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Israeli security forces crackdown on a Palestinian protester outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on May 9, 2021 [Menahem Kahana/AFP]
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Israeli police attack Palestinian protesters in Sheikh Jarrah

US expresses ‘serious concern’ about violence in Jerusalem as Israeli police wound 17 people in fresh crackdown.

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Residents Al Jazeera spoke to on Sunday said the government has not done nearly enough to secure Dasht-e-Barchi [Reuters]

‘School is where you die’: Afghans lament after deadly blasts

Maersk's new ice-class container vessel, Venta Maersk, is seen docked at the port of St Petersburg after becoming the first container ship to navigate the Russian Arctic [File: Olga Maltseva/AFP]

Japan mulls alternatives to Suez Canal after Ever Given shock

People protest against police violence after a deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro's Jacarezinho favela, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 8 [Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]

‘Stop killing us’: Rio favela residents demand answers after raid

People have been allowed to eat and drink outside since the first relaxation of rules in April [File: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP]

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Congresswoman Liz Cheney was among 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection in relation to a deadly riot at the US Capitol in January [File: Aaron P Bernstein/Reuters]

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Russian soldiers march in a military parade in Moscow on Sunday marking the defeat of the Nazis [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]

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