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The state funerals of Ambassador Luca Attanasio and police officer Vittorio Iacovacci, killed in an attack in DR Congo, are held in Rome. The envoy died on Monday after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy was ambushed in a dangerous part of the eastern DRC near the border with Rwanda. Attanasio's Italian bodyguard and a Congolese driver were also killed. IMAGES
Italians pay hommage to Mario Cerciello Refa, a police officer whose stabbing death sparked a national outcry, while the leaked photo of a blindfolded US suspect raised protests. Cerciello's funeral takes place in his home town near Mount Vesuvius. IMAGES
The coffin and mourners arrive for the funeral of seven year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, killed in a mass stabbing in Southport, UK, on July 29. Elsie was among three young girls who died in the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, which also left ten people injured, eight of them children, and sparked nationwide anti-immigration riots. IMAGES
Hundreds of people in the English town of Southport attend a vigil for the victims of a stabbing attack that killed three children. The mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in northern England also left five children and two adults with critical wounds. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin takes part in a ceremony in tribute to Stephanie Monferme, a police officer who was fatally stabbed in the entrance of the Rambouillet police station, near Paris, in April 2021 by a Tunisian delivery driver, who was subsequently shot dead by a police officer. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.