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Two Amtrak employees were killed and more than 100 others injured when a passenger train carrying 147 people hit a freight train in the US state of South Carolina, authorities said. IMAGES
Voters cast their ballots in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina as polls open in the state's Republican primary in which former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and former United States President Donald Trump are going head-to-head in the race for the 2024 Republican Party’s presidential nomination. IMAGES
Family members of the 21 adolescents who died under mysterious circumstances in a bar in East London in South Africa gather alongside community leaders to hold a prayer session. One mother is overcome by emotion as she addresses the room, a priest and a representative from the department of special development also spoke at the service. The exact cause of death remains unconfirmed but some witnesses have reported a strong and suffocating smell which spread through the building on the night of the tragedy. Some of the 31 people who were admitted to hospital, complained of symptons including backache, vomiting and tight chests. IMAGES
In Johannesburg, students burn tyres and demonstrate after a passerby was shot dead amid protests over student debt. Students began sporadic protests in early January over the alleged exclusion of some students by a government-sponsored tuition aid scheme. They are demanding that the University of the Witwatersrand allows all students with outstanding debt to register for the 2021 academic year. IMAGES
Three police officers were shot dead and another wounded in central France on Wednesday after being called out to a domestic disturbance. Images in the commune of Saint-Just. 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.