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Smoke billows over the Syrian town of Tell Abyad, located just across the border with Turkey, after it was taken by Ankara-backed fighters. Turkey continues its assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria. IMAGES
Syrian government forces are seen in the town of Tall Tamr in the countryside of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, as Syrian regime forces moved towards the Turkish border after Damascus reached a deal with beleaguered Kurdish forces following a US withdrawal announcement. IMAGES
Smoke billows above the Syrian border town of Tell Abyad and sounds of bombardments can be heard as Turkey continues the cross-border offensive on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria. IMAGES
Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed militia forces advanced on the jihadists' Syrian stronghold Raqa. IMAGES
Residents move in boats through the flooded streets of a town in northern Bolivia after heavy rains caused the Acre River to overflow. The city of Cobija on the border with Brazil is suffering unprecedented flooding, with water levels reaching 17 meters (55.7 ft). The rainy season in Bolivia, which began in December and will last until March, has so far left 40 people dead and nearly 10,000 families affected, according to the government. IMAGES
In Villiers-le-Bel, on the outskirts of Paris, funeral ceremonies begin for three Kurds, two men and a woman, killed in an allegedly racially motivated shooting in Paris on 23 December. IMAGES