18 October

Waste collectors transport plastic scrap for recycling in the suburbs of Hanoi on October 15, 2019. (Getty)

A student dressed like Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi, looks on during an event at a school in Chennai, to mark Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. (Getty)

Hong Kong police detain a protester (C-on ground) during demonstrations in the Wanchai district in Hong Kong. (Getty)

Supporters of the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and parliamentary elections candidate for Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj are pictured during a rally in Pristina. (Getty)

Extinction Rebellion activists gather on Manly beach and bury their heads in the sand on October 11, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The event was organised as part of Extinction Rebellion's global "Week Of Action" in 60 cities across the world to bring attention to climate change and push governments to declare a climate emergency. (Getty)

Burnt vehicles are seen after fire took out forests in the mountainous area that flank Damour river near the village of Meshref in Lebanon's Shouf mountains, southeast of the capital Beirut, Lebanon on October 15, 2019. (Getty)