Quiz of the week: October 7, 2022

Test your knowledge of the stories which made headlines over the past seven days

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• Middle East country to keep daylight savings time all year round
• Denmark’s Queen Margrethe issues public apology
• Kim Kardashian fined $1.26m by US financial regulator
• All-electric air taxi is the ‘most advanced in the world’
• New study aims to shed light on creation of Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway
• Planetary rover destined for Moon or Mars missions tested at quarry in UK
• Top-ranked team for World Cup in Qatar confirmed
• Hotel chain set to launch its first luxury yacht in 2025
• Palm Jumeirah villa sets record for Dubai’s most expensive property
• 1990s anthem played as UK PM Liz Truss walks on stage at Conservative Party conference

Pictures of the week: From Expo City Dubai to a new Hindu temple

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  Expo City Dubai has opened three of its pavilions to the public including the Vision Pavilion. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew5 Dragon spacecraft lifts off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The crew is on a six-month mission to the International Space Station. AFP

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  The new Flag Plaza in Doha, host city for the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022. Reuters

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  Indigenous peasants known as the Ponchos Rojos (Red Ponchos) from the Omasuyos province in the Bolivian highlands, clash with riot police after marching from the city of El Alto to the government headquarters in La Paz. The Ponchos Rojos are political allies of the ruling Movimiento Al Socialismo party. AFP

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  Actor and director Dorian Chavez pushes a ball covered with clothes as part of a performance of 'Sisypolia', which denounces the absurdity of overconsumption. The performance took place in Toulouse, south-west France, as part of the Biennale des arts vivants de Toulouse. AFP

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  The lignite-fired power plant operated by German energy company RWE near Niederaussem, western Germany. German energy provider RWE is planning to demolish houses in the village of Luetzerath for coal mining. RWE also brought forward its exit from coal power to 2030 amid fears the country's plans to abandon fossil fuels are wobbling after the energy crisis caused by Russia's war in Ukraine. AFP

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  Indonesian soldiers, police and residents during a celebration for the 77th anniversary of the Indonesian Army at Marina beach in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reuters

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  A migrant hangs from a rope during a rescue operation after a shipwreck on the island of Kythira, Greece. Reuters

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  The hands of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president (2003-2010) and candidate for the leftist Workers Party, during a meeting with Franciscan friars to commemorate St Francis of Assisi day, at campaign headquarters in Sao Paulo. AFP

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  A during a protest at Catalunya Square, Barcelona, in support of Iranian women and against the death of Mahsa Amini. Reuters

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  Detail of the back of a dead southern right whale on El Doradillo beach in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. At least 13 dead southern right whales washed ashore in northern Patagonia in the past few days. The cause of the deaths is being investigated. AFP

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  Women in traditional dress with a Kumari, right, a virgin girl worshipped as an incarnation of goddess Durga, during a Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata, India. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by lion-riding, 10-armed goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. AP Photo

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  Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men perform the Tashlich ritual, during which 'sins are cast into the water to the fish', before the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish calendar, in the coastal Mediterranean city of Netanya. AFP

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  Eric Adams, Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, speaks at the official opening of the Summit observation deck atop the new One Vanderbilt tower in midtown Manhattan, New York City, US. Reuters

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  The Saint-Pierre bridge on the Garonne river and the landmark Dome de La Grave in Toulouse, southern France. AFP

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  Giannis Antetokounmpo scores for the Milwaukee Bucks against the Atlanta Hawks in a pre-season NBA game at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  Europe's first female commander of the ISS, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with her lookalike Barbie doll on the International Space Station. Reuters

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  Emergency repairs to restore road access in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Florida. The confirmed death toll from Hurricane Ian, which hit the south-east United States last week, has risen to at least 62, officials said. AFP

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  Players and officials of the football club Arema FC outside the Kanjuruhan Stadium where many fans lost their lives in a stampede on Saturday night in Malang, Indonesia. Most of the more than 100 people who died were trampled to death after police fired tear gas to stop a pitch invasion. AP Photo

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  Members of the Colla Xiquets de Reus team form their castell, or human tower, during a castell contest final in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. EPA

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  A dog receives a blessing with holy water from a Roman Catholic priest at a commercial mall in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. A drive-thru pet blessing was held ahead of World Animal Day, which is observed on October 4 and coincides with the Catholic feast day of St Francis of Assisi, who is the patron saint of animals. EPA

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  Children dress to resemble India's independence hero Mahatma Gandhi during an event on the eve of his birth anniversary in Chennai. AFP

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  Firecrackers explode in a procession during an annual vegetarian festival observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Takua Pa in Phang Nga province, Thailand. Reuters

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  Israeli soldiers during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators after a protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum in the occupied West Bank, near the Jewish settlement of Kedumim. AFP

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  A dump area at the Surplus Recyclage company in Gaillac, south-west France. On the company's parking lots on the outskirts of Gaillac, charred harvesters, wrecked cars and dented two-wheelers wait to be taken to hangars where they will be dismantled, stripped of reusable parts and, for some of them, put back on the road. AFP

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  Cuban Iyanifa Aimee Ibanez hugs a brother of religion during the celebration of her anniversary as an iyanifa in Havana's Los Sitios neighbourhood. More than 20 years after breaking the gender barrier in the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion, two priestesses recently trod new ground by carrying out a divinatory ritual previously reserved for men. AFP

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  Brazil's president and candidate for re-election Jair Bolsonaro and Michelle Bolsonaro at a news conference with parliamentarians and governors who support him at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Reuters

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  A teacher dries out books at a school that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba. AP Photo

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  A ceremony marking the end of the annual initiation process for young men in Kabrousse, western Casamance, Senegal. AFP

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  The intricate ceiling lotus design in the main prayer hall at the new Hindu temple in Jebel Ali, Dubai. Khushnum Bhandari / The National