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Geneva (Switzerland), Dec 14 EFE, (Camera: Antonio Broto).- Smallpox killed hundreds of millions of people over the millennia, but 40 years ago it became the first and now the only infectious disease that humanity has managed to eradicate, an achievement that the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated this week with official acts and tributes.FOOTAGE OF WHO BUILDING IN SWITZERLAND INTERVIEWS WITH DR. DANIEL TARANTOLA AND DR. JOHN COPLAND,
A huge wildfire ravaging the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife has burnt through more than 2,600 hectares of land, affecting some 7,600 people, many of whom were evacuated. This is the "most complex" blaze to hit the Canary Islands in four decades, the regional government said Thursday. IMAGES
In front of the city's town hall, Olympique de Marseille football fans celebrate the 30-year-anniversary since the club won the European Cup, in the presence of some of the team's players. IMAGES
Karim Younes is carried by friends and relatives in the northern Israeli town of Arara following his release after 40 years in prison for kidnapping and murdering an Israeli soldier. IMAGES
Images of New York Times employees holding a one-day strike outside the company's offices in Manhattan in the first industrial action of its kind at the newspaper in more than 40 years. Journalists and other workers at the storied media outlet, often referred to as America's paper of record, walked out at midnight for 24 hours after failing to reach an agreement with the company on a new round of contract negotiations. IMAGES
At Paris' Flame of Liberty, an unofficial memorial to Princess Diana has been decorated in rememberance of the Princess of Wales, 25 years after her death. IMAGES