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Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape declares a 14-day state of emergency in the capital Port Moresby, after 15 people were killed in riots as crowds looted and burned shops, adding that more than 1,000 troops are on standby "to step in wherever necessary" under the emergency decree. SOUNDBITE
Peruvian police officers in the capital Lima board a plane bound for the northern border with Ecuador, after Peru put the border under a state of emergency following the security crisis that erupted in the neighboring country. Ecuador's president has given orders to "neutralize" criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the country. IMAGES
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the central city of Lod after declared a state of emergency. A man and a girl were killed in Lod after the car they were in was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, Israeli police said. IMAGES
Firefighters try to put out a fire at a house in Balmoral, bout 100 km (62 miles) southwest of Sydney. Australian authorities declared a seven-day state of emergency in New South Wales state Thursday as a record heat wave fanned unprecedented bushfires raging across the region. IMAGES
Flood-hit Venice braces for another exceptional high tide, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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