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Deputy head of the Scientific Research Department at the University College of Applied Sciences, Gaza Abeer Z. Barakah, credit photo @icpkualalumpur

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists take part in a protest march in Dhaka to press their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government - AFP

Activists from environmental group Greenpeace project a slideshow on the Berlaymont building, to urge EU leaders to adopt a strong Global Ocean Treaty, during a protest action at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Jan 23. Greenpeace activists yesterday boarded a vessel contracted to Shell as it sailed in the Atlantic Ocean, demanding that the Anglo-Dutch oil giant "stop drilling and start paying". Four Greenpeace International activists from Argentina, Turkey, the UK and the US boarded the White Marlin vessel just north of the Canary Islands, the group said in a statement. - AFP

Tourists visit the ruins of Persepolis near the city of Shiraz in southern Iran on Jan 25. Persepolis, a UNESCO world heritage site, was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia (550-330 BC). The importance and quality of the monumental ruins make it a unique archaeological site. Activists report that Iran has handed 10-year jail sentences to a young couple, after a video of their romantic dance in front of Teheran's historic Azadi Tower in November went viral. - XINHUA

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US Attorney General Merrick Garland, with Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the arrests of three people who allegedly took part in a Tehran-backed plot to assassinate dissident Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad - AFP

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Police carry Greta Thunberg out of a group of demonstrators and activists in Erkelenz, western Germany, on Jan 17, 2023, as demonstrations continue against a coal mine extension in the nearby village of Luetzerath. - AFP

Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim together with Indonesian President Joko Widodo planted a Merawan Tree (Hopea Odorata sp.) on Jan 9, 2023, as a symbolic of bilateral relations between Malaysia and Indonesia, during a two-day official visit to Indonesia at the Bogor Palace. - Photo: BERNAMA