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Rescuers search the rubble of a collapsed building in Durrës after the violent earthquake that struck Albania. The death toll has risen to 40 after 10 more bodies were pulled from the rubble overnight, the defence ministry said. IMAGES rescue workers searching the rubble
The death toll from floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warns. "The death toll is huge, it might reach thousands," says Tamer Ramadan of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told reporters in Geneva via video link from Tunis. SOUNDBITE
Flames spread unchecked for a fifth day across Greece. A forest fire in Avantas village, north of Alexandroupoli, killed eighteen suspected migrants, as the overall death toll hits 20. The unprecedented fire also spread to Dikella village, near Alexandroupoli. IMAGES
The number of people known to have died in a devastating wildfire that destroyed a Hawaiian town hit 89 on Saturday, the state's governor said. "There are 89 fatalities that have been measured," Josh Green told reporters. "It's going to continue to rise. We want to brace people for that." IMAGES
Images show an overcrowded Covid-19 ward inside a New Delhi hospital where two or three patients share a single bed, with barely enough space for others to stand. India's daily coronavirus death toll has set a new record and the government is battling to get oxygen to hospitals overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of new daily cases. IMAGES
Drivers queue to get into a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Miami Beach, Florida, as the United States edges close to registering 200,000 Covid-19 deaths, the latest grim milestone for the country just weeks before voters decide if President Donald Trump will stay in office. IMAGES
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