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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the iconic freedom movement leader who was shot dead at point-blank range 75 years ago. IMAGES
Search and rescue workers probe the site of a pedestrian bridge collapse in the Indian state of Gujarat on Tuesday. At least 137 people died after the bridge collapsed on Sunday evening, sending hundreds tumbling into the river. Nine people were arrested on Monday in connection with the disaster.
Thousands of people are queuing, day and night, along London's River Thames to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II as her coffin lies in state at Westminster Hall. The UK Department of Culture has said that wait times could be as high as 30 hours as the queue continues to grow ahead of the record-breaking monarch's funeral on Monday 19 September. IMAGES
Mexico City, Oct 14 (EFE).- Mexico City began planting 260,000 marigold flowers Thursday as part of the preparations for the Day of the Dead celebration, which is set to return this year after suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic, capital authorities reported."As part of the Day of the Dead festivities, the Government of Mexico City, through the Secretariat of Public Works and Services (SOBSE), began with the planting of 260,000 marigolds in the central reserve and green areas of the main avenues of the capital," the Government of Mexico City said in a statement. (Camera: AMERICA NERI).SHOT LIST: MEXICAN AUTHORITIES PLANT FLOWERS AHEAD OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Kolkata, Oct 6 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Hindu devotees on Wednesday took a dip in the river Ganges, considered holy in the religion, to mark the beginning of the festival to worship the goddess Durga, especially popular in India's eastern Bengal province.In Bengal this ritual - known as Mahalaya - has a special importance as it marks the beginning of their biggest festival Durga Puja.Bengalis of all ages, social standing and genders thronged to the banks of Ganges early Monday to offer prayers and bathe in the river to pay their respects to their ancestors. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY). SHOT LIST: HINDU DEVOTEES TAKE PART IN THE 'TARPAN' RITUAL DURING MAHALAYA PRAYERS FOR PITRU PAKSHA, ON THE BANK OF THE GANGES AMID OF COVID CRISIS IN KOLKATA, EASTERN INDIA.
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