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A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster in Christchurch preparing to repatriate the Australians injured during the White Island volcanic eruption in New Zealand. Royal Australian Air Force via AFP

Search to start Friday for White Island volcano victims

December 12, 2019
This photo taken on December 10, 2019 shows a firefighter conducting back-burning measures to secure residential areas from encroaching bushfires in the Central Coast, some 90-110 kilometres north of Sydney. AFP

Australians protest as bushfire haze sparks health fears

December 11, 2019
Steam rises from the White Island volcano following the December 9 volcanic eruption, in Whakatane on December 11, 2019.  AFP

New Zealand's White Island volcano: recovery of bodies delayed with high chance of another eruption

December 11, 2019
In this Nov. 29, 2019, file photo, the Upe members wait to vote in the Bougainville referendum in Teau, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. AP

Bougainville steps closer to becoming world's newest nation as 98% vote for independence

December 11, 2019
Thick smoke from wildfires shroud the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Hot dry conditions have brought an early start to the fire season. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Sydney's famous landmarks disappear as city chokes on bushfire smoke — in pictures

December 10, 2019
File photo: C-130 Hercules. EPA

Chilean plane 'disappears' en route to Antarctica with 38 on board

December 10, 2019
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, right, hugs a member of the emergency services in Whakatane, New Zealand. A volcanic island in New Zealand erupted Monday while dozens of tourists were exploring the crater. Pool Photo via AP

New Zealand's White Island volcano eruption: Missing eight thought dead

December 10, 2019
This handout photograph courtesy of Michael Schade shows the volcano on New Zealand's White Island spewing steam and ash minutes following an eruption on December 9, 2019. New Zealand police said at least one person was killed and more fatalities were likely, after an island volcano popular with tourists erupted on December 9 leaving dozens stranded. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL SCHADE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == NO ARCHIVE / AFP / Michael Schade / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL SCHADE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == NO ARCHIVE

White Island volcano: the eruption and the Pacific Ring of Fire explained

December 9, 2019
People capturing the eruption of  the volcano on White Island. AFP

New Zealand's White Island volcano erupts: five confirmed dead and eight missing

December 9, 2019
Fire trucks are seen during a bushfire in Werombi, 50 km southwest of Sydney, Australia, December 6, 2019. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. AUSTRALIA OUT. NEW ZEALAND OUT.

'Mega fire' in Australia could take weeks to put out

December 7, 2019
NSW Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue NSW crews work to protect a property on Kyola Road in Kulnura as the Three Mile fire approaches Mangrove Mountain, Australia, December 6, 2019. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. AUSTRALIA OUT. NEW ZEALAND OUT.

Australia sees 'mega fire' form north of Sydney

December 6, 2019
Phillip Galea arrives at the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, on November 7, 2019. EPA-EFE / Shutterstock

Far-right Australian convicted of plotting terror attacks

December 5, 2019
An undated handout combo photo made available on 02 December 2019 by Australia's Northern Territory Police shows Phu Tran (L) and Claire Hockridge (R), two tourists who had gone missing in a remote area south of Alice Springs, Australia. EPA

Australian police find body believed to be of missing hiker

December 4, 2019
Tamra McBeath-Riley, who has been rescued, and Claire Hockridge, who is still missing. Courtesy NT Police

Woman rescued after 12 nights stranded in Australian Outback

December 2, 2019
Australian academic Timothy Weeks held a press conference in Sydney on Sunday. EPA

Australian former Taliban hostage says hope helped him to survive

December 1, 2019
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In this picture taken on November 8, 2018, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh poses during an interview with AFP in Hong Kong. - Twenty-five years ago Irvine Welsh's debut novel "Trainspotting" burst out of the housing schemes and back alleys of post-industrial Scotland in a whirlwind of drugs, sex and violence that horrified and delighted critics alike. Scotland's most famous ex-heroin addict is still delivering the goods, and is as far as ever from settling for "carpet slippers and a cottage on the coast." (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

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A Peshmerga foot soldier defending an outpost in the Qara Chokh mans a gun looking out to the plain where ISIS is using tunnels and caves to evade capture. Jack Moore / The National

Beyond the Headlines: A journey through the ISIS badlands

Beyond The Headlines
The number of children we have is also a question of how we can provide food, shelter, water and goods for the ever expanding global population. Getty 

Beyond the Headlines: How many children is too many?

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