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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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Illustration - Charlie Hebdo

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (11TH DISTRICT). NICOLAS APPERT STREET, POSTER ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION STUCK ON THE WALL OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE EDITORIAL OFFICE OF THE NEWSPAPER CHARLIE HEBDO WAS LOCATED, VICTIM OF A TERRORIST ATTACK IN JANUARY 2015 Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Audience With Representatives Of The Media - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV meets with media professionals on May 12, 2025 at the Vatican. The pope urges them to serve truth and promote peace, saying communication helps create a society’s culture. The Pope went on to reaffirm the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for reporting the truth, and he called for their release. He said their suffering reminds the world of the importance of the freedom of expression and the press. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, accompanied by WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson and his wife Stella Assange, a lawyer at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Julian Assange At Council Of Europe - Strasbourg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Council of Europe October 2, 2024, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Northeastern France. This was his first outing since leaving prison in the UK in June 2024. Julian Assange spoke about his prison conditions. Diminished, he warned of the effects of his arrest on freedom of expression, human rights and investigative journalism. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM