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Rescuers and volunteers work in large numbers to clear the rubble of a collapsed building in Diyarbakir, Turkey. The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has reached to 33,000, with the United Nations warning that the final number may double. IMAGES
The death toll from monsoon floods across South Asia, including in India’s poorest state Bihar, has increased to more than 340 people over recent weeks, with villages still submerged and hundreds of thousands evacuated to relief camps as authorities battle with rising coronavirus cases. IMAGES
The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 275,000 people worldwide since it began in China late last year, with more than 85 percent of fatalities in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally compiled from official figures at 1615 GMT on Saturday. VIDEOGRAPHIC
The number of deaths from coronavirus in Italy now exceeds 30,000, officials report. The country's Civil Protection Agency says that 30,201 people had died of the virus, 243 more than on Thursday. Italy is the second European country, after Britain to see more than 30,000 COVID-19 IMAGES
UK Environment secretary George Eustice announces that over 31,000 people who have tested positive for coronavirus have now died in Britain. SOUNDBITE
More than 25,000 people have died from the coronavirus in France after 306 new deaths. VIDEOGRAPHIC