A Muslim man sits inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia. Darren Whiteside / Reuters
A Muslim man sits inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia. Darren Whiteside / Reuters
A man offers prayers inside the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, India. Himanshu Sharma / Reuters
A man offers prayers inside the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, India. Himanshu Sharma / Reuters
A leopard at Africano animals park, along the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, Egypt. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
A leopard at Africano animals park, along the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, Egypt. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
Opposition demonstrators walk laboriously along a duct placed above a motorway to get away from riot police during a protest against the government of president Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. The head of the Venezuelan military, general Vladimir Padrino Lopez, who is also president Nicolas Maduro’s defence minister, is warning his troops not to commit “atrocities” against protesters demonstrating in the country’s deadly political crisis. AFP
Opposition demonstrators walk laboriously along a duct placed above a motorway to get away from riot police during a protest against the government of president Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. The head of the Venezuelan military, general Vladimir Padrino Lopez, who is also president Nicolas Maduro’s defence minister, is warning his troops not to commit “atrocities” against protesters demonstrating in the country’s deadly political crisis. AFP
A woman walks past paintings of artist Stanley Whitney ahead of the opening of Germany’s biggest art fair “Documenta 14” in Kassel, Germany. Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
A woman walks past paintings of artist Stanley Whitney ahead of the opening of Germany’s biggest art fair “Documenta 14” in Kassel, Germany. Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
An Indian rickshaw puller sleeps on his rickshaw in the old quarters of New Delhi. Money Sharma / AFP
An Indian rickshaw puller sleeps on his rickshaw in the old quarters of New Delhi. Money Sharma / AFP
A woman takes a walk at dusk during a warm day at La Concha’s beach in San Sebastian, Basque Country, northern Spain. Javier Etxezarreta / EPA
A woman takes a walk at dusk during a warm day at La Concha’s beach in San Sebastian, Basque Country, northern Spain. Javier Etxezarreta / EPA

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World in focus – best photos for June 8, 2017

Fatima Al Marzouqi

June 08, 2017

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Ain Issa camp:
  • Established in 2016
  • Houses 13,309 people, 2,092 families, 62 per cent children
  • Of the adult population, 49 per cent men, 51 per cent women (not including foreigners annexe)
  • Most from Deir Ezzor and Raqqa
  • 950 foreigners linked to ISIS and their families
  • NGO Blumont runs camp management for the UN
  • One of the nine official (UN recognised) camps in the region
How to tell if your child is being bullied at school

Sudden change in behaviour or displays higher levels of stress or anxiety

Shows signs of depression or isolation

Ability to sleep well diminishes

Academic performance begins to deteriorate

Changes in eating habits

Struggles to concentrate

Refuses to go to school

Behaviour changes and is aggressive towards siblings

Begins to use language they do not normally use

The rules of the road keeping cyclists safe

Cyclists must wear a helmet, arm and knee pads

Have a white front-light and a back red-light on their bike

They must place a number plate with reflective light to the back of the bike to alert road-users

Avoid carrying weights that could cause the bike to lose balance

They must cycle on designated lanes and areas and ride safe on pavements to avoid bumping into pedestrians

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