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Jedaida, Tunisia (AFP) Sept 1, 2021 - Tunisian farmers are turning to the past to ensure a future by planting indigenous seeds as the North African country suffers at a time of drought, disease and climate change.
Jun 26, 2026
Kerkennah, Tunisia (AFP) Sept 14, 2024 - Off a quiet Tunisian island, Sara Souissi readies her small fishing boat. As a woman in the male-dominated trade, she rows against entrenched patriarchy but also environmental threats to her livelihood.
Jun 26, 2026
Ezzahra, Tunisia (AFP) Sept 13, 2021 - Tahar Jaouebi looks out from a beach south of Tunis remembering the 1990s, when the water was still clean enough to bathe in.
Jun 26, 2026
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 14, 2011 - A Japanese electricity firm is to build an 18-metre (60-foot) high barrier to protect a nuclear plant from tsunamis, the company said Wednesday.
Jun 26, 2026
Wellington (AFP) Sept 1, 2016 - The east coast of New Zealand was hit by a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake before dawn Friday, generating a small tsunami, but officials said there was no significant damage or injuries.
Jun 26, 2026
Lalomanu, Samoa (AFP) Sept 30, 2009 - Makeshift crosses dot the shattered landscape of the Samoan tsunami's Ground Zero, a village of tropical homes and beachside resorts which has been literally wiped off the map.
Jun 26, 2026
Camp Shorab, Afghanistan (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 - Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand say Donald Trump's decision to keep boots on the ground indefinitely gives them all the time in the world to retake the province, once the symbol of US intervention but now a Taliban stronghold.
Jun 26, 2026
Houston (AFP) Sept 3, 2017 - President Donald Trump handed out box lunches and hugged children at an emergency shelter in Houston Saturday as he sought to rally America behind victims of Hurricane Harvey while they dig out of the devastation left by the megastorm.
Jun 26, 2026
Conway, United States (AFP) Sept 19, 2018 - US President Donald Trump toured storm-battered areas of the Carolinas on Wednesday, handing out meals to residents and promising the 100 percent support of the federal government to victims of Hurricane Florence.
Jun 26, 2026
Naples, United States (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 - US President Donald Trump viewed flood damage and handed out sandwiches to victims of Hurricane Irma in Florida on Thursday as utility workers redoubled their efforts to restore power after eight retirees died in a sweltering nursing home.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 18, 2018 - US President Donald Trump unveiled a new strategy Tuesday aimed at reducing the risks of man-made and naturally occurring biological threats.
Jun 26, 2026
Miami (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 - President Donald Trump is to visit storm-ravaged Florida on Thursday as authorities investigate the deaths of eight residents of a nursing home that lost power when Hurricane Irma whipped through the region.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2024 - The prospect of Donald Trump returning as president is hanging over crucial UN-sponsored climate negotiations, with countries holding back their positions until they know who sits in the White House.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2017 - US President Donald Trump signed a $15 billion hurricane relief package passed by Congress Friday, one that also raises the debt ceiling and avoids a looming shutdown by funding government into early December.
Jun 26, 2026
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2020 - US President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that China must be held accountable by the world for its actions over the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jun 26, 2026
Quantico, United States (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 - US President Donald Trump told a rare meeting of top military officers Tuesday that the country faces a war from within and suggested American cities be used as training grounds for troops.
Jun 26, 2026
