Protesters gathered in Bucharest on October 17 for the annual “Together for Women's Safety” march, calling for stronger protections against domestic abuse, femicide and gender-based violence. Demonstrations were also held in other Romanian cities.
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All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba led a protest march at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Sunday, demanding justice in the 2022 murder of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari in Uttarakhand. Lamba was detained by police during the demonstration.
Rahul Gandhi joined Congress workers and supporters in Margao on October 18 for the concluding leg of the ‘Goy Rakhonn Yatra’, a statewide campaign focused on protecting Goa’s land, identity and heritage ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.
The Asian Para Games 2026 opening ceremony took place in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Sunday, October 18, officially marking the start of the fifth edition of the continental multi-sport event. India's contingent was led by para-badminton star Pramod Bhagat and sprinter Simran Sharma, who served as the country's flag-bearers. The Games will run until October 24, bringing together para-athletes from across Asia to compete in 18 sports, including para athletics, para swimming, para badminton, para powerlifting and boccia. Preliminary competitions in select disciplines began on October 16, ahead of the opening ceremony, with athletes now set to compete for medals across a week of action. The event will conclude with the closing ceremony on October 24.
“No Kings” protesters took to the streets across the United States on October 17, linking their opposition to unchecked power with a call to vote. Demonstrators in Portland, Houston and the Washington, DC, area urged voters to turn out ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
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A burning tourism office in Lyon and looted shopfronts in Paris marked scenes of unrest around Saturday’s demonstrations against rising living costs and in solidarity with students’ grievances. By Sunday morning, passers-by in Paris were walking past damaged stores and photographing the aftermath.
Scattered shoes and abandoned belongings lay at Kolkata’s Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal after a stampede turned Saturday evening’s celebrations into tragedy. At least 19 people were killed, leaving the city mourning as police investigated how the crowded gathering turned deadly
Members of Chhattisgarh's Ramnami community attend a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, carrying a distinctive tradition in which devotees tattoo the name of Ram on their bodies as an expression of faith and resistance to caste discrimination
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