Cultural sanctions and boycotts have been used as a tool to influence the behaviour of rogue states for decades. For much of the 20th century,…
Ewan White
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Regattas, sacred springs and more from the world
Oleg Petrasiuk / Reuters
A cat walks in a church damaged by a Russian military strike, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on October 13, 2025.
KIM Won Jin / AFP
Participants take part in the "Long Live the Workers' Party of Korea" performance to celebrate the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on October 9, 2025.
STEFANO RELLANDINI / AFP
Boats sail during the start of the 57th Barcolana Sailing Regatta in the Gulf of Trieste on October 12, 2025.
AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh
Israeli army soldiers stand behind a masked settler hurling stones at Palestinians who had gathered for the annual olive harvest season south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on October 10, 2025.
AP /Jehad Alshrafi
Palestinian kids celebrate following the announcement of a ceasefire in Khan Younis, Gaza, on October 9, 2025.
REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
A Yazidi girl drinks water from a sacred spring during the annual Jamaya Festival at the Lalish Temple in Shekhan district near Dohuk province, Iraq, on October 6, 2025.
REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
A drone view shows a vehicle with a Light Vehicle Surveillance System (LVSS) patrolling the US-Mexico border wall as seen from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on October 10, 2025.
AFP
Members of the media explore Sami artist Maret Anne Sara's new sculptural installation, "Goavve-Geabbil", at Tate Modern in London on October 13, 2025.
Wakil KOHSAR / AFP
An Afghan boy carries the Taliban flag as he skates across the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul on October 13, 2025.
AP/Qazi Rauf
Drivers sleep under a truck loaded with goods along a highway after the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was closed due to clashes on October 13, 2025.
Madagascar is experiencing its most serious political crisis in recent years. What began as a series of peaceful youth-led protests in late September…
The US federal government has been shut down since 1 October 2025, after Congress failed to pass a funding bill before the end of the fiscal year,…
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