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Heavy gunfire is heard in Khartoum as deadly fighting between paramilitaries and the Sudanese army enters a third day. IMAGES
Heavy black smoke rises over buildings in Khartoum as gun shots ring out. Fighting in Sudan rages for a second day in battles between rival generals who seized power in a 2021 coup, leaving at least 56 civilians dead, hundreds wounded and sparking international alarm. IMAGES
Sri Lankan security forces raid the main anti-government protest camp in the capital Colombo, evicting activists gathered outside the president's office. The raid comes a day after veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe -- who vowed tough action against demonstrators -- was sworn in as the crisis-hit country's new president, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whom protesters forced to step down. Hundreds of soldiers remove barricades set up by protesters blocking the main gate of the Presidential Secretariat, which demonstrators had partly overrun earlier this month. IMAGES
Sri Lankan protesters dance and chant slogans in Colombo as they celebrate the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He submitted his resignation shortly after reaching Singapore, the parliamentary speaker's office said, days after the head of state fled protests triggered by his country's worst-ever economic crisis. IMAGES
Protesters gather and chant slogans on the grounds of Sri Lankan prime minister's office in Colombo as the crisis-hit country declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday. ++COMPLETES VIDI32EC287_EN++ IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).