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More than one hundred migrants, some of whom are minors, are being transferred to the municipality of Porto Empedocle, in Sicily, after arriving on the small Italian island of Lampedusa (south of Sicily) in recent days. IMAGES
Around 70 migrants who have arrived in Lampedusa from North Africa in recent days are transferred by boat to Porto Empedocle on the Italian island of Sicily. Most of the migrants are minors. IMAGES
Soldiers and civilians in South Korea board a ferry heading to Yeonpyeong island, where residents were ordered on Friday to evacuate to, after North Korea carried out artillery training near the Northern Limit Line (NLL). Yeonpyeong, with about 2,000 residents, is around 115 kilometres (70 miles) west of Seoul. Local officials said residents had been told to evacuate to shelters as a "preventative measure" ahead of a South Korean military drill that was prompted by North Korea's artillery barrage. IMAGES
A group of 73 migrants mainly from Bangladesh are rescued by an Italian Guardia di Finanza vessel in the Mediterranean sea and brought to Lampedusa. More than 1,400 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa at the weekend, sparking calls from far-right politicians for action to stem the flow, amid fresh moves by Italian authorities against the rescue boats who operate in the central Mediterranean. IMAGES
The Ocean Viking humanitarian ship disembarks more than 230 rescued migrants, more than half of them unaccompanied minors, at an Italian port. Representing 15 different nationalities, the migrants had been stranded on two overloaded dinghies in international waters off the coast of western Libya before their rescue by the Ocean Viking. IMAGES