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President Xi Jinping and other senior Chinese leaders should demonstrate their commitment to the rule of law by acknowledging the government’s responsibility for the massacre of unarmed civilians 24 years ago, and by allowing commemorations of the anniversary, Human Rights Watch said.

An assessment team talks to displaced people in Pauktaw camp in rural Rakhine, Myanmar, where more than 20,000 Rohingya live.

A baby gets some rest in one of the tents put up in Hasiya for the displaced Syrian families.

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is seen as Africa's greatest conflict resolution success.

The detention of a journalist in Skopje for an article published several years ago is excessive and negatively impacts media freedom, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović.

Children at a disability centre in Hargesia, capital of Somaliland.

With France's first gay marriage celebrated this week in the southern city of Montpellier, it seems the country may have finally turned the page on a bitterly divisive issue that sparked massive protests and violence. Or maybe not.

Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed.

Libyan women queue up to vote on election day in July 2012.