• Bangladesh police (foreground) stand guard along a road during clashes with garment workers (top) protesting to demand the increase of their salaries, in Dhaka on November 2, 2023. Hundreds of garment factories in Bangladesh have shuttered as thousands of workers staged violent protests to demand a near-tripling of their wages, police said on November 2. (Photo by Munir uz ZAMAN / AFP)
    Bangladesh police (foreground) stand guard along a road during clashes with garment workers (top) protesting to demand the increase of their salaries, in Dhaka on November 2, 2023. Hundreds of garment factories in Bangladesh have shuttered as thousands of workers staged violent protests to demand a near-tripling of their wages, police said on November 2. (Photo by Munir uz ZAMAN / AFP)
  • Afghan refugees facing the threat of detention and deportation from Pakistan prepare to depart for Afghanistan at a holding centre in Landi Kotal. AFP
    Afghan refugees facing the threat of detention and deportation from Pakistan prepare to depart for Afghanistan at a holding centre in Landi Kotal. AFP
  • Women in traditional dress take a selfie under a gingko tree at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. AFP
    Women in traditional dress take a selfie under a gingko tree at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. AFP
  • Rakowiecki Cemetery is lit by candles during All Saints’ Day in Krakow, Poland. Agencja Wyborcza / Reuters
    Rakowiecki Cemetery is lit by candles during All Saints’ Day in Krakow, Poland. Agencja Wyborcza / Reuters
  • People are rescued from their holiday chalets at Freshwater Beach Holiday Park in Dorset, UK, following Storm Ciaran. Getty Images
    People are rescued from their holiday chalets at Freshwater Beach Holiday Park in Dorset, UK, following Storm Ciaran. Getty Images
  • Cranes roost at dawn in a flooded field in Hungary's Hortobagy National Park. Reuters
    Cranes roost at dawn in a flooded field in Hungary's Hortobagy National Park. Reuters
  • France's President Emmanuel Macron, centre left, and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, centre right, visit Registan Square in Samarkand. AFP
    France's President Emmanuel Macron, centre left, and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, centre right, visit Registan Square in Samarkand. AFP
  • Foam in the streets of Penmarch, western France, as Storm Ciaran hits the region. AFP
    Foam in the streets of Penmarch, western France, as Storm Ciaran hits the region. AFP

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