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First humanoid robot games launch in China
The competition brought together 280 robotics teams from 16 countries. [Adek Berry/AFP]
First humanoid robot games launch in China
People and robots take part in the opening ceremony of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. [Adek Berry/AFP]
First humanoid robot games launch in China
Robots are placed on their stand before competing in the games. [Adek Berry/AFP]
First humanoid robot games launch in China
Robots compete in the 100m final at the Chinese capital's National Speed Skating Oval, built for the 2022 Winter Olympics. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
First humanoid robot games launch in China
A technician programs a robot to compete in a five-against-five football match. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
First humanoid robot games launch in China
Robots compete in the football final. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
First humanoid robot games launch in China
A robot competes in the 100m obstacles event. [Adek Berry/AFP]
First humanoid robot games launch in China
A robot competes in the high jump category. [Adek Berry/AFP]
First humanoid robot games launch in China
Robots compete in a boxing event. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
First humanoid robot games launch in China
A referee declares the winner in a robot boxing match. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]
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Cholera-infected patients receive treatment.
Patients receive treatment in the cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila city, Darfur [AFP]
Sudan refugees face cholera outbreak with nothing but lemons for medicine
A worker disinfects a man at the entrance to a cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps in Tawila city. [AFP]
Sudan refugees face cholera outbreak with nothing but lemons for medicine
The first cholera cases in Tawila were detected in early June in the village of Tabit, said Sylvain Penicaud, a project coordinator for French charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
A child infected with cholera receives treatment.
Across North Darfur state, more than 640,000 children under the age of five are at risk, according to UNICEF. [AFP]
Sudan refugees face cholera outbreak with nothing but lemons for medicine
Cholera is a highly contagious bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhoea and spreads through contaminated water and food. [AFP]
Sudan refugees face cholera outbreak with nothing but lemons for medicine
Causing rapid dehydration, Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated, yet it is preventable and usually easily treatable with oral rehydration solutions. [AFP]
Sudan refugees face cholera outbreak with nothing but lemons for medicine
MSF has opened a 160-bed cholera treatment centre in Tawila, with plans to expand to 200 beds. [AFP]
Sudan refugees face cholera outbreak with nothing but lemons for medicine
The World Health Organization said last week that cholera "has swept across Sudan, with all states reporting outbreaks". [AFP]
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Water crisis in Gaza under Israeli attacks​​​​​​​
People wait in line to fill water canisters from an aid truck in Gaza City. [Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu]
Water crisis in Gaza under Israeli attacks​​​​​​​
Khadija Sobh, 18 gives water to her seven-month-old daughter, Janin Sobh, inside their tent in the Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
Dire water shortages compound hunger and displacement in Gaza
A boy carries a jerrycan filled with water drawn from the tank of a mobile water cistern destroyed in an Israeli bombardment in the Nuseirat refugee camp. [Eyad Baba/AFP]
Dire water shortages compound hunger and displacement in Gaza
More than 75 per cent of Gaza's wells are out of service, and 100,000 metres (62 miles) of water mains have been damaged. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
Dire water shortages compound hunger and displacement in Gaza
Displaced Palestinians collect water at a tent camp in Gaza City. [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]
Dire water shortages compound hunger and displacement in Gaza
Although Gaza’s water crisis has received less media attention than the ongoing hunger crisis, its effects are just as deadly. [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]
Dire water shortages compound hunger and displacement in Gaza
“Just like food, water should never be used for political ends,” UNICEF spokeswoman Rosalia Bollen says. [Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu]
Dire water shortages compound hunger and displacement in Gaza
People gather to receive food distributed by a charity in Gaza City. [Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu]
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