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Lava spews from a volcano which erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Wednesday. Authorities have evacuated the nearby town of Grindavik. The eruption is the fifth in six months on the Reykjanes peninsula. IMAGES
Aerial images of the volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, with a fissure more than a kilometre long spilling glowing orange lava and clouds of white smoke. The eruption is the fifth in six months on the Reykjanes peninsula. IMAGES
Chris Hipkins is sworn in as New Zealand's prime minister by the country's governor-general during a ceremony at Government House in Wellington, following the resignation of Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins, the architect of the country's pandemic response, is now tasked with reviving the government's sagging popularity ahead of a general election in October. IMAGES
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern hugs friends and colleagues outside Parliament in Wellington as she heads to Government House to officially resign. Ardern's resignation, less than three years after an emphatic election victory, has ignited a national debate about the vitriol faced by women leaders, especially on social media. IMAGES
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins arrive at a Labour caucus meeting, where lawmakers will confirm the nomination for the new party leader. Hipkins is the sole candidate in line for the position after Ardern announced her resignation as prime minister last week. IMAGES
New Zealand's former Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins emerges as the sole nominee to replace Jacinda Ardern as the country's new prime minister. Speaking to reporters outside parliament in the capital Wellington, Hipkins said he will strive to "reach a consensus about who was best to lead Labour and therefore New Zealand forward." SOUNDBITE