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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol leaves after visiting the site where a massive fire at a lithium battery factory killed at least 22 people in one of the country's worst factory disasters in years. IMAGES
Images of Spanish firefighters at the scene of a fire that ripped through an abandoned bank occupied by squatters in central Barcelona, killing four people, including a baby and a three-year-old boy. IMAGES
Around 20 bodies have been found at a South Korean lithium battery factory after a massive blaze, the Yonhap news agency says, with firefighters still searching the building. According to one firefighter, over 100 people were working in the factory when workers heard a series of explosions from the second floor, where lithium-ion batteries are inspected and packaged. IMAGES
Kuwaiti security forces and ambulances gather outside a residential building which was engulfed by a deadly fire in Kuwait City. More than 35 people were killed and dozens injured in a building fire in an area heavily populated with foreign workers, the interior ministry said. IMAGES
Images show firefighters battling the huge blaze that killed at least three people and injured nearly 300 in Kenya's capital Nairobi. The fire broke out just before midnight on Thursday in the Embakasi neighbourhood southeast of the capital and was contained at around 0600 GMT. 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.