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An aerial view of tourists enjoying the scenery of the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River, on the border area between north China’s Shanxi and northwest China’s Shaanxi provinces, 03 October 2023 (issued 04 October 2023). The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday period, which lasts from 29 September to 06 October this year, is a peak travel and tourism season in China. Picture: EPA-EFE/XINHUA / LYU GUIMING
Servicemen of the mobile anti-aircraft unit of the 241st Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine during training maneuvers in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 05 October 2023, amid the Russian invasion. Picture: EPA-EFE/OLEG PETRASYUKActors perform during the press pass of the musical ‘Chicago’ at the Apolo theater in Madrid, Spain, 04 October 2023. Picture: EPA-EFE/AITOR MARTINAll Africa Heavy Weight Title holder wrestler Congo King arrives to defend the title against wrestler Mike Xander during the Africa Wrestling Association Nights of Champions at the Parow Civic Centre in Cape Town on October 3, 2023. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)South African Border Management Authority (BMA) officers gather at their motorcycles ahead of the launch of their force at the Musina Show Grounds in Musina on October 5, 2023. (Photo by Marco LONGARI / AFP)Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during the Law and Justice (PiS) ruling party meeting with local residents in Lomza, northeastern Poland, 04 October 2023. Parliamentary elections are scheduled on 15 October when Poles will elect 460 MPs and 100 senators for a four-year term. Picture: EPA-EFE/PAWEL SUPERNAKMembers of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) try to cross the police barricades during a protest against the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and Member of Parliament Sanjay Singh, in New Delhi, India, 05 October 2023. Sanjay Singh was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the alleged irregularities in Delhi’s liquor excise policy. Picture: EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTAAn employee examines a diamond at a workshop in a diamond market in the western Indian city of Surat where 80 percent of the world’s diamonds are cut and polished, India, 02 October 2023 (issued 05 October 2023). The European Union plans to limit trade in Russian diamonds, said Chairman of the European Council Charles Michel. From the beginning of 2024, the G7 plans to introduce a direct ban on the import of Russian diamonds, and will also develop a mechanism for indirect bans that will limit their movement across the border. Around one-third of the world’s supply of diamonds are mined by Russian state-owned company Alrosa resulting in contributions of over 4.5 billion US dollars to the Russian economy each year. The proposed sanctions come after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Picture: EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKIThe EMS drill squad at an event held at the Albertina Sisulu Corridor Fire Station in Kempton Park, 5 October 2023. The event was to recognise and acknowledge the eforts of Ekurhuleni firefighters especially those that took part in the Boksburg gas explosion situation in December last year. Picture: Neil McCartney / The CitizenAfghan children attend a class at a mobile school voluntarily run by Afghan man Wazir Khan, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, 04 October 2023 (issued 05 October 2023). Khan started ‘Today’s Child,’ a mobile school, in the Khak Jabar district in reaction to education constraints, notably for girls in Afghanistan. Several hundred students receive free education at the school, which has been open for a year. Classes are held outside because there is no solid building. The school works to give boys and girls from different areas and disabled children similar educational opportunities. Sirat al-Nabi (biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad), the two official languages of Afghanistan Pashto and Dari, English, and the art of speech are all part of the curriculum. Picture: EPA-EFE/SAMIULLAH POPAL
