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A Belgian zoo shares the first images of a baby white rhino, born on the 25th of November. The young rhino and his mum, Madiba, are both doing well. IMAGES
Scores of panda lovers visit a zoo in Kuala Lumpur for the first public viewing of a cub, the second born in the Southeast Asian country in less than three years. IMAGES
Heavy rains fall over houses and trees sway amid powerful winds in Houston as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas. IMAGES
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko makes his first public appearance in months, greeting and waving at hundreds of supporters in the capital Dakar, a day after his release from prison. Sonko is welcomed by the crowd ahead of a press conference he was due to hold with his deputy, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was also released from prison on Thursday and who Sonko has endorsed as a candidate for the country's March 24 presidential vote. IMAGES
The Zoo of Copenhagen has released footage of a baby elephant which was born last week in captivity as part of a European breeding program for Asian elephants. The mother is 16 year old Maha Kumari and the fathers name is Fahim. The name and gender of the baby elephant aren't known yet. Calves weight in beetween 70 and 90kg at birth after spending 22 months in their mothers wombs, the longest gestation in the animal kindom. Elephant births in zoos are relatively rare with a total number of 18 worldwide in 2023 IMAGES
China's first domestically produced passenger jet C919 makes its international debut at the Singapore Airshow, the largest aviation event in Asia. The single-aisle model from COMAC is a potential competitor to the market-leading A320, made by Europe's Airbus, and the 737 MAX from US-based Boeing. IMAGES