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Balinese men take part in a sacred ritual called ‘Mesabatan Api’ or a fire fight at a temple in Tuban, Bali, Indonesia, 29 September 2023. During the ceremony, Balinese Hindu men take blazing coconut husks barehanded, swinging and throwing them at each other. Balinese believe that fire can destroy evil, and the ritual is aimed at getting rid of negative forces. Picture: EPA-EFE/MADE NAGI
The lantern installation titled ‘Magpie bridge’ is reflected in a pond during the Mid-Autumn Festival at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, 29 September 2023. The installation, inspired by the Chinese mythological tale of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, showcases a flock of magpies forming a bridge with their wings to reunite the lovers. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Mooncake Festival or Lantern Festival, is an important traditional festival in the Chinese culture celebrated on the 15th of the eighth lunar month. Picture: EPA-EFE/HOW HWEE YOUNGMuslim devotees react as a priest displays a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad during a gathering organised on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, also known as Mawlid, which marks the birth anniversary of the Prophet, at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar on September 29, 2023. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)A general view shows cars stranded in floodwater on the FDR highway in Manhattan, New York on September 29, 2023. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)A model in an electric wheelchair displays a creation during the fashion show NextUD JAPAN 2023 hosted by the Japan Persons with Disability Fashion Association at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on September 29, 2023, as part of the 50th International Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibition. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)Japan’s Koki Kano (R) competes against Kazakhstan’s Elmir Alimzhanov in the men’s epee team final fencing event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 29, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)Palestinian militants from the Balata Brigade gather during a memorial rally in the refugee camp of Balata near the West Bank city of Nablus on September 29, 2023 marking the death anniversary of Mohammed Abu Asab, who was killed by Israeli security forces. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)A voter wearing the traditional emahiya attire casts his ballot next to a woman wearing a traditional lihiya attire printed with the portrait of Queen Ndlovukazi, mother of King Mswati III, during Eswatini’s parliamentary elections at a voting station at the National High School in Lobamba, on September 29, 2023. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)China’s Pan Zhanle competes in the heats of the men’s 400m freestyle event during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 29, 2023. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)South African rider Brad Binder of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing in action during a Practice session for the Motorcycling Grand Prix of Japan in Motegi, Japan, 29 September 2023. The 2023 Motorcycling Grand Prix of Japan is held at the Mobility Resort Motegi racetrack on 01 October 2023. Picture: EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
