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In image Israeli strike in southern Gaza

GAZA, Dec. 5, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- People inspect damage after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Dec. 4, 2023. The Palestinian death toll has risen to 15,899 as a result of the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Hamas-run health ministry said Monday.(Photo Courtesy: UNI/Xinhua)

In Images: Uzbekistan presidential election

TASHKENT, July 10, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- A voter casts his ballot at a polling station during an early presidential election in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on July 9, 2023. Uzbekistan held the early presidential election on Sunday.(Image credit: UNI/Xinhua)

Xi Jinping, Putin in Russia

MOSCOW, March 22, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after jointly signing a Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination for the New Era and a Joint Statement of the President of the People's Republic of China and the President of the Russian Federation on Pre-2030 Development Plan on Priorities in China-Russia Economic Cooperation in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023. Xi on Tuesday held talks with Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Imagecredit:UNI)

World in Photos : Feb. 28, 2023

BERKSHIRE (BRITAIN), Feb. 28, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Berkshire, Britain, on Feb. 27, 2023. The United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) concluded on Monday a new post-Brexit trade arrangement for Northern Ireland. 10 Downing Street/Handout via Xinhua.(Imagecredit:UNI/Xinhua)

In images: Protest against enforced disappearances in Karachi

Karachi: On Feb 15, the family members of Baloch missing persons protested in Karachi against the growing wave of enforced disappearances of Baloch children, women, students, and youth.

Volunteers loading relief material for quake-hit Syria in Lebanon's capital Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Volunteers load donations for quake-hit Syrian city of Latakia into a truck in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Feb. 9, 2023. According to data released by authorities and rescuers, the death toll from Mondays devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria has surpassed 17,000.(Image credit : Xinhua)

Chinese and Turkish rescue teams save 3 women in earthquake-hit Turkeys' Antakya

ANTAKYA, Feb. 10, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Members of the China Search and Rescue Team search for survivors trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings with their local partners in Antakya in the southern province of Hatay, Türkiye, Feb. 9, 2023. In Antakya, Hatay, Chinese and Turkish rescuers successfully saved three women from the rubble of collapsed buildings on Thursday through their joint operations. TO GO WITH Roundup: Hopes fade for finding quake survivors as death toll surpasses 17,000 in Türkiye.(Image credit : UNI/Xinhua)

Turkiye earthquake: A woman awaiting news on her family in Hatay

HATAY, Feb. 9, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- A woman waits for news on her family in the southern province of Hatay, Turkiye, Feb. 9, 2023. The death toll from Monday's devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has risen to 15,383, according to data released by authorities and rescuers. The number of people killed in Turkey due to the devastating earthquakes has reached 12,391, the country's Anadolu agency reported on Thursday, citing the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority. (Image credit : UNI/Xinhua)

Image of rescue ops in earthquake-hit Turkiye

KAHRAMANMARAS, Feb. 8, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Rescuers search for survivors among the rubble of a destroyed building in quake-hit Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras, Türkiye, on Feb. 7, 2023. Türkiyes disaster management agency updated Wednesday the death toll from the earthquake to 7,108, with around 40,000 injured. Fatalities are likely to rise as the damage spread over a wide area of 10 provinces, flattening nearly 6,000 buildings. Rescue teams are racing against time, digging trapped survivors out of the rubble amid freezing temperatures.( Image credit:: UNI/Xinhua)

In Images: Rescue ops underway after earthquake devastates parts of Turkey, Syria

JABLEH (SYRIA), Feb. 7, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Rescuers work near the rubble of a building destroyed in a powerful earthquake in the city of Jableh, Latakia province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Image credit :  UNI/Xinhua)

World in Photo : Feb. 7, 2023

BAGHDAD, Feb. 7, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 6, 2023. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held meetings with top Iraqi leaders on Monday in Baghdad to discuss bilateral ties and unpaid arrears to Russian energy companies in Iraq due to U.S. sanctions over the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said in a joint press conference with Lavrov that the two sides discussed how to deal with the dues of Russian companies operating in Iraq, and we will discuss this issue during our visit.(Image credit : UNI/Xinhua)

IN IMAGES: Earthquake devastates parts of Turkey and Syria

Earthquake devastates parts of Turkey and Syria

World in Photos : Jan. 3, 2023

  MOSCOW, Jan. 3, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Children enjoy snow sculpture creation in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 2, 2023. (Image credit :  UNI/Xinhua)

Protests against China highlighting human rights violations staged globally on its National Day on Oct 1

The National Day of China was marked by protest gatherings in Tokyo, Toronto, Vienna and Prague among other world cities on Oct 1. Those coming together denounced the Chinese Communist Party and the leadership of the Xi Jinping over atrocities on Tibetans, Uyghurs and Falun Gong members. People came on the streets to express solidarity with the oppressed people of Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere. 

77th UN General Assembly

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 13, 2022 (UNI/Xinhua) -- Csaba Korosi (C), president of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, takes over the gavel from Abdulla Shahid (R), president of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, at the presence of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L), at the UN Headquarters in New York on Sept. 12, 2022. The 76th session of the UN General Assembly concluded on Monday amid deepening global crises.