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Forest Firefighters Protest, Demand Better Working Rights

About 2,000 forest firefighters demonstrated in Madrid, Oct. 8, 2022, to call for better working rights in a year when forest fires destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of woodland and forced hundreds from their homes across Europe. (Reuters)

Belgian Minister, Lawmakers Cut Hair to Support Iran

Belgium's foreign minister and two other lawmakers cut their hair in parliament, in solidarity with anti-government demonstrations in Iran triggered by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. (Reuters)

Footage Shows Moment of Explosion on Crimea Bridge

CCTV video released Saturday shows the moment an explosion hit a strategic road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimea peninsula. (Reuters)

Fire Burns on Crimean Bridge After Blast

A powerful truck explosion seriously damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea Saturday, hitting a prestige symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and the key supply route to Russian forces battling to hold territory captured in southern Ukraine. (Reuters)

Thai King Visits Victims of Thai Massacre

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida visited those injured in of the Thailand day care attack and their relatives in northeastern Nong Bua Lamphu and neighboring Udon Thani provinces, October 7, 2022. (Reuters)

Thai PM Visits Families of Attack Victims

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arrived in northeastern Nong Bua Lamphu province Friday to hand out oversized compensation checks to relatives of slain day care center victims, as the country reeled in shock at the mass killing. (Reuters)

Cliff Diving Champion Celebrates with Helicopter Jump

Australia's six-time Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champion Rhiannan Iffland celebrated her latest series victory by diving off a helicopter into Sydney Harbor, October 4, 2022. (Reuters)

Devotees Across India Celebrate Hindu Festival

People across India Wednesday thronged to watch the traditional burning of effigies of the demon king Ravana, his brother Kumbhakarna and son Meghnada, marking the annual Hindu festival of Dussehra. (Reuters)

Rescuers Help Residents Stuck Under Rubble After Zaporizhzhia Strike

Ukrainian Troops Raise Flag in Recaptured Village

Video obtained by Reuters, October 5, 2022, shows Ukrainian troops raising the country's flag in what it identified as the recently recaptured village of Borova. (Reuters)

Iranian Women Protest in Shiraz