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A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province. The Chang'e-6 seeks to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030. IMAGES
A French military aircraft is loaded with humanitarian aid destined for Gaza, at Orléans-Bricy air base, south of Paris, before taking off for Egypt. Alarm has surged over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war rages into a seventh week. IMAGES
A plane carrying US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaves Taiwan as she continues her Asia tour. Pelosi became the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years. IMAGES
Images of a checkpoint at a village near the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane crash site. Crash investigators on Tuesday said they do not yet know why a China Eastern jet carrying 132 people plunged from the sky. No survivors had been found yet after Monday's crash -- the deadliest air disaster in three decades in China, a country that had maintained an enviable air safety record. IMAGES
France and PSG football star Kylian Mbappé and Chinese Olympic diving champion Zhang Jiaqiis are at Beauval Zoo to help in the unveiling of twin pandas Yuandudu ("Little Snow") and Huanlili ("Cotton Flower"), born on August 2. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.