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World in pictures, June 10, 2026
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors
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Illness
Brazil monitors patients for Ebola as travellers return from Africa
The virus is also being detected across a widening swath of the DRC’s conflict-hit east as health authorities struggle to trace exposed contacts and determine the true scale of the epidemic.
- by Rhea Rose Abraham
Inside the town at the frontline of the Ebola epidemic
Medical workers, armed with the most rudimentary equipment and a dwindling supply of protective suits, masks and water, are waging a desperate fight against a deadly disease.
- by Declan Walsh
‘Every hour making coffins’: Funeral wakes banned as WHO lifts Ebola threat to ‘very high’
There are now 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths, and one senior official has described the effort to stop the rapid spread as “a race against the clock”.
- by Justin Kabumba and Monika Pronczuk
What to know about the new Ebola outbreak that quietly raged for weeks
Health officials are racing to contain a rare strain of the disease that spread under the radar in Africa.
- by Nancy Lapid
WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak. This rare variant has no approved treatments
There are more than 300 suspected cases and 87 deaths in the Congo and Uganda so far.
- by Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi
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Trump's White House
Trump says ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki eliminated
The joint operation to eliminate the terrorist was conducted by US and Nigerian forces, the US president said in a Truth Social post.
Big-bellied crocodile airlifted to solve mystery of missing man
A South African police officer had to brave crocodile-infested waters as the search for a missing businessman led to a grim finding.
- by Nick Squires
How an ocean cruise turned into a hantavirus nightmare
As the MV Hondius lay marooned off Cape Verde, three passengers dead from a dangerous virus and others suffering symptoms, one man posted an emotional plea for help.
- by Tim Cocks
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Health
Four Australians stuck on cruise ship after suspected deadly hantavirus outbreak
More than 140 people remain on the luxury cruise ship that is being held off West Africa after three people died and at least four others fell ill.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo and Olivia Le Poidevin
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Health
Suspected outbreak of rare hantavirus on cruise ship kills three people
At least three others who were on the polar expedition ship are ill, with a British tourist in intensive care in a South African hospital.
- by Gerald Imray