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People march during the Paseo de las Animas parade as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Merida, Mexico [Martin Zetina/AP Photo]
A man places flowers on a grave on All Saints' Day, a Catholic holiday to honour saints and remember deceased relatives, at a municipal cemetery in Barcelona, Spain. [Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo]
A man climbs apartment-type tombs at the hillside Barangka public cemetery in Marikina city, Philippines as people visit their loved ones during All Saints Day. [Aaron Favila/AP Photo]
A member of Teatro del Pueblo, dressed as La Catrina, performs "La Danza de la Muerte" play, part of the Day of the Dead celebrations at Olvera Street in Los Angeles, US. [Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo]
A member of an Aztec dance group holds incense during a commemoration of the Day of the Dead at El Colegio High School in Minneapolis, US. [Giovanna Dell'Orto/AP Photo]
A woman attends the traditional Catrina parade marking the Day of the Dead in Frankfurt, Germany. [Michael Probst/AP Photo]
A women observes All Saints' Day in Kroczewo, Poland. [Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo]
Nina Valentina Nieva helps her uncle Lorena Plaza light a candle in memory of her mother, Lorena Luca, inside a chapel at the cemetery during Day of the Dead celebrations in Susques, Jujuy province, Argentina. [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]
A devotee takes part in a Voodoo ritual during the annual Fete Gede festival that celebrates the Day of the Dead, honoring the Haitian spirits Baron Samedi and Gede, in the Delmas neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo]
A nun of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Saint Teresa, walks by the graves of their loved ones on All Souls' Day, in Kolkata, India. [Bikas Das/AP Photo]
A woman sits by the grave of a relative during Day of the Dead festivities at the Tarapaca cemetery in El Alto, Bolivia. [Juan Karita/AP Photo]
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Palestinians retrieve a body from the debris of a residence demolished during an Israeli air strike on Gaza City. According to Gaza's Civil Defence, nighttime air raids killed at least 50 people across the Palestinian territory on October 29, 2025. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
Drivers try to find the least submerged areas to park their cars on a road from Holland Bamboo to Middle Quarters in St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. [Ricardo Makyn/AFP]
Shan ethnic artists perform a traditional dance on the opening day of the weeklong Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival in Taunggyi in northeastern Myanmar's Shan State. [Sai Aung Main/AFP]
People look at the bodies of those killed during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Penha Complex favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At least 132 people were killed. [Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo]
People fill the streets of Novi Sad, Serbia, before observing 16 minutes of silence for the victims of a train station roof collapse on the first anniversary of the disaster, which killed 16 people. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
A woman rows a boat on a flooded street after heavy rains in Hoi An, Vietnam. Coastal provinces have been lashed by heavy rains since October 26, 20025, with a record of up to 1.7 metres (67 inches) falling over 24 hours. [Nhac Nguyen/AFP]
Residents hold rubber bullets and used tear gas canisters following a protest a day after Tanzania's presidential election. Demonstrations were held against the exclusion of two leading opposition candidates, which led to President Samia Suluhu Hassan being declared the winner with 98 percent of the votes. [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]
An Iraqi firefighter works at the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq. One person was killed and at least nine were injured on October 26, 2025, in a fire caused by a gas leak. [Hussein Faleh/AFP]
A member of the Taliban security forces stands guard as deported Afghan refugees from Pakistan arrive at a border crossing to return to Afghanistan. [Sanaullah Seiam/AFP]
Presidential guards walk on the ancient Acropolis after the lowering of the Greek flag as the city of Athens spreads out below. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
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Tens of thousands of people from all over Serbia gathered on Saturday in the northern town of Novi Sad to commemorate the victims of a railway station disaster a year ago. [Marko Djurica/Reuters]
The rally was also a massive display of boiling discontent with the government of President Aleksandar Vucic. [Marko Djurica/Reuters]
The collapse of a concrete canopy at the Novi Sad train station a year ago killed 16 people. The tragedy triggered youth-led street protests and a nationwide movement demanding political changes. [Marko Djurica /Reuters]
People hold hearts with names of the victims written on them during 16 minutes of silence to commemorate the victims. [Marko Djurica /Reuters]
The protesters believe that the concrete construction at the renovated station building in Novi Sad collapsed because rampant corruption and nepotism in state infrastructure projects with China led to fatal disregard for safety rules. No one has yet been held responsible, although 13 people have been charged. [Marko Djurica/Reuters]
A woman holds a piece of cardboard with the words "My Children" written on it as she kneels by floral tributes outside the train station on the first anniversary of the disaster. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]
Dijana Hrka, mother of Stefan Hrka, one of the victims, is surrounded by war veterans as she walks outside the Novi Sad railway station. [Marko Djurica/Reuters]
Saturday's ceremonies started with 16 minutes of silence for the 16 victims at exactly 11:52am, the time of the collapse. [Zorana Jevtic/Reuters]
People also laid wreaths and lit candles outside the station. [Marko Djurica/Reuters]
Students and others have been pouring into Novi Sad since Friday, arriving by car, bicycle, or on foot. [Marko Djurica/Reuters]
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Boys walk in El Cobre, Cuba, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. [Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]
A convoy carrying aid to Black River, which was hit by Hurricane Melissa, makes its way through Holland Bamboo, Jamaica. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]
People wait to charge electrical appliances in El Cobre, Cuba in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. [Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]
People walk through Santa Cruz, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa passed. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]
People recover belongings from a home flooded by Hurricane Melissa in Santiago de Cuba. [Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]
Residents walk through Lacovia Tombstone, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]
The church of Lacovia Tombstone, Jamaica, sits damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]
Men ride after the passage of Hurricane Melissa in El Cobre, Cuba. [Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]
People stay inside a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, flooded by rain brought by Hurricane Melissa, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo]
Workers clear downed trees and debris to make way for a convoy carrying aid to Black River, which was hit by Hurricane Melissa, as it moves through Holland Bamboo, Jamaica. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]
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An injured boy sits in a camp for displaced people who fled from el-Fasher to Tawila, North Darfur. [Mohammed Jamal/Reuters]
The UN says more than 26,000 people fled el-Fasher in just two days, most on foot towards Tawila. [Mohammed Jamal/Reuters]
Displaced Sudanese who fled el-Fasher arrive in the town of Tawila. [AFP]
The capture of el-Fasher, the historic heart of Darfur, has sparked fears of mass killings. [AFP]
Pro-democracy groups described "the worst violence and ethnic cleansing" since Sunday as the army-allied Joint Forces accused the RSF of killing at least 2,000 civilians. [AFP]
Since the city’s fall on Sunday, videos have been shared reportedly showing RSF executions and abuse of civilians. [AFP]
The UN warned of "ethnically motivated violations and atrocities". [Mohammed Jamal/Reuters]
Approximately 177,000 civilians remain trapped in el-Fasher, according to the UN's migration agency. [AFP]
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President Donald Trump has either deployed or threatened to deploy the National Guard to almost a dozen US cities, all led by Democratic mayors. He says it's to fight crime, put down protests or to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Others call it an abuse of power.
Trump has used a law called Title 10 to federalise the National Guard and deploy it under his command. But some cities have blocked him from doing that by going to court. Trump says, as "a way to get around" that, he may invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, an act that a New York Times opinion piece called "America's most dangerous law".
That's because the Insurrection Act grants presidents emergency powers to deploy soldiers on US soil. The Act is usually used to control public unrest and to support civilian law enforcement, but only when things get really bad.
For instance, in 1861, when Confederate soldiers attacked Fort Sumter and started the civil war, President Abraham Lincoln invoked the Act to summon state militias to put down the rebellion.
In 1871, Congress amended the Act by granting the president new powers to fight white supremacists. President Ulysses S Grant then invoked the upgraded Act and deployed troops to South Carolina.
Race was again the cause of the Act being used when President Dwight D Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce school desegregation in 1957.
And the last time it was invoked was in 1992, when four white police officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King, a Black motorist. President George HW Bush used the law to deploy troops after the verdict led to intense rioting in Los Angeles.
More than 30 years later, on October 15, 2025, Trump continued to build his case for more military actions. This time he called San Francisco "a mess", which led to a furious response.
On October 18, organisers of the "No Kings" rallies across the US estimated 7 million people turned out to protest against what they see as Trump's authoritarian tendencies, suggesting that no matter how much power Trump wields, public opposition seems intent on reining him in.
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Audacious is one word often being used to describe the Louvre heist on October 19, 2025. Priceless Napoleonic jewellery, gone in just seven minutes, proving yet again that big art makes for a big target.
Back in 1911, for example, Vincenzo Peruggia and, some say, two accomplices, hid in the Louvre overnight. In the morning, Peruggia just quietly slipped out with the Mona Lisa. Police recovered the painting two years later in Florence.
The theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990 by two men disguised as police officers is often called the biggest property crime in US history, valued at over $500m at the time. Among the stolen items, a Vermeer painting, one of fewer than 40 in existence. Nothing’s ever been recovered.
In 2000, three armed men sprang into action five minutes before Sweden’s national gallery in Stockholm closed. Two car bombs used as distractions and a speedboat getaway ensued. Two small Renoir paintings and a self-portrait by Rembrandt were eventually recovered.
Two years later, two men used a ladder to get on the roof of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. They smashed a window to get in and used a rope to escape. The two stolen Van Gogh paintings were recovered in 2016 in Italy during a Mafia investigation.
Some paintings just have the worst luck. A portrait of Jacob de Gheyn III is nicknamed ‘the takeaway Rembrandt’. It’s been stolen four times: in 1966, 1973, 1981 and 1983.
Another headline grabber: the Kunsthal heist in Rotterdam in 2012. Seven masterpieces, gone in less than three minutes after thieves broke in through a rear emergency exit. The paintings included works by Picasso and Matisse. The mother of one of the convicted men said she burned them all to protect her son, but later recanted her story.
The Dresden Green Vault heist of 2019 featured a homemade bomb that cut the power. Two men then entered through a window, smashed showcases and made off with 4,300 diamonds and other valuable stones worth $130m. Five members of the Remmo crime family in Berlin were later convicted, with most of the valuables recovered.
The recent Louvre heist was lightning fast. Two masked men used power tools to enter through a window. They made off with eight pieces of priceless jewellery … but in their haste they dropped Empress Eugenie’s crown. All in all, a royal mess.
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Supporters of Cameroon presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma protest in New Bell neighbourhood, Douala, Cameroon [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]
Riot police officers arrest a protester in Douala. [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]
The regional governor said demonstrators “attacked” a gendarmerie brigade and police stations in two districts on Sunday. [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]
Members of the security forces remove barricades errected by protesters. [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]
A riot police officer aims his weapon towards protesters. [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]
The Constitutional Council is due to announce the final election results on Monday in the capital, Yaounde. [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]
Minister of territorial administration, Paul Atanga Nji, said on Saturday that the protests “create the conditions for a security crisis” and contribute to “the implementation of an insurrectionist project”. [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]
Riot police break up opposition protests in Garoua. [Desire Danga Essigue/Reuters]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un encouraging soldiers of the Overseas Military Operations Forces at the groundbreaking ceremony for building the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations in Pyongyang. North Korea has begun constructing a memorial for its soldiers killed fighting in Russia's war with Ukraine, state media reported on October 23, as leader Kim Jong Un hailed a "historic peak" in ties with Moscow [KCNA via AFP]
Civil Defence members, in cooperation with the Palestinian Shahebar family, lay out body bags containing the remains of members of the Shahebar family, who were buried in temporary graves and brought to the Sheikh Shaaban Cemetery, in Gaza City on October 24, 2025. Some 80 members of the extended family were killed during Israeli bombing of a residential area in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City on November 17, 2023 [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
Demonstrators carry a huge Hungarian flag as they take part in a "Peace March" in Budapest, Hungary, prior a commemoration of the 69th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising against Soviet occupation. The Hungarian uprising, also called the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, erupted on October 23, 1956 and was crushed by Soviet tanks a few days later, sealing the country's fate as a satellite state of Moscow until the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. [Ferenc Isza/AFP]
Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire at the site of a food warehouse following a Russian missile strike in Kyiv. [Genya Savilov/AFP]
Protesters pull a cart with an effigy of Philipines' President Ferdinand Marcos during a farmer-led anticorruption demonstration near Malacanang Palace in Manila. [Ted Aljibe/AFP]
A voter casts his ballot at the Kenedy school group polling station in Cocody, Abidjan, during Ivory Coast's presidential elections. [Sia Kambou/AFP]
Mourners hold portraits of Thailand's former Queen Sirikit and King Bhumibol Adulyadej as they line up to pay respects to the late queen at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The yearlong funeral ceremony of Thailand's former Queen Sirikit started on October 26, with grieving royalists set to salute the procession bringing her remains to lie in state at Bangkok's Grand Palace. [Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP]
People charge their phones at one of the heated tents called points of invincibility, government-built help stations, during a total blackout following Russian air attacks on energy facilities in Chernihiv, Ukraine. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo]
A woman sits outside her house after heavy rains induced floods in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. [Devi Rahman/AFP]
Nihang Sikh warriors ride on horses as they display their skills on the occasion of Fateh Divas in Amritsar, India. [Narinder Nanu/AFP]
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A porter pulls a trolley loaded with goods in the popular Eminonu commercial area of Istanbul, Turkiye. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
A porter carries a load on his back in Istanbul. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
Mevlut, a 75-year-old porter, poses for a portrait while he takes a break. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
Locked harnesses used by porters sit at a porter headquarters in Istanbul. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
Porters place a load on a coworker's back in the Eminonu commercial area of Istanbul. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
Porters take a break near the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
Porters carry loads on their backs inside the historic Buyuk Yeni Han commercial building in Istanbul. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
Porters use trolleys to pull loads in Istanbul. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
People walk along the popular Mahmutpaşa Street in the Eminonu commercial area of Istanbul. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
Suat Demir, a 52-year-old porter, smokes a cigarette after finishing his work day in Istanbul, Turkiye. [Emrah Gurel/AP Photo]
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