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Added on the 10/01/2020 18:53:44 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Anxious parents wait for news outside a primary school in central Kenya, after an overnight fire in a dormitory kills at least 17 children and injured several others. Police say the blaze in Nyeri county's Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, while the children were sleeping. There are fears there could be more victims in the damaged building. Some 800 pupils, between the ages of roughly five and 12 attend the institution. IMAGES
People pay tribute to the Nashville school shooting victims at a makeshift memorial, lined with flowers, balloons and teddy bears, outside the Covenant School building. Earlier Monday, a heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack at the private elementary school. The suspected shooter, who was fatally shot by police, was identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who the officer later said identified as transgender. IMAGES
Protesters demanding greater gun control gather outside a venue where US gun lobby group, the National Rifle Association (NRA), holds its annual convention in Houston, Texas, three days after a horrific school shooting in the state killed 19 children and two teachers. IMAGES
Community members attend a prayer vigil in Uvalde, Texas, after a gunman murdered 19 small children and two teachers at a local elementary school -- America's worst school shooting in a decade. IMAGES
Distressed parents wait for news of their children after gunmen stormed the Bethel Baptist High School in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria, kidnapping 140 students in the early hours on Monday. IMAGES