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Tens of thousands line the streets of East Timor's capital Dili, waving Vatican-coloured flags and umbrellas while screaming as the 87-year-old Pope Francis is driven through the streets flanked by security. IMAGES
Boeing's beleaguered Starliner returns to Earth on without the astronauts who traveled in it to the International Space Station, after NASA deemed the risk too great. The gumdrop-shaped capsule landed gently at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at approximately 0401 GMT Saturday, its descent slowed by parachutes and cushioned by airbags, having departed the ISS around six hours earlier. IMAGES
Julian Assange exits an airport in a motorcade after landing in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific where the WikiLeaks founder will appear at a court hearing as part of a plea deal that will see him freed. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Portugal, the latest stop on his recent tour of Kyiv's allies, where he is greeted by Prime Minister Luis Montenegro and President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The two countries will sign a bilateral security agreement, according to the Portuguese cabinet, with Kyiv's forces struggling against a Russian ground offensive in the northeast. IMAGES
An Australian royal air force plane lands in Noumea, New Caledonia as people carrying suitcases gather on the tarmac. The C-130 Hercules aircraft is the first rescue flight since looting, arson and deadly gunfire enveloped the French Pacific territory eight days ago. IMAGES
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