK jails 118 for inciting racial riots after fatal Southport stabbings

UK police detain a person for shouting racist comments during a counter demonstration against an anti-immigration protest called by far-right activists in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England on August 7, 2024. — AFP pic

UK issue first jail sentences for provocative online posts while on ‘high alert’ for more racial riots

Middlesbrough residents in the UK clear debris from the streets on August 5, 2024, following rioting and looting in England’s worst rioting in 13 years. — AFP pic

King Charles calls for unity in first royal intervention as racial riots targeting Muslims rock Britain

A Voepass ATR 72-500 carrying 57 passengers and four crew crashed in Vinhedo, São Paulo, yesterday, killing everyone on board. — AFP pic/Globo TV

What went wrong with the fatal Brazil passenger plane crash? An expert called it the ‘death spiral’ (VIDEO)