Sightsavers is an organization that aims at preventing avoidable blindness, and advocates for the social inclusion and equal treatment of people with disabilities. The collaboration of the Sightsaversand the Beyond Sight Foundation contributed to the successful display of photography done by the vis...
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US partial government shutdown becomes longest on record
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Afghanistan gold mine collapse in Badakhshan kills 30
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Australia deports French man who was found with extremist propaganda
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Take a gander: Audubon Society’s Christmas bird count underway
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Take a gander: Audubon Society’s Christmas bird count underway
Iran offers prisoner swap for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
