Template:In the news
- South African archbishop and human rights activist Desmond Tutu (pictured) dies at the age of 90.
- Ariane flight VA256, carrying the James Webb Space Telescope, is launched from the Guiana Space Centre.
- A ferry fire in Bangladesh kills at least 40 people.
- Floods in Malaysia leave at least 46 people dead and displace more than 68,000 others.
- At least 85 people are killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Madagascar.
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