Watch: Moment workers are rescued from Nepal tunnel

Rescuers have pulled two people from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project in Nepal more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border.

Could robots be the future of theme parks?

Galaxy Robot Park is a 16,500-square-meter venue in South Korea, with attractions including humanoid robots dancing to K-pop hits.

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Rescuers transport an elderly woman on heavy machinery amidst flash floods

People pulled from mud in Nepal after deadly flash floods

At least 160 people have been killed along the Nepal-Tibet border as rescuers struggle to reach the disaster zone.

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BBC visits hospital in Kathmandu as families wait for news

More than 150 people have been killed after a massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, as hundreds still missing.

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Watch: 'We grabbed newborn and rushed out of Islamabad hospital'

The moment she saw smoke, Hivsa Walid fled the building with her sister-in-law's baby.

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Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border

This video has been edited by the BBC with white flashes, due to the distressing content.

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Aerial footage shows flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border

Verified videos from Nepal show waters flooding towns as hundreds of travellers are missing, including foreign tourists.

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An Afghan woman sat on a chair talking to a man with a white beard.

Afghan woman, 18, tries to persuade Taliban governor to support her divorce

An 18-year-old woman who accuses her husband of abuse asks a regional governor to support a request to end her marriage.

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Robot boxing, football and sprinting at World Humanoid Games

The second-edition of the five-day competition kicked off in Beijing, China, on Saturday.

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Watch: Moment humanoid robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m record

The robot ran the distance in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

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A humanoid robot riding a mechanical horse in front of onlookers

Robot horse and rider steal the spotlight at Chinese conference

More than 300 companies are showcasing the latest advances in robotics at the five-day event in Beijing, China, organisers say.

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas on making a film about love and caste inequality

Priyanka Chopra Jonas has executive produced The Cycle of Love, based on an Indian artist who cycled from India to Europe to reunite with his wife.

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A boy wearing a lifejacket holds on to the top of a capsized jet ski as a man swims next to him in the sea

Moment family rescued after 16 hours floating on jet ski off Thailand

A 50-year-old father and his two sons were found floating off Koh Samui island, a local official told AFP on Saturday.

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The BBC's Kelly Ng in a split screen with a woman with grey hair wearing pink and doing parkour.

How is parkour helping these seniors avoid injuries?

In one of the world's fastest aging countries, older people are finding creative ways to stay healthy.

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BBC correspondent Kurumi Mori standing inside a glass cooling box

Why are 'human fridges' being sold in Japan?

As Japan swelters through extreme summer heat, BBC Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries out a new way to cool down.

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Park Geon-roung aged seven in the Baby Shark music video on the left. Park Geon-roung aged 17 dancing on the right.

Baby Shark boy set to make K-pop debut

The boy from the most-watched YouTube video of all time is now 17 years old, and wants to be a K-pop star.

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A worker conducts clearing operations to collect floating trash and debris that have accumulated along a water channel following successive days of monsoon rains

Watch: Tide of rubbish blankets Philippines river

Workers in Manila waded through the river, collecting waste that washed in during days of heavy rain.

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A bright light and clouds of fumes against a dark sky as a rocket explodes.

Moment Chinese rocket explodes after lift-off

The rocket failed after an in-flight anomaly while carrying a satellite, Chinese state media reported.

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Jonathan Head in a split screen with Thai students hugging each other.

What we know so far about the deadly Thailand shooting

At least seven people have died after a teenage boy shot his grandparents before opening fire on a school in Bangkok.

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CCTV image of an operating room with doctor falling over and grabbing the operating table

Moment earthquake shakes hospital operating room in Japan

Security camera footage shows doctors shielding a patient on the operating table as last month's magnitude 6.8 quake shook Kumamoto General Hospital.

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A person in blue scrubs puts on PPE from the trunk of a vehicle.

First responders in Thailand stand by following shooting

At least six people have died in a school shooting on the outskirts of Bangkok, according to reports citing police.

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