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Pope Francis asperses incense as he celebrates a mass after opening the Holy door of the St. Mary Major's Basilica in Rome, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Egyptians celebrate in front of the great Pyramids during New Year's Eve celebration in Giza, Egypt , 01 January 2016. (Khaled Elfiqi/EPA)

Smoke rises as Iranian protesters set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016. Protesters upset over the execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia set fires to the Saudi embassy in Tehran. (Mohammadreza Nadimi/ISNA via AP)

An Afghan policeman stands guard in front of a French restaurant "Le Jardin" after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan January 2, 2016. A suicide attack on a French restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday killed a 12-year-old boy and wounded more than a dozen other people, officials said. (REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail)

Visitors look at a 24m x 25m (wide) image of two monkeys displayed to celebrate the "Year of the Monkey" from the Chinese zodiac at the Hitachi Seaside Park in the Japanese city of Hitachinaka in Ibaraki prefecture, some 100 kilometres north of Tokyo, Japan. The display was made of around 15,000 pine cones and plants collected in the park. (AFP/VOA)

A man carries a child as they try to reach a shore after falling into the sea while disembarking from a dinghy on which they crossed a part of the Aegean sea with other refugees and migrants, from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. (AP/VOA)

Villagers ride a motorcycles passing trees covered with volcanic ash of Mount Bromo during eruption at Ngadisari village in Probolinggo, Indonesia, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (Reuters/VOA)

His cheek wet with tears, President Barack Obama President Barack Obama recalls the 20 first-graders killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, while speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington about steps his administration is taking to reduce gun violence. (AP/VOA)

Policemen walk past “Je suis Ahmed," or "I am Ahmed,” spray painted on the sidewalk, in the red, white and blue colors of the French flag near a plaque commemorating late police officer Ahmed Merabet in Paris, France. President Francois Hollande honored 17 victims killed in Islamic extremist attacks on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market and police a year ago this week. (AP/VOA)

The Volcano of Fire releases lava, seen from Escuintla, Guatemala, Jan. 4, 2016. (AP/VOA)

Vehicles move past a graffiti, depicting the provincial chief executive with the message Fix It!, near an uncovered drain hole along a road in Karachi, Pakistan. According to local media, a group of activists launched an idea to promote a campaign-project to draw the attention of authorities towards civic issues by art, by spray painting stenciled images of lawmakers with messages. (Reuters/VOA)

A driver climbs out of a window of his car after driving onto a flooded road in Van Nuys, California, Jan. 5, 2016. (Reuters/VOA)

ESA astronaut Tim Peake took this photograph over the west coast of Canada from the International Space Station on Dec. 31, 2015, and shared it with his Twitter followers on Jan. 5, 2016. The photograph shows Canada's Coast Range of mountains, with King Island and Burke Channel in the center. The Pacific Ocean is visible at the bottom and north is to the left. (ESA/NASA/VOA)

Mount Sinabung volcano spews lava and ash during an eruption as seen from Tiga Serangkai village in Karo, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (Reuters/VOA)

Ukrainians wearing traditional costumes sing Kolyadky or Ukrainian Christmas Carols, as a part of Orthodox Christmas in Kyiv. (AP/VOA)

A Sri Lankan displays a star blue sapphire, claimed to be the world's biggest star blue sapphire, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Gemological institute of Colombo, a local gem industry body, has certified that the gem weighs 1,404.49 carats (281 grams). (AP/VOA)

Catholics attend a mass at John the Baptist Church during the annual pilgrimage near the baptism site along the Jordan River, Shouneh, Jordan. (Reuters/VOA)

Brussels Attacks
22 March 2016

A string of explosions has hit Brussels airport and a city metro station, with reports of 23 people killed, as Belgium raised its terror threat to the maximum level. The blasts come days after the dramatic arrest in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, the prime suspect in the Paris terror attacks that killed 130 people in November, after four months on the run.

Broken windows seen at the scene of explosions at Zaventem airport
Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters

People react outside Brussels airport after explosions rocked the facility
Photograph: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP

A victim receives first aid by rescuers near Maelbeek metro station
Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

Police officers stand guard at the entrance of a security perimeter set up near Maelbeek metro station
Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

The scene in a tunnel near Maelbeek metro station in Brussels after the blast
Photograph: Evan Lamos/@evanlamos/PA

Scene at Brussels airport after the explosion
Photograph: Jef Versele/PA

Smoke rising from Brussels airport
Photograph: Twitter

Still image taken from video of emergency personnel at the scene of a blast outside a metro station in Brussels
Photograph: Reuters Tv/Reuters

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Emergency personnel tend to injured people after an explosion outside Maelbeek metro station. FRANCESCO CALLEDDA/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

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Tributes to Belgium from around the world


Brussels residents - as well as tourists from around the world - have been bringing flowers and leaving messages of support near the sites of the attacks (Getty Images)

The square near the former city Bourse has been transformed into a makeshift shrine to the victims (Getty Images)

There is sorrow in the city but also defiance against those responsible (EPA)

The Eiffel Tower was illuminated in the national colours of Belgium (EPA)

And these flowers were laid outside the Belgian embassy in Washington DC (AFP)

City Hall in the Portuguese capital Lisbon was illuminated in Belgian national colours (EPA)

While Rome's Capitoline Hill also projected a tribute to those affected (EPA)

Pope Francis washes the feet of migrants
25 March 2016



Pope Francis washes the foot of a woman during the foot-washing ritual at the Castelnuovo di Porto refugees center, some 30km (18,6 miles) from Rome, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis kisses the foot of a man during the foot-washing ritual at the Castelnuovo di Porto refugees center. (L’Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

“Gesture of Brotherhood”: Two of the refugees in the foot-washing ceremony at Pope Francis’ Holy Thursday Mass in 2016 (mannaismayaadventure.com/)

Pope Francis poses for a selfie during his visit at the Castelnuovo di Porto refugees center, some 30km (18,6 miles) from Rome, Thursday, March 24, 2016.