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The UN rights chief warns that the world needs to change paths to avoid a future filled with military escalation, repression, disinformation, deepening inequality and rampant climate change. "We are at a fork in the road: We can either continue on our current path — a treacherous ‘new normal’ — and sleepwalk into a dystopian future, or we can wake up and turn things around for the better, for humanity and the planet," Volker Turk tells the United Nations Human Rights Council. SOUNDBITE
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi shows reporters a massive 2,492-carat diamond -- the second largest in the world -- that was discovered in the north east of the country by a Canadian mining company. IMAGES
Israel, the United States and the Arab world are under threat from Iran's "axis of terror," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells lawmakers in a landmark speech before the US Congress. "Our world is in upheaval. In the Middle East, Iran's axis of terror confronts America, Israel and our Arab friends. This is not a clash of civilizations. It's a clash between barbarism and civilization," Netanyahu says. SOUNDBITE
World leaders are welcomed by american president Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg before taking a photo all together at the Summit in Washington. IMAGES
World leaders including the Presidents of Georgia, Argentina and the EU Council arrive for a Summit on Peace in Ukraine, hosted by Switzerland. IMAGES
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