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An avalanche took the lives of at least three foreign tourists in the French Alps Wednesday afternoon, according to an ABC News report.
A convoy of French soldiers from Tabarey-Barey arrives in Niamey, Niger. The withdrawal of the French troops had been demanded by Niger's generals soon after they came to power in a coup at the end of July, and French President Emmanuel Macron announced their departure at the end of September. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather outside a military base housing French forces in Niamey, Niger, for the third day running, to demand their departure. IMAGES
Images of the security and rescue teams arriving at the scene where a man with a knife wreaked havoc in a park on the shores of Lake Annecy, injuring five people, including four very young children, before being arrested by the police. IMAGES
Rescuers and paramedics arrive at the scene where a man armed with a knife attacked a group of pre-school children playing by Lake Annecy in the French Alps, wounding four as well as an adult and sending shockwaves through the country. The suspect is a Syrian in his early 30s who was granted refugee status in Sweden in April, a police source told AFP. IMAGES
A rescue team is on the site where a huge boulder detached from the Marmolada glacier in Italy's northern Alps, causing an avalanche that killed at least five people and injured eight others, according to a provisional toll from the rescue services. IMAGES