When cryptocurrency platform Toobit signed a regional partnership with Spain’s top football division earlier this year, it did more than place its…
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Picturesque moons, air shows and wildfires
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The moon rises over a chariot statue atop the General Staff Headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 23 October 2026.
Niharika KULKARNI / AFP
The 'Dashashwa' formation by an Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 Globemaster leading a nine-aircraft formation of the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) is seen during an air show in Varanasi on 24 October 2026.
REINA / AFP
A man uses a tree branch to try to extinguish a peatland fire in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on 22 October 2026.
AP Photo/Hameraldi Agolli
Protesters take part in an anti-government rally in Tirana, Albania, on 24 October 2026.
REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
An activist from Swadeshi Jagran Manch, a wing of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), attends a protest against Elon Musk's Starlink in New Delhi, India, on 23 October 2026.
EYAD BABA / AFP
A woman sits next to a man lying on a mattress amongst destruction following an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on 23 October 2026.
Eyad BABA / AFP
Palestinian fishermen spread their nets on the beach at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 22 October 2026.
AP Photo/Leo Correa
Palestinian Amal Abu Awad, 62, collects olives during the harvest in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, on 18 October 2026.
Henry Nicholls / AFP
People stand on rocks as waves break near Portland Bill Lighthouse in Portland, southern England on 23 October 2026, as Storm Austen brought strong winds and heavy rain across much of southern England.
INA FASSBENDER / AFP
Lion cubs play in their enclosure at the zoo in Dortmund, western Germany, on 26 October 2026.
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