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A still image from a video footage shows an oil platform on fire in the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, December 5, 2015. At least one worker was killed and 30 others were missing on Saturday after an Azeri oil platform caught fire during high winds in the Caspian Sea on Friday, state energy company SOCAR said. "One body was found and a search-and-rescue operation for 30 missing workers is under way," it said in a statement, adding that 32 workers had been safely evacuated. Earlier on Saturday, the head of Azerbaijan's Oil Workers' Rights Protection Committee, Mirvari Gakhramanly, told Reuters 32 workers had died and 42 had been rescued overnight. Photo: Reuters
Flood-affected people use a piece of a plastic water tank as they make their way to the market to buy food items in a flooded locality in Chennai, India, December 5, 2015. Photo: Reuters
A stranded Somali migrant stands in a refugee camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near to the Greek village of Idomeni December 5, 2015. Photo: Reuters
A well-wisher holds a lit candle and a portrait of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj hospital, where a group has gathered to mark his 88th birthday, in Bangkok, Thailand, December 5, 2015. Photo: Reuters
Thousands of people hold candles in front of the Grand Palace as they celebrate the birthday of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej to mark his 88th birthday in Bangkok, Thailand, December 5, 2015. Photo: Reuters
A Syrian refugee feeds his child in front of a fence at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni in Greece December 5, 2015. Photo: Reuters
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