Baye Fall followers on their way to the Great Mosque of Touba in Mbacke. The Baye Fall is a Senegalese Muslim sect and a branch of the Mouride brotherhood. The Baye Fall believe that physical labour, such as farming, construction work and cooking, is an act of prayer and devotion. They are well known for their colourful clothing, dreadlocks and mass chanting. AFP
Baye Fall followers on their way to the Great Mosque of Touba in Mbacke. The Baye Fall is a Senegalese Muslim sect and a branch of the Mouride brotherhood. The Baye Fall believe that physical labour, such as farming, construction work and cooking, is an act of prayer and devotion. They are well known for their colourful clothing, dreadlocks and mass chanting. AFP
A near-deserted Jama Masjid during a pandemic-affected Eid Al Fitr festival in New Delhi, India. AFP
A near-deserted Jama Masjid during a pandemic-affected Eid Al Fitr festival in New Delhi, India. AFP
Worshippers gather for Eid Al Fitr prayers at Bradford Central Mosque in Bradford, England. AFP
Worshippers gather for Eid Al Fitr prayers at Bradford Central Mosque in Bradford, England. AFP
Firefighters battle a blaze that affected dozens of temporary homes at two migrants camps in Antofagasta, Chile. AFP
Firefighters battle a blaze that affected dozens of temporary homes at two migrants camps in Antofagasta, Chile. AFP
Families celebrate Eid Al Fitr outside the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. AP Photo
Families celebrate Eid Al Fitr outside the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. AP Photo
Israeli bombs fall on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
Israeli bombs fall on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
Worshippers listen to the Eid Al Fitr morning prayer sermon at a football stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP
Worshippers listen to the Eid Al Fitr morning prayer sermon at a football stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AFP
A future food farming system where state-of-the-art, enclosed and modular photo-bioreactors produce chlorella and spirulina algae. Cities dotted with photo-bioreactors growing algae? Mass farming of housefly maggots? These are just some of the food innovations that researchers say will be crucial to combat malnutrition in the face of climate change and other system shocks. AFP Photo/Vaxa Impact Nutrition
A future food farming system where state-of-the-art, enclosed and modular photo-bioreactors produce chlorella and spirulina algae. Cities dotted with photo-bioreactors growing algae? Mass farming of housefly maggots? These are just some of the food innovations that researchers say will be crucial to combat malnutrition in the face of climate change and other system shocks. AFP Photo/Vaxa Impact Nutrition

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