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Paris commemorates the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda 30 years ago with a message broadcast on the Eiffel Tower's first floor. IMAGES
The Eiffel Tower in Paris goes dark to mark "Earth Hour", a global event held every year on the last Saturday in March to raise awareness of climate change and promote energy saving. IMAGES
Nearly 30,000 supporters of the coup in Niger gather in a stadium in the capital, Niamey. The rally takes place as the deadline set by the west African bloc -- the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) -- for the military to relinquish control of the country, or face possible armed intervention, is set to lapse. IMAGES
The United States accuses Russia of planning to build its military force in ally Belarus to 30,000 within weeks, amid a troop buildup by Moscow on Ukraine's borders. SOUNDBITE
As the UK winds up its operation to airlift civilians ahead of the August 31 deadline for US troop withdrawal as Taliban forces prepare to take over the airport, British ambassador to Afghanistan Laurie Bristow says nearly 15,000 British nationals, Afghan staff and others at risk have been evacuated from Kabul since "Operation Pitting" began. Britain hasn't "forgotten the brave, decent people of Afghanistan," Bristow says as British troops prepare to pull out, leaving several hundred Afghans otherwise eligible to fly to the UK behind. SOUNDBITE
Kelly Scheppers, une influenceuse belge de 30 ans, est décédée tragiquement. Elle était l'épouse de Christiaan Jacobs