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Edging closer to Mosul

30/10/2016 GMT

Edging Closer to Mosul

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Iraqi forces edge closer to Mosul; Swedish jazz pioneer remembered; Ross Sea sanctuary

Iraqi forces edge closer to Mosul; Swedish jazz pioneer remembered; Ross Sea sanctuary.

Pro-government forces in Iraq continue to edge closer to the city of Mosul; Remembering Swedish jazz legend Esbjorn Svensson; Antarctica's Ross Sea is declared a wildlife sanctuary.

(Photo: A member of Iraqi forces washes his face next to ammunition in the al-Shura area on 28 October. Credit: Ahmad al-RubayeAFP/Getty Images)

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