• Photographers take pictures inside the crumbling main hall of the Memorial House of the Bulgarian Communist Party on mount Buzludzha. The monument was officially opened in 1981 by the Bulgarian Communist regime to mark 100 years of the set up of an organised Socialist movement, a predecessor of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Stoyan Nenov / Reuters
    Photographers take pictures inside the crumbling main hall of the Memorial House of the Bulgarian Communist Party on mount Buzludzha. The monument was officially opened in 1981 by the Bulgarian Communist regime to mark 100 years of the set up of an organised Socialist movement, a predecessor of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Stoyan Nenov / Reuters
  • Shiite fighters from Mahdi Army rehearse their final tactics before advancing into Bo Hassan village in near Tikrit, northern Iraq, to fight Islamic State militants. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters
    Shiite fighters from Mahdi Army rehearse their final tactics before advancing into Bo Hassan village in near Tikrit, northern Iraq, to fight Islamic State militants. Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters
  • A hot-air balloon showing a portrait of Argentinian Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara flies over buildings on the outskirts of Minsk during the International festival of aeronautics. Sergei Gapon / AFP
    A hot-air balloon showing a portrait of Argentinian Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara flies over buildings on the outskirts of Minsk during the International festival of aeronautics. Sergei Gapon / AFP
  • An Afghan bystander is seen through shattered glass at the scene of the September 4 suicide attack on a government compound in Ghazni, during a media tour of the area. Shah Marai / AFP
    An Afghan bystander is seen through shattered glass at the scene of the September 4 suicide attack on a government compound in Ghazni, during a media tour of the area. Shah Marai / AFP
  • Southern Columbia’s Mike Klebon, centre, gets up in front of Shamokin intended receiver Preston Burns, right, to intercept a pass during the second quarter of a high-school football game near Catawissa, Pa. Enterprise. Jimmy May / AP
    Southern Columbia’s Mike Klebon, centre, gets up in front of Shamokin intended receiver Preston Burns, right, to intercept a pass during the second quarter of a high-school football game near Catawissa, Pa. Enterprise. Jimmy May / AP
  • Filipino volunteers pick rubbish during International Coastal Cleanup at the shore of Mabuhay island in Paranaque city, south of Manila, the Philippines. Volunteers from various waste picker groups collected and segregated rubbish from assorted plastic products polluting Manila Bay. Volunteers denounced the government pursuance of the Manila bay Reclamation due to its destructive effect to the nature. Ritchie B. Tongo / EPA
    Filipino volunteers pick rubbish during International Coastal Cleanup at the shore of Mabuhay island in Paranaque city, south of Manila, the Philippines. Volunteers from various waste picker groups collected and segregated rubbish from assorted plastic products polluting Manila Bay. Volunteers denounced the government pursuance of the Manila bay Reclamation due to its destructive effect to the nature. Ritchie B. Tongo / EPA
  • Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon in this Nasa handout image. David Cartier, senior/ Reuters /Nasa / Handout
    Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon in this Nasa handout image. David Cartier, senior/ Reuters /Nasa / Handout

Best photography from around the world Sept. 13


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The National View’s photo editors pick the best images of the day from around the world

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COMPANY PROFILE

Name: Xpanceo

Started: 2018

Founders: Roman Axelrod, Valentyn Volkov

Based: Dubai, UAE

Industry: Smart contact lenses, augmented/virtual reality

Funding: $40 million

Investor: Opportunity Venture (Asia)

Jetour T1 specs

Engine: 2-litre turbocharged

Power: 254hp

Torque: 390Nm

Price: From Dh126,000

Available: Now

Winners

Ballon d’Or (Men’s)
Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain / France)

Ballon d’Or Féminin (Women’s)
Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona / Spain)

Kopa Trophy (Best player under 21 – Men’s)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona / Spain)

Best Young Women’s Player
Vicky López (Barcelona / Spain)

Yashin Trophy (Best Goalkeeper – Men’s)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City / Italy)

Best Women’s Goalkeeper
Hannah Hampton (England / Aston Villa and Chelsea)

Men’s Coach of the Year
Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)

Women’s Coach of the Year
Sarina Wiegman (England)

MATCH INFO

Rugby World Cup (all times UAE)

Third-place play-off: New Zealand v Wales, Friday, 1pm

Final: England v South Africa, Saturday, 1pm

The 12 breakaway clubs

England

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

Italy
AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus

Spain
Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid

Company profile

Name: Steppi

Founders: Joe Franklin and Milos Savic

Launched: February 2020

Size: 10,000 users by the end of July and a goal of 200,000 users by the end of the year

Employees: Five

Based: Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai

Financing stage: Two seed rounds – the first sourced from angel investors and the founders' personal savings

Second round raised Dh720,000 from silent investors in June this year

FIGHT CARD

Fights start from 6pm Friday, January 31

Catchweight 82kg
Piotr Kuberski (POL) v Ahmed Saeb (IRQ)

Women’s bantamweight
Cornelia Holm (SWE) v Corinne Laframboise (CAN)

Welterweight
Omar Hussein (JOR) v Vitalii Stoian (UKR)

Welterweight
Josh Togo (LEB) v Ali Dyusenov (UZB)

Flyweight
Isaac Pimentel (BRA) v Delfin Nawen (PHI)

Catchweight 80kg​​​​​​​
Seb Eubank (GBR) v Mohamed El Mokadem (EGY)

Lightweight
Mohammad Yahya (UAE) v Ramadan Noaman (EGY)

Lightweight
Alan Omer (GER) v Reydon Romero (PHI)

Welterweight
Ahmed Labban (LEB) v Juho Valamaa (FIN)

Featherweight
Elias Boudegzdame (ALG) v Austin Arnett (USA)

Super heavyweight
Roman Wehbe (LEB) v Maciej Sosnowski (POL)

The Sand Castle

Director: Matty Brown

Stars: Nadine Labaki, Ziad Bakri, Zain Al Rafeea, Riman Al Rafeea

Rating: 2.5/5

UJDA CHAMAN

Produced: Panorama Studios International

Directed: Abhishek Pathak

Cast: Sunny Singh, Maanvi Gagroo, Grusha Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla

Rating: 3.5 /5 stars

Essentials
The flights

Return flights from Dubai to Windhoek, with a combination of Emirates and Air Namibia, cost from US$790 (Dh2,902) via Johannesburg.
The trip
A 10-day self-drive in Namibia staying at a combination of the safari camps mentioned – Okonjima AfriCat, Little Kulala, Desert Rhino/Damaraland, Ongava – costs from $7,000 (Dh25,711) per person, including car hire (Toyota 4x4 or similar), but excluding international flights, with The Luxury Safari Company.
When to go
The cooler winter months, from June to September, are best, especially for game viewing.