Hindu devotees flouted social distancing and masks norms as they performed rituals and prayed for their ancestors' souls on the last day of 'Pitru Paksh,' or fortnight of ancestors, Wednesday, October 6. (Reuters)
Hundreds of people gathered outside the passport office in Kabul, Wednesday, October 6, after the Taliban announced it would reopen, with security forces beating back the crowd to keep them in line. (Reuters)
The Spanish city of Balaguer in northeastern Spain paid tribute to Kobe Bryant by painting an image of the legendary basketball star in classic yellow and purple - colors of the Los Angeles Lakers team - on a municipal basketball court. (Reuters)
A beached humpback whale was saved on Argentina's Atlantic coast, after an hours-long rescue effort from environmental authorities and rescuers, Tuesday, October 5. (Reuters)
Environmentalists in Indonesia keen to send a message about the world's worsening ocean plastics crisis have created a museum made entirely from plastics, to convince people to rethink their habits and say no to single-use bags and bottles. (Reuters)
Forest department officials in India's eastern Odisha state rescued an elephant after it fell into a pit, Saturday, October 2. (Reuters)
Police officers and soldiers intervened, Saturday, October 2, in a maximum-security jail at Guayaquil, Ecuador, after a deadly riot in a neighboring prison left 118 inmates dead. (Reuters)
Violence erupted in Mexico City, Saturday, October 2, as scores of Mexicans took to the streets to mark the 53rd anniversary of the 1968 massacre of student protesters in Tlatelolco Square. (Reuters)
The captain of the Afghan women's wheelchair basketball team made her debut with her new Spanish team, Saturday, October 2, to cheers and applause just more than a month after fleeing Kabul when the Taliban came to power. (Reuters)
Angry farmers clashed with security personnel across India's northern Haryana state, Saturday, October 2, during protests over a delay in paddy procurement by the state government. (Reuters)
Staring impassively out from the murky waters of River Nervion in the Spanish town of Bilbao, the eerily lifelike face of a young girl drowning in the tide has been unsettling the city since she appeared unannounced last week. (Reuters)
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