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Indonesian authorities on Thursday rescued at least 69 Rohingya refugees who had been at sea for weeks after their boat capsized a day earlier. The refugee group's wooden boat and another vessel trying to help them both capsized on Wednesday, with survivors estimating that around 150 Rohingya had been on board with dozens swept away. Rescuers had rushed to save the group of Rohingya after they spotted them in the water, stranded and holding onto an overturned boat off the coast of western Aceh province. IMAGES
Italian firefighters and other emergency services evacuate residents fom the town of Senigallia after at least seven people died when violent storms in the centre of the country flooded roads and homes. The Corriere della Sera newspaper said about 400 millimetres (16 inches) of rain fell in two hours -- about the quantity normally recorded in six months in this zone. IMAGES
Migrants rescued by a ship chartered by NGOs disembark in Sicily and are taken care of by the authorities. The Ocean Viking, chartered by SOS Méditerranée in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), rescued 114 people on December 16, including minors and two newborns who were on an inflatable boat in distress in international waters off the coast of Libya. IMAGES
Images showing a boat belonging to the Italian coastguard in the harbour of Lampedusa island in Sicily, after they rescued migrants in the Mediterranean sea. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron says there is a need for "solidarity" with the 47 migrants stranded off Italy's coast. SOUNBDITE
The boat of the Spanish NGO 'Proactiva Open Arms', with 60 migrants on board rescued off the coast of Libya, arrives in the port of Barcelona, Spain after having been turned away by Italy. IMAGES