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Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al-Zayani welcomes his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid upon his arrival at the Bahrain International Airport. Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid began a landmark visit to Bahrain where he will open the Israeli embassy one year after the US-brokered normalisation of ties. IMAGES
Newly installed Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris visits Belfast for the first time since taking office, meeting Northern Irish political leaders at Stormont Castle. IMAGES
Pope Francis arrived in mainly Buddhist Myanmar on a highly sensitive visit to a country facing sharp global criticism for the alleged ethnic cleansing of its Rohingya Muslim minority. IMAGES
A top UN official has said Bangladesh's plan to build the world's biggest refugee camp for 800,000-plus Rohingya Muslims was dangerous because overcrowding could heighten the risks of deadly diseases spreading quickly. The arrival of more than half a million Rohingya refugees who have fled an army crackdown in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state since August 25 has put an immense strain on already packed camps in Bangladesh. IMAGES of refugees in Cox's Bazar
A major fire damages or destroys the homes of some 2,000 Rohingya Muslims living in a Myanmar camp for internally displaced people. IMAGES