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COLOMBO: Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl which carried hundreds of containers of chemicals and plastics, as its towed away from the coast of Colombo, following Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's order to move the ship to deeper water to prevent a bigger enviromental disaster. -- AFPn

Burnt-out container ship sinking off Sri Lanka
Egyptian officials checking the operation trying to free Taiwan-owned cargo MV Ever Given (Evergreen), a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-) long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt's Suez Canal yesterday. - AFPn

Crisis-hit Suez Canal suspends traffic
SAN PEDRO, California: Container ships and shipping containers (center) are viewed at the Port of Los Angeles with the Port of Long Beach in the distance in San Pedro, California. - AFPn

Container shipping sector navigates COVID pandemic
This photo taken on August 11, 2020 shows a general view of the engine room of the HMM St Petersburg, during a media tour in which access and photography was restricted, at the Samsung/DSME shipyard in Geoje, near Busan. - At 400 metres, the HMM St Petersburg is 100 metres (328 ft.) longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, and 62 metres (203 ft.) wide. It has a capacity of 23,820 TEU (20-foot equivalent units, the standard measure of a container), which owner Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) says can carry seven billion choco-pies, a popular Korean snack -- one for every human being on the planet. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Biggest container ships take shape in South Korea
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KUWAIT: Aid officials pose before a plane carrying relief supplies for Sudan on April 23, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait sends first relief aid plane to Sudan
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed and honored by Jordanian King Abdullah II during a state visit on April 23, 2024. – KUNA photos
Jordan honors Amir on state visit
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AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah II bids farewell to HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the airport on April 24, 2024, at the conclusion of HH the Amir’s two-day state visit. – KUNA photos (See Page 3)
Kuwait, Jordan urge regional peace
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BADULLA, Sri Lanka: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurate the Uma Oya irrigation and hydroelectricity project on April 24, 2024. - AFP
Raisi opens power project in Lanka
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GAZA: A woman searches through the rubble of a collapsed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2024 following overnight Zionist air strikes. - AFP
Zionists strike Gaza, Lebanon after US approves military aid