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While tension and violence caused by criminal gangs persist in Haiti's capital, in the border province of Dajabon, in the Dominican Republic, commercial exchange continues as normal. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, has been in turmoil for years with armed gangs taking over parts of the country and unleashing brutal violence that has left its economy and public health system in tatters. IMAGES
Firefighters battle a blaze after an explosion at a shop in the Dominican Republic's San Cristobal province, some 24 kilometres from the capital Santo Domingo, that left at least ten people dead and some 40 injured, several seriously. IMAGES
Biparjoy, a cyclone whose name means "disaster" in Bengali, is making its way across the Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall as a "very severe cyclonic storm" on Thursday evening. IMAGES
Chile President Gabriel Boric arrives at the National Palace in Santo Domingo where he is received by his Dominican counterpart Luis Abinader. Boric is in the Caribbean country for an Ibero-American leaders summit where a food crisis affecting a fifth of Latin America's population features high on the agenda. IMAGES
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader receives King Felipe VI of Spain as the Caribbean country hosts the Ibero-American Summit, with the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine high on the agenda. IMAGES