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Peruvian authorities say they have crippled the southern leadership of guerrilla rebel group Shining Path after capturing two commanders. Natasha Howitt reports.
Supporters of former Peru president Alberto Fujimori gather outside the prison where he is detained in Lima after the Constitutional Court ordered his release. Fujimori, 85, has been serving a 25-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity committed on his watch. IMAGES
Police brigades transfer the bodies of the 27 workers who died in the devastating fire at a gold mine in southern Peru to the Arequipa morgue. A short circuit caused an explosion that started a blaze inside one of the mine shafts in the town of Yanaquihua. The fire broke out on May 6 but rescue efforts were hampered by a buildup of toxic gases inside the La Esperanza 1 mine. IMAGES
Relatives of 18 people killed in clashes with security forces carry coffins through the southern Peruvian city of Juliaca. Peru announced a curfew in the southern region of Puno in an attempt to suppress violent protests. IMAGES
On the second day of funeral rituals following a mass killing at a nursery in Na Klang district, Thailand, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha pays homage to the victims in a temple close to the nursery. Former police officer Panya Khamrab, armed with a pistol and a long knife, killed 36 people, including 24 children, in the eastern province of Nong Bua Lam Phu on Thursday in one of Thailand's worst mass killings. IMAGES