The Dubai Fitness Challenge kicked off in Safa Park on Friday afternoon, but residents of the UAE took it far beyond, pledging to exercise 30 minutes a day for 30 days, in all sorts of places and in all sorts of ways.
The activity spilled over onto social media, where companies and government departments had fun taking up the challenge.
Residents also got in on the action with pledges of their own, running, cycling and practising yoga:
In a bid to make the emirate "the most active city" in the world, the challenge was issued by Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed earlier this month.
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Residents can take up the challenge from October 20 until November 18, participating in weekend fitness carnivals and posting their activities on social media.
The Dubai Fitness Challenge App, offered as a free download through the Apple App store or Google Play, includes information about free classes and a daily fitness tracker for the month.
Now stop reading this and get moving for at least 30 minutes!
Abdul Jabar Qahraman was meeting supporters in his campaign office in the southern Afghan province of Helmand when a bomb hidden under a sofa exploded on Wednesday.
The blast in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah killed the Afghan election candidate and at least another three people, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak told reporters. Another three were wounded, while three suspects were detained, he said.
The Taliban – which controls much of Helmand and has vowed to disrupt the October 20 parliamentary elections – claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mr Qahraman was at least the 10th candidate killed so far during the campaign season, and the second from Lashkar Gah this month. Another candidate, Saleh Mohammad Asikzai, was among eight people killed in a suicide attack last week. Most of the slain candidates were murdered in targeted assassinations, including Avtar Singh Khalsa, the first Afghan Sikh to run for the lower house of the parliament.
The same week the Taliban warned candidates to withdraw from the elections. On Wednesday the group issued fresh warnings, calling on educational workers to stop schools from being used as polling centres.
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Match info
Liverpool 3
Hoedt (10' og), Matip (21'), Salah (45 3')
Southampton 0
BRIEF SCORES:
Toss: Nepal, chose to field
UAE 153-6: Shaiman (59), Usman (30); Regmi 2-23
Nepal 132-7: Jora 53 not out; Zahoor 2-17
Result: UAE won by 21 runs
Series: UAE lead 1-0
