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An aerial view of the Tienditas bridge on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, after Venezuelan military forces blocked it with containers on Wednesday, ahead of an anticipate­d humanitari­an aid shipment, as opposition leader Juan Guaido stepped up his challenge to President Nicolas Maduro’s authority.

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 ?? /MURAD SEZER/ REUTERS ?? Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed residentia­l building in the Kartal district, Istanbul, in Turkey.
/MURAD SEZER/ REUTERS Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed residentia­l building in the Kartal district, Istanbul, in Turkey.
 ?? /GUILLERMO LEGARIA/ AFP ?? Soldiers take part in a demonstrat­ion by the military forces at President Ivan Duque’s launch of the new national security and defence policy at the Tolemaida Military Fort in Cundinamar­ca department, Colombia.
/GUILLERMO LEGARIA/ AFP Soldiers take part in a demonstrat­ion by the military forces at President Ivan Duque’s launch of the new national security and defence policy at the Tolemaida Military Fort in Cundinamar­ca department, Colombia.
 ?? /MAURO PIMENTEL/ AFP ?? People look to see if a bus is coming at the Voluntario­s da Patria Street bus station, in the Botafogo neighbourh­ood, after strong rains flooded multiple areas of the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
/MAURO PIMENTEL/ AFP People look to see if a bus is coming at the Voluntario­s da Patria Street bus station, in the Botafogo neighbourh­ood, after strong rains flooded multiple areas of the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
 ?? /HENRY NICHOLLS/REUTERS ?? A Cirque du Soleil cast member displays a place stick for a guest during preparatio­ns for the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Baftas) ceremony at the Royal Opera House in central London, UK.
/HENRY NICHOLLS/REUTERS A Cirque du Soleil cast member displays a place stick for a guest during preparatio­ns for the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Baftas) ceremony at the Royal Opera House in central London, UK.

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