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The coordinated operation comes four days after a suicide bomber killed 54 people at a wedding in Gaziantep.

The quake struck at 3:36am and was felt across central Italy.

From mausoleums in Timbuktu to ancient monuments in Palmyra and the Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan.

The Wadi al-Salam cemetery in Najaf covers about 10 square kilometres and contains five million bodies.

IBTimes UK looks back at photographs taken worldwide in July 2016, the hottest month ever recorded.

Sirte is the militant group's last bastion in the country, having been occupied since 2015.

Furniture, photos and toys line the streets after three-day storm takes 13 lives and leaves 3,000 in shelters.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated and dozens have died in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

The number of suspected dealers and users killed since Duterte took power is much higher than previously thought.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan said Islamic State was probably behind the attack.

Passengers slumped in their seats, and one man apparently urinating on the tracks at Oxford Circus.

Scenes like the air strike that wounded Omran Daqneesh are all too common in Syria.

The furry fandom – lovers of anthropomorphic cartoon animals – meet in Berlin.

Pro-government forces have encircled the militants in a shrinking section of the centre of Daesh's former North African stronghold.

Indonesia become independent from the Netherlands in 1945.

All that remains of many homes is burnt patio furniture and skeletal remains of cars leaking molten metal onto driveways.

The statue rests 15 metres below sea level, and requires scuba divers to find it.

Californians will be able to vote to repeal or alter the death penalty ruling in the 2016 elections.

The train is thought to have been carrying gold, silver and paintings seized from Hungarian Jews.

The country's 19 'disaster zones' have spread across 23 villages, with 55 landslides and 808 incidents of mine subsidence.

Rivers reached historic highs as some areas received two feet of rain in a 48-hour period.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi avoided direct mention of the Kashmiri unrest in his Independence Day speech.

Comfort women were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese military before and during the Second World War.

Scenes of joy as the Syrian town on Manbij is liberated from Daesh control.

Place de la Republique's Marianne statue was a colourful, poignant tribute to victims. Not any more.

IBTimes UK looks back at the times of the leader who defied 11 American presidents.

The blasts come just days before the anniversary of the Erawan Shrine bombing, which killed 20 people and injured over 100.

Alongside spreading awareness of the threats faced by the great creatures, it is good to remember how adorable they are.

Photos of the military campaigns to recapture major Isis strongholds in Syria, Libya and Iraq.