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'I don't want to be a burden''I don't want to be a burden'
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For the elderly living in care homes, life is both calm and chaotic. Photographer Sayan Hazra spent more than a year chronicling the lives of residents at one such care home in southern India.

There are more than 100 million Indians over the age of 60, according to the 2011 census. And their future is uncertain as the

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Afghan women's football dream turns into nightmareAfghan women's football dream turns into nightmare
Image copyrightAFPImage caption The women's team was celebrated internationally as a symbol of a new, more liberal Afghanistan

In post-Taliban Afghanistan, the women's football team was hailed globally as a symbol of the new freedoms enjoyed by the country's women.

But now one of Afghanistan's top sports

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Tencent Music: Chinese firm to raise $1.2bn in New York listingTencent Music: Chinese firm to raise $1.2bn in New York listing
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China's Tencent Music has revived its plans to list in the US and raise up to $1.2bn (£940m).

It would be one of the largest listings by a Chinese company on the New York Stock Exchange this year.

The initial public offering, originally mooted in October, had been delayed by the turmoil sparked by the Chinese-US trade war.

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Australian defence lawyer named as police informantAustralian defence lawyer named as police informant
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The lawyer represented high-profile organised crime figures, such as Tony Mokbel (pictured)

The convictions of some of Australia's most high-profile criminals have been cast into doubt after a lawyer was revealed to be a police informant.

The defence barrister, who

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The 'right to bare arms' in Australia's parliamentThe 'right to bare arms' in Australia's parliament
Image copyright@PatsKarvelasImage caption Patricia Karvelas's bare arm has become a talking point on social media

People on social media are showing their support for a female journalist after she revealed that she had been kicked out of Australia's parliament for showing too much flesh.

Patricia Karvelas said

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PewDiePie in battle with T-Series to keep top YouTube spotPewDiePie in battle with T-Series to keep top YouTube spot
Image copyrightPewdiepieImage caption PewDiePie posts vlogs and video game commentaries.

YouTuber PewDiePie is battling Indian channel T-Series in a bid to retain his status as the YouTuber with the most subscribers.

One fan hacked 50,000 printers over the weekend to print out a message urging people to subscribe

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