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Angry villagers brandishing placards storm the office of divisional secretary Manjari Chandradasa in Sri Lanka, a day after a herd of up to 50 elephants ravaged farmers' fields near a wildlife reserve. Local farmers say the incident is the biggest involving the protected animals in recent memory, as the elephants munch through nearly half their crops across seven villages in the island's north. "They destroyed much of what I have planted. It is very difficult to earn a living like this," explains one of the local farmers.
Caretakers assist an ailing elephant at a zoo in Pakistan as experts decide whether the animal needs to be euthanised in the coming days after it collapsed in its pen last week and has since failed to stand up, officials said. The 17-year-old African elephant underwent emergency treatment for a tumour in Karachi on April 5.
Hanging from a crane, 17-year-old Noor Jehan has just been seen by a team of international vets at Karachi Zoo. The 3.5-ton African elephant, who could barely walk across her enclosure due to a large growth between her back legs, caught the eye of Four Paws International after images of her were shared on social media. "It was a very risky procedure" says vet Amir Khalil, after knocking Noor Jehan to perform the diagnosis.
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Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.
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