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A protester sits on a chair surrounded by others after storming the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Rajapaksa fled on a military jet on Wednesday after angry protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas. Wickremesinghe quickly declared a nationwide state of emergency to counter swelling protests over the country's economic and political collapse.
Former Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, speaks to Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, as he is unexpectedly escorted out of the main hall during the closing session of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022.
Firefighters search for the bodies of missing victims after the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 in Gasol Village, Cugenang, Cianjur, West Java, on Friday, November 25, 2022. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) recorded a total of 321 people died, the number of refugees to date reached 73,874 people due to the earthquake in Cianjur.
Firefighters try to rescue the deceased bodies from a crashed car after a girder accidentally fell from a crane on the passing-by car in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 15, 2022.
People looking for their relatives examine photographs of soccer match stampede victims provided by volunteers to assist them in identifying their family members at Malang's Syaiful Anwar hospital. The photo was taken on October 2, 2022. A soccer stampede tragedy occurred as a result of police use of tear gas following a riot following a match between Arema FC of Malang and Persebaya of Surabaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium on October 1, 2022. According to the official database, 135 people were killed and hundreds were injured.
Nam In-seok, owner of a clothing shop situated on the site where a stampede happened during Halloween festivities pays respects in the middle of the site, in Seoul, South Korea October 31, 2022. The stampede occurred as thousands of people celebrated Halloween night in the popular Itaewon nightlife district. Most victims were teenagers and people in their 20s who crowded into a narrow alley with a slope, facilitating numerous falls that hindered their passage. At least 151 deaths were confirmed with 82 people injured, 19 of them seriously.
