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Protests for Palestine, water shows and more from the world
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Revellers covered in tomato pulp carry a Palestinian flag during the annual 'La Tomatina' food fight festival in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, on August 27, 2025.
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A man watches another man on a flyboard during a water show in Musandam, Oman, on August 27, 2025.
REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Demonstrators take part in a vigil honouring the lives of Palestinian journalists and medics killed on Monday in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Gaza, outside Union Station in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2025.
REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Demonstrators clash with riot police outside Jakarta Mobile Brigade headquarters, after a motorcycle taxi driver died after being struck and run over by a police vehicle in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 29, 2025.
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A resident holds his cat as he stands near his apartment building hit during a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 30, 2025.
REUTERS/Jack Taylor
A motorcyclist rides past The Bell Hotel, after the British government won a court ruling resulting in asylum seekers not being evicted from the hotel in Epping, Britain, August 31, 2025.
Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
A bride and groom wait for their marriage approval hearing during a mass officiating event in Indonesia for dozens of couples who were previously wedded under local traditions, which are not legally recognised, on August 27, 2025.
WANG Zhao / AFP
A child looks at a mural of the Great Wall of China as she visits an exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the end of World War II at a museum in Beijing on August 27, 2025.
Mohd RASFAN / AFP
Malaysian schoolchildren wave national flags during the 68th National Day celebrations in Putrajaya on August 31, 2025.
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A military parade marking the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's independence takes place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 2, 2025.
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Two-and-a-half years after a failed coup sparked a devastating war, Sudan has moved beyond the confines of an internal conflict. It has become a…
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