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The floating crane ship HEBO LIFT 10, which will recover the "Bayesian" yacht of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, is docked at the port of Termini Imerese ahead of the salvage operation off Porticello, near Palermo, Italy on May 3.
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Two men convicted of felling UK’s famous Sycamore Gap tree
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A Palestinian child waits to receive his portion of a hot meal, at a free food distribution point at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 12.
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World in photos

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29 April 2025, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Marlow: Abigail, the albino kangaroo at Marlow Bird Park, gets flowers for breakfast on her first birthday. The dandelion is a tasty treat to which all the other Bennnett kangaroos at the bird park are also invited. Photo: Bernd Wüstneck/dpa (Photo by Bernd Wüstneck/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Lily, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, are lost in a rural part of Canada’s Nova Scotia province after disappearing on Friday.
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Siblings Lily, 6, and Jack, 4, have been missing in rural Canada for four days
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An army soldier examines a building damaged by an Indian missile strike near Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
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India strikes deep inside Pakistan, Pakistan claims 5 Indian jets shot down, in major escalation
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BERNARD, MAINE - JULY 08 Cooked lobsters are seen at the Thurston's Lobster Pound on July 08, 2019 in Bernard, Maine. Maine’s lobsters are the most valuable commercial fishery in the state and the largest lobster fishery in the United States. Studies indicate that since 1982, temperatures in the Gulf of Maine have warmed about 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit, with the warmer water actually helping increase lobster populations. There is concern among scientists though that further higher in-shore water temperatures could push smaller lobsters farther offshore to deeper, cooler waters, or northward into the cooler Canadian waters which could disrupt the Maine lobster business over time. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Virtual lobster museum gives visitors a pinch of Maine
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Blake Lively packs her outrageously big hat for the destination wedding film of the year
Coronation portrait of UK’s King Charles unveiled
Sotheby’s postpones auction of jewels linked to the Buddha after India calls for their return

Weather

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