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  • Lily Hooper, 18, went missing while out on a hike and was found dead following a major search operation.
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    Missing hiker found dead in Australia as police apologize for ‘miscommunication’ that she was still alive
  • A courtroom sketch shows Erin Patterson attending proceedings via a video link from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, in the Victorian Court of Appeal in Melbourne, Australia, on August 19, 2026.
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  • NEWS EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO SALES. THE IMAGE SHALL NOT BE USED AFTER WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST, 2026 Copyright in the photograph of Baby Brooksbank is vested in Jack Brooksbank. Publications and broadcasters are asked to credit Jack Brooksbank. All terms of release must be adhered to. The photograph is being made available by way of license on condition that: The photograph shall be solely used for news editorial purposes only. It shall not be approved for souvenirs, or memorabilia; or anything colourably similar. No charge should be made for the supply, release, publication or broadcast of the photograph. There shall be no commercial use whatsoever of the photograph (including by way of example only) any use in merchandising, advertising or any other non-news editorial use. The photograph must not be digitally enhanced, manipulated or modified in any manner or form. The photograph shall not be used after Wednesday, 19th August 2026, without prior permission from Buckingham Palace. Any questions relating to the use of the photograph should be first referred to Buckingham Palace before publication or broadcast. Undated handout photo issued by Buckingham Palace of Baby Brooksbank, as Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their daughter, born on Monday August 3 2026, at 6.20pm, at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal. The baby was born weighing 6lb 9oz. Issue date: Tuesday August 4, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jack Brooksbank/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. ROYAL (Press Association via AP Images)
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  • An annotated image by the Australian Transportation Safety Board shows the location where the work light was found after the plane returned to Sydney.
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    A mechanic left a work light in the wing of a Qantas jet. It flew for two days before anyone found it
  • TOPSHOT - In this composite of 7 photographs, the moon passes by the sun into totality creating the diamond ring effect during a total solar eclipse in Bloomington, Indiana, on April 8, 2024. This year's path of totality is 115 miles (185 kilometers) wide and home to nearly 32 million Americans, with an additional 150 million living less than 200 miles from the strip. The next total solar eclipse that can be seen from a large part of North America won't come around until 2044. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: McDonald's Fawkner is seen re-opened on May 18, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. McDonald's has closed 12 restaurants across Melbourne for deep cleaning after an external delivery driver tested positive for COVID-19.  The precautionary decision to close the stores was made after a truck driver delivering supplies to the restaurants while asymptomatic later tested positive for coronavirus. All staff have been asked to self isolate not to return to work for 14 days. The restaurant closures come after the closure of the Fawkner and Craigieburn McDonald's restaurants due to COVID-19 cluster outbreak last week. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
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    McDonald’s shortens breakfast time in Australia as bird flu causes egg shortage
  • Vape pens are pictured on a counter at a vape store, in Melbourne, Australia, May 2, 2023.  REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
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  • Elon Musk, owner of X, speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 6, 2024.
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  • Qantas Airways CEO Vanessa Hudson announces half-yearly earnings in an aircraft hanger at Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport in February 2024.
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  • Cows walk through a field during a cattle drive at a farm in Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, on Thursday, May 28, 2020. A growing number of Australia's primary producers are mulling the potential for a further tightening of restrictions on Australia's agricultural exports by China. Two thirds of Australias farm production is exported, with almost one third of this, 28%, going to China, including 18% of Australia's total beef production, according to Australia's National Farmers' Federation. Photographer: David Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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