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- Israeli air-strikes following clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque (pictured) and elsewhere in Jerusalem kill at least twenty-four and injure hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza.
- Maldives speaker of parliament and former president Mohamed Nasheed is injured with four others in a car bombing in Malé.
- In Afghanistan, a bombing near a school in Kabul kills at least 85 people and injures more than 140 others.
- An elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses, killing at least 26 people and injuring more than 70 others.
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