“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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Anti-government demonstrations in Albania's capital, Tirana, turned violent on Friday as protesters used fireworks against riot police, who responded with tear gas and batons
Fresh snowfall near Zojila Pass along the Srinagar-Leh National Highway draws tourists to the snow-covered landscape, as Army personnel maintain a vigil in Jammu and Kashmir
Demonstrators took to the streets in New Delhi, Hyderabad and Srinagar on Saturday, October 17, over demands including the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In New Delhi, Justice Morcha members, students and youth activists marched from the Press Club of India to Jantar Mantar under the banner ‘Reclaim Jantar Mantar’, while police detained demonstrators. Student activists were also detained during a protest in Hyderabad. In Srinagar, Congress workers protested against the election chief and an administrative officer accused of abusing a female colleague. Women in Delhi separately marched against alleged police brutality against women protesters.
Firefighters work to contain the Norte Fire in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano as residents join efforts to protect homes from the spreading wildfire
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