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  • The discovery of the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure trove ever found (pictured), in Staffordshire, United Kingdom, is announced.
  • Three men are sentenced to death after admitting they murdered and mutilated an albino boy to sell his body parts in Shinyanga Region, Tanzania.
  • The collapse of a chimney following a lightning strike in Korba in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh traps more than 100 construction workers and kills at least 25 of them.
  • A dust storm, described as "the worst in at least 70 years", sweeps across several Australian states, covering Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney in red dust.
  • Irina Bokova of Bulgaria is elected Director-General of UNESCO, becoming the first woman and first Eastern European to fill the role.