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Pope Francis lands in Japan for a visit that will take him to Nagasaki and Hiroshima to warn of the dangers of nuclear weapons and pray for peace. He is on the second and final leg of an Asia tour that began in Thailand, where he warned of the pitfalls of modern technology and promoted religious tolerance, including by meeting the country's senior Buddhist leadership. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron lands at the Nikola Tesla airport in Belgrade and is welcomed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, H.E. Pierre Cochard, Ambassador of the Republic of France in Belgrade and H.E. Ana Hrustanovic, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in France and Monaco. Macron kicks off a two-day visit to Serbia, with the fighter jet deal looming large after President Aleksandar Vucic told AFP that he hoped to seal the agreement this week during Macron's trip. IMAGES
The coffin carrying the body of Chile's ex-president Sebastian Pinera arrives at an airport outside the capital city of Santiago. Pinera's body will be transferred to the Metropolitan Cathedral for a mass with IMAGES
Images of former Japanese soldier and sexual assault victim Rina Gonoi arriving at Fukushima District Court. The court found three ex-soldiers guilty of sexually assaulting Gonoi and gave them suspended jail terms, bringing to a close a rare case for a country where victims rarely come forward to speak out against abuse. IMAGES
Luis Manuel Diaz, the father of Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz, arrives by helicopter in the northeastern city of Valledupar after he was freed by Colombia's ELN guerrilla group ending a 12-day ordeal. The 26-year-old winger's father and mother Cilenis Marulanda were abducted by armed men on motorcycles at a gas station in their home town of Barrancas on October 28. IMAGES