

Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, a former police chief known as a tough politician and committed communist with little tolerance for dissent, died on September 21 aged 61 after a serious illness, state media reported. / AFP PHOTO / Kao NGUYEN

Torrential rains and flooding in northeastern Tunisia have left at least four dead, including two sisters, the interior ministry said. / AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID


The Ganesh Chaturthi festival, a popular 11-day religious festival which is annually celebrated across India, runs this year from September 13 to September 23, and culminates with the immersion of idols of Ganesh in local water bodies. / AFP PHOTO / SAM PANTHAKY





Personnel from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and 900 inmates of the Quezon City jail, 20 percent of the jail’s population, were subjected to drug testing to check if any personnel or inmates had access to illegal drugs in the jail. / AFP PHOTO / Noel CELIS

A very extended fire is burning the hills north of the town of Pisa. Hundreds had to leave their home during the night. Vigili del fuoco, Italian fire brigades, and volunteers work to stop the fire, close to many populated areas. / AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO SCOPPA



Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on September 17, to create a demilitarised zone along the line of contact between rebels and regime troops, which has temporarily averted a regime offensive on the jihadist and rebel-held Idlib region on the border with Turkey. / AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN




The farmers made the flag from freshly harvested peppers to mark the upcoming National Day, which celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949. / AFP PHOTO / – / China OUT

The 1,200 families living in Villa Zavaleta, a poor slum of Buenos Aires, were already struggling to cope with their daily needs, but the economic crisis of recent months has put them on their knees. / AFP PHOTO / EITAN ABRAMOVICH



Lofoten Masters 2018, the most northern Surf contest, will be held from September 27 to 30, in Unstad, within Arctic circle. / AFP PHOTO / Olivier MORIN


Two of Hong Kong’s biggest banks raised their lending rates on September 27 for the first time in 12 years, ending an age of cheap cash that could hit the city’s famously red-hot property market.
/ AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE




University professor Christine Blasey Ford, 51, told a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that could make or break Kavanaugh’s nomination she was «100 percent» certain he was the assailant and it was «absolutely not» a case of mistaken identify. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Tom Williams


According to the organizers they have received over 2,000 applications for the 1,100 job vacancies available. / AFP PHOTO / JOAQUIN SARMIENTO



The inmates were temporarily held in the chapel as jail personnel inspect their cells during the operation, which is a regular inspection conducted with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology at the jail. / AFP PHOTO / Noel CELIS

The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia leapt to 832 on September 30, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi struggled to find food and water and looting spread.
/ AFP PHOTO / BAY ISMOYO
