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Painter Jagjot Singh Rubal gives the final touches to a painting depicting US President-elect Joe Biden (second left) and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (left) in Amritsar. AFP -
Austria's right back Nikola Stevanovic jumps and shoots to score during the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship match between Group E teams Norway and Austria at the 6th of October Sports Hall in 6th of October city, a suburb of the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP -
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (second left) visiting Mamuju, after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island on January 15. AFP -
Security forces block migrants who arrived in caravan from Honduras on their way to the United States, in Vado Hondo, Guatemala. AFP -
A Unicef learning centre burning down in an arson attack, at a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh's southeastern district of Cox's Bazar. AFP
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