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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s…
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for new U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue in the Oval…
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2025. [Jim…
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica, after…
US President Donald Trump makes a trade announcement during a meeting with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (left), Vice President…
Smoke billows on the horizon following an Israeli air strike on Yemen’s Huthi-held capital Sanaa on May 6, 2025. [AFP]…
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost at the St Peter’s Basilica. [Alberto Pizzoli, AFP] Robert Francis Prevost became the…
French cardinal proto-deacon Dominique Mamberti announces the name of the new pope at the St Peter’s Basilica. [Tiziana Fabi, AFP]…
People react as white smoke (unseen) signals that cardinals elected a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican on…
A bite from this arachnid won’t give you as many problems as black widow bites, but it’s still no…
A Ford Mustang is seen at a used car dealership in Montebello, California on May 5, 2025. Ford reported a…
US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at…
Black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope during…
Black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope during…
EU Commissioner for Climate, Energy Neutralization and Climate Growth Wopke Hoekstra (C) attends The Copenhagen Climate Ministerial meeting in Copenhagen,…
This photograph shows black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals failed to elect a…
A pro-junta demonstrator holds a banner as opposing political parties protest against potential dissolution by Mali’s military authorities in Bamako…
Visitors look on as they wait for smoke signalling the result of the cardinals’ vote during the conclave in the…
Faithful watch a giant screen displaying the holy mass of cardinals to the Sistine chapel, at St Peter’s Square. [Stefano…
Cardinals during a holy mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff, prior to the start of the conclave, at…
A Ford Mustang is seen at a used car dealership in Montebello, California on May 5, 2025. Ford reported a…
Cardinals hold last mass before conclave to elect pope. [File, Courtesy] Cardinals from five continents held a final mass in…
White smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel meaning that cardinals elected a new pope…
Ivorian cardinal Ignace Bessi Dogbo leaves after a congregation meeting at The Vatican, on May 5, 2025. [AFP] Cardinals from…
Smoke billows on the horizon following an Israeli air strike on Yemen’s Huthi-held capital Sanaa on May 6, 2025. [AFP]…
Cardinals attend a holy mass a day after the funeral of Pope Francis, at St Peter’s square in The Vatican, on…
Shuruq Ayyad consoles her 12-year-old daughter Rahaf, who is suffering from malnutrition, in al-Rimal in central Gaza City on May…
US President Donald Trump addresses the media after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, in…
Italian tailor, Raniero Mancinelli, 86, works on a cardinal’s cassock in his shop in Borgo Pio, Vatican. [Tiziana Fabi, AFP] One…
The 15 cardinals who are among the potential favourites to become the next pope, known as the “papabili.”on April 21,…
Rong Chhun (second right), an advisor of the Nation Power Party, speaks to UN officials near the Phnom Penh municipal…
In the dusty alleys of Nima, a shanty town in the heart of Ghana’s capital, a 17-year-old called Ghost reclines…
A tourist guide holds a leaflet displaying pictures of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI at St Peter’s square in…
A firefighter installs the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, with the statue of Saint Paul in the…
An aerial view of the launch of the Hull 096 aluminium catamaran, the world’s largest battery-electric ship. May 2, 2025.…
Lebanese army soldiers deploy at the site of Israeli strikes following evacuation orders, in Beirut’s southern suburb on April 27,…
Argentine Cardinal Angel Sixto Rossi arrives for the seventh congregation meeting at the Vatican, on April 30, 2025. [AFP] A…
Newly elevated cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu from Italy, attends the courtesy visit of relatives following a consistory for the creation…
Asia’s front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines. [Courtesy] Asia’s front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal…
Leaders, members, and supporters from the Canadian labor union Unifor, gather during a “Protect Canadian Jobs Rally” to protest the…
Members of Amnesty International during a demonstration called by a dozen pro-Palestinian organizations in support of the Palestinian people, in…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, accompanied by White House border czar Tom Homan, speaks during the daily press…
Cardinals during the fifth congregation meeting in the Vatican, on April 28, 2025. [AFP] The announcement of the date for…
Faithful attend Pope Francis’ funeral ceremony at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. [AFP] Hundreds of…
This photo taken and released on April 26, 2025, by The Vatican Media shows pallbearers carrying the coffin of late…
Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Pope Francis during the funeral ceremony in St Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on…
This photograph shows a view of the Column of Peace and the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, the Pope’s last resting…
People crowd on a street in Rome ahead of late Pope Francis’ funeral on April 26, 2025. [AFP] Mourners thronged…
Women light candles at an altar in honor to the late Pope Francis at San Jose de Flores Basilica in…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath during a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Jerusalem, on…
A portrait of the late Pope Francis at San Jose de Flores Basilica in Buenos Aires on April 24, 2025. [AFP]…
This photograph shows the changing room at the Gammarelli tailor shop in Rome, on April 24, 2025. Rome’s Gammarelli tailors…
This photograph shows Pope Francis’ coffin (bottom) with members of the clergy attending a ceremony inside St Peter’s Basilica following…
China’s President Xi Jinping (R) and Kenya’s President William Ruto shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall…
Visitors, pilgrims and the faithful walk next to the coffin as they pay their respects to late Pope Francis inside…
Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni paying her respects to Pope Francis at St Peter’s basilica in The Vatican on…
Uganda’s army chief met Tuesday near Kampala with leaders of a militia from northeastern DR Congo following deadly clashes last…
An Africa-based food security NGO said Wednesday it had lost $40 million in grants following aid cuts by US President…
A man displays freshly collected Damascenas (Damask) roses, used to produce rose water and oil, at a farm in Saudi…
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier and IMF Research Department Deputy Director Petya Brooks in Washington, DC. April 22,…
People attend a special mass for Pope Francis in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on April 22, 2025, in New York City.…
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina and France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the Presidential Palace in Antananarivo on April 23, 2025. [AFP]…
Catholic priests file past a photo of Pope Francis during a mass to pay tribute to the late Pope Francis…
Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Pope Francis during the procession of the late Pope’s coffin from the chapel of…
Pope Francis shaking hands with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI funeral mass at St Peter’s square…
A screen displaying the Meta logo and the European flag. Picture taken on April 27, 2023. [AFP] The EU on Wednesday…
The body of Pope Francis is being blessed inside St. Peter’s Basilica on April 23, 2025. [AFP] Pope Francis, who…
Pope Francis’s open coffin began its procession to Saint Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, accompanied by dozens of red-robed cardinals and…
A photo of late Pope Francis is displayed in a catholic church in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on April…
A Russian drone strike on a bus transporting workers in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk killed at least nine people…
Ahead of his lying-in-state, Pope Francis’s body was made ready to withstand Rome’s warm spring weather with a temporary embalming…
Members of the “Guerreros Buscadores” collective pray in an abandoned house used to sell drugs after finding human remains in…
Pope Francis’s coffin will be transferred to St Peter’s Basilica Wednesday for three days of lying in state, with scores…
Philippine Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David touches a portrait of Pope Francis after a mass at the Manila Cathedral in Manila…
The World Food Programme said Tuesday that it was suspending aid for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia due…
A photo of the late Pope Francis is displayed at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne in Melbourne on April…
A priest prays near a portrait of late Pope Francis at the Caridad del Cobre church in Havana on…
Bishop of Dallas Kevin Joseph Farrell walks after kneeling before Pope Francis to pledge allegiance and become cardinal, on November…
Pope Francis in an open coffin during the rite of the Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff at the…
Pope Francis in an open coffin during the rite of the Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff at the…
Pope Francis’s funeral set for Saturday, Vatican announces. [AFP] Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced…
A family prays in front of a grave of a fallen Ukrainian soldier at the Lychakiv Military Cemetery on…
A man holding a white rose stands at St Peter’s square following the death of Pope Francis in the Vatican…
Worshippers pay their respects to the late Pope Francis at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne on April 22, 2025.…
Candles light in front of a portrait of Pope Francis at the Catholic Church of St. Catherine in Saint Petersburg…
Pope Francis’s funeral set for Saturday, Vatican announces. [AFP] Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced…
Aerial view of the obelisk illuminated with the image of late Pope Francis in Buenos Aires on April 21,…
A general view shows St Peter’s basilica a day after the death of Pope Francis, in The Vatican on April…
This photo taken on April 21, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis in his open coffin during the…
This photo taken on April 21, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis in his open coffin during the…
A general view shows St Peter’s basilica a day after the death of Pope Francis, in The Vatican on April…
Bishop of Dallas Kevin Joseph Farrell walks after kneeling before Pope Francis to pledge allegiance and become cardinal, on November…
Aerial view of the obelisk illuminated with the image of late Pope Francis in Buenos Aires on April 21,…
Pope Francis died of a stroke on Monday at the Vatican aged 88. His funeral is to be held later…
A populist party in New Zealand’s governing coalition on Tuesday proposed a law to enforce a biological definition of men…
Cardinals will meet Tuesday to decide the date for Pope Francis’s funeral, starting a process that will culminate in the…
Pope Francis greets the crowd from the popemobile after the Easter mass at St Peter s square in the…
Pope Francis waves at the crowd from the popemobile in Ajaccio, as part of his trip on the French island…