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Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Monday to honour Kobe and Gianna Bryant.
Former Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Bryant, 41, and Gianna, 13, were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in January.
Kobe's wife Vanessa opened the memorial with an emotional tribute to her "baby girl" and her "soulmate".
"God knew they couldn't be on this Earth without each other," Vanessa said. "He had to bring them home to have them together."
NBA legends Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal also took to the stage to remember their late friend.
"When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died," said an emotional Jordan. Meanwhile, O'Neal called Kobe "Heaven's MVP" and added: "Kobe and I always held a deep respect and love for one another."
The memorial also saw performances from Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera.
Nine people have been injured, four of them seriously, after a person released smoke bombs at a Taipei subway station and then attacked bystanders, the official Central News Agency said.
President Vladimir Putin offered no compromise on his terms for ending the war in Ukraine on Friday and accused the European Union of attempting "daylight robbery" of Russian assets.
Police and paramilitary troops fanned out across Dhaka and other cities in Bangladesh on Friday after violent protests overnight over the death of a popular youth leader, with concerns of further unrest ahead of national elections in which he was due to run.
The suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University last weekend is dead, a US attorney said, as authorities investigate whether the same person killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor two days after the rampage at Brown.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Poland's MAGA-aligned President Karol Nawrocki in Warsaw on Friday as the Ukrainian leader tries to shore up relations with a key ally at a crucial moment for Kyiv's war effort.
There is no evidence indicating that the two suspects involved in the Bondi Beach attack received any form of military training while in the Philippines, the country's National Security Adviser said on Wednesday.
At least 12 people were killed and three others abducted when gunmen attacked a mining site in Atoso village in Nigeria's restive Plateau state, a local group leader said on Wednesday.
Russia launched a "massive" drone attack on Ukraine's central Cherkasy region, injuring six people and triggering a blackout in part of Cherkasy city, the local governor said on Thursday.
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Nine injured in attack in Taipei, media reports
Putin offers no compromise on Ukraine, says EU 'robbery' failed
Bangladesh rocked by unrest after death of student leader
Suspected gunman in Brown University shooting found dead
Ukraine's Zelenskyy meets Poland's Trump-backed president at key moment in war
No evidence alleged Bondi gunmen received military training in Philippines
At least 12 killed in Nigeria mining site attack
Russian attack on Ukraine's central Cherkasy injures six, causes blackouts
