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Our world in photos: October 8

October 8, 2021 By Michaela Keil

INDIA — Navratri: An Indian girl wearing traditional attire took a selfie as others performed the Garba, a dance of Gujarat state, to celebrate the Hindu festival Navratri in Ahmedabad, on Thursday. Navratri, or nine nights festival, began Thursday. Photo: Ajit Solanki/AP

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RUSSIA — Nobel Peace Prize: Colleagues pour champagne on Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov at the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, in Moscow, on Friday. The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited their fight for freedom of expression, stressing that it is vital in promoting peace.
Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

UNITED KINGDOM — “Imagine”: A life-size sculpture of John Lennon entitled “Imagine,” was positioned in Carnaby Street, London, on Friday. Created in 2009 by acclaimed American/British sculptor, poet, playwright, lyricist, novelist, and actor, Lawrence Holofcener, who passed away in 2017, the sculpture found a new location — outside of the world famous Liberty London store.
Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

MALAYSIA — Kingfisher: A male Banded Kingfisher rested on a tree branch outside Kuala Lumpur, on Friday.
Photo: Vincent Thian/AP

KASHMIR — Funeral procession: Sikh community members participated in the funeral procession of slain Satinder Kaur, a government school teacher in Srinagar, on Friday. Assailants fatally shot two schoolteachers in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday in a sudden rise in targeted killings of civilians in the disputed region, police said.
Photo: Mukhtar Khan/AP

BRAZIL — Protest: A Brazilian flag hung on a clothesline on Copacabana beach amid white scarves that represented those who have died of COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, on Friday. The action was organized by the NGO “Rio de Paz” to protest the government’s handling of the pandemic as the country neared a total of 600,000 COVID-19 related deaths.
Photo: Bruna Prado/AP

SRI LANKA — Strike: Sri Lankan health workers representing joint trade unions shouted slogans demanding due financial benefits and personal protective equipment to protect themselves from coronavirus during half a day strike action in Colombo, on Friday.
Photo: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

IRAQ — Election: Security forces gathered to vote during the early voting for security forces ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary election in Basra, on Friday. Iraqi security personnel across the country are casting their ballots Friday two days ahead of the parliamentary election.
Photo: Nabil al-Jurani/AP

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