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Our world in photos: October 1

October 1, 2021 Michaela Keil

INDIA — Practice dance: Indian women in traditional attire practiced Garba, a traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of the Hindu festival of Navratri, in Ahmadabad, on Friday. The Hindu festival of Navratri, or Nine Nights, will begin on Oct. 7. Photo: Ajit Solanki/AP

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ROMANIA — Hospital fire: Emergency personnel removed a victim on a stretcher after a fire in the COVID-19 ICU section of the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in the Black Sea port city of Constanta, on Friday. Authorities said a fire at the hospital killed nine COVID-19 patients in the ICU. All patients were evacuated following Friday’s blaze at Constanta’s Hospital for Infectious Diseases.
Photo: Costin Dinca/AP

FRANCE — Tear gas: Teargas was thrown at Marseille supporters after the Europa League group E soccer match between Marseille and Galatasaray outside the Stade Velodrome stadium in Marseille, on Friday.
Photo: Daniel Cole/AP

AFGHANISTAN — Madrasa: An Afghan student read the Quran, Islam’s holy book, at a madrasa in Kabul, on Tuesday.
Photo: Felipe Dana/AP

JAPAN — Night walk: People walked through the famed Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo on the first night of the government’s lifting of a coronavirus state of emergency, on Friday.
Photo: Hiro Komae/AP

ITALY — Climate demonstration: Climate activist Greta Thunberg, of Sweden, delivered a speech during a Fridays for Future demonstration in Milan, on Friday.
Photo: Antonio Calanni/AP

UNITED KINGDOM — Pose: A model posed in front of phone boxes for a photographer in London, on Friday.
Photo: Frank Augstein/AP

PHILIPPINES — Running for president: Retired Filipino boxing star and senator Manny Pacquiao showed his certificate of candidacy for next year’s presidential elections shortly after filing before the Commission on Elections at the Sofitel Harbor Garden Tent in Manila, on Friday.
Photo: Jam Sta Rosa/Pool Photo via AP

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