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The tanker, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, was carrying 3,800 tonnes of fuel when it struck a reef at Pointe d'Esny, an internationally-listed conservation site

Concern over oil spill in coral reefs off Mauritius

News Lens / 08 Aug

The cubs, born in June, have started to come out of their den

Three endangered cheetah cubs born at Fota

News Lens / 07 Aug

Image: Edmond Khnaisser

Born under the blast: Dad-to-be films Beirut explosion

News Lens / 07 Aug

The lawmakers made a statement in brightly coloured clothes and rainbow masks, in a protest against Duda

MPs in LGBT rainbow protest against Polish president

News Lens / 06 Aug

Image: Hoda Melki

Auld Lang Syne: Hope among the debris in Beirut

News Lens / 06 Aug

Dr Israa Seblani was standing smiling in a square close to the couple's wedding venue when the explosion happened

Wedding video captures moment of Beirut warehouse blast

News Lens / 05 Aug

Deputy Prime Minister Boris Milosevic is the first ethnic Serb political representative to attend the annual memorial for 'Operation Storm' offensive

First ethnic Serb representative attends Croatian event

News Lens / 05 Aug

Marine officials carefully guided the giant reptiles as they thrashed their flippers in the sand

Rescued sea turtles released into wild in Bali

News Lens / 05 Aug

The report said cybercriminals were sending Covid-19 themed phishing emails, which seek to obtain confidential data from users

'Alarming' cybercrime increase during Covid-19 pandemic

Australian and US warplanes spotted a giant "SOS" the men had scrawled on the beach (Photo courtesy of Australian Defence Force)

Giant SOS message leads to rescue of stranded sailors

News Lens / 04 Aug

'Boomerang' the humpback whale - tagged as HBIRL3 - was first recorded in waters off west Cork in 2001

'Boomerang' makes a splash on return to Irish waters

News Lens / 04 Aug

It was Daisy's second time being rescued (Image: Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team)

Roles reversed as St Bernard dog rescued from mountain

News Lens / 28 Jul

Image: Instagram / @shanestephen_liveaction

Australian fishermen record orcas attacking humpbacks

News Lens / 27 Jul

Thomas Cook and Joseph Feeney collect their winnings (Image: Wisconsin Lottery)

US lottery win shared following 1992 handshake pact

News Lens / 24 Jul

Officers arrived to find what looked at first glance like a black-furred big cat on a park bench but turned out to be a stuffed toy

Police search for 'apex predator' finds stuffed toy

News Lens / 24 Jul

Nuri pictured with her newborn cub in the Wroclaw Zoo

Rare Sumatran tiger cub born in Polish zoo

News Lens / 24 Jul

The word registry was misspelled, and there were formatting errors

Dead giveaway - typo reveals death cert a forgery

News Lens / 23 Jul

Lightning strikes One World Trade Center in Manhattan

Quick as a flash photographer captures lightning storm

News Lens / 23 Jul

Image: Souhaila Saidi

Neighbours catch children jumping to escape fire

News Lens / 23 Jul

The move is a safety measure, rather than a bid to increase the gondolier's profits by spreading customers over more boats

Tubby tourists force slimmer numbers on Venice gondolas

News Lens / 22 Jul

Less than three weeks later, Ivan was back on the pitch

Russian teen hit by lightning back playing football

News Lens / 21 Jul

Image: Essalud

Mother and premature baby reunited after Covid recovery

News Lens / 21 Jul

Vivienne Westwood enacted a 'canary in the mine' metaphor in support of Assange

Vivienne Westwood protests for Assange in London

News Lens / 21 Jul

Solo Morris steps out of the Little Amsterdam Coffee shop in Los Angeles to re-stock the frosted-glass fridge

'Community fridges' helping homeless people in LA

News Lens / 20 Jul

The Brown Booby was spotted on the beach at Greystones

Brown Booby, rare bird found on Wicklow beach, dies

Ireland / 18 Jul

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