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China's President Xi Jinping (L) and his wife Peng Liyuan (R) arrive to a hall to welcome leaders from African countries, during a reception at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 04 September 2024. EPA-EFE/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
China's President Xi Jinping (C), in presence of his wife Peng Liyuan (R), welcomes South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) during a reception at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 04 September 2024. EPA-EFE/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye (2-L), China's President Xi Jinping (2-R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (R) pose for a photo ahead of the dinner reception of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 04 September 2024. EPA-EFE/KEN ISHII
Italian actor Sveva Alviti attends the premiere of film 'Queer' during the 81st annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 03 September 2024. The movie is presented in official competition 'Venezia 81' at the festival running from 28 August to 07 September 2024. EPA-EFE/ETTORE FERRARI
US singer and actor Lady Gaga arrives for the premiere of 'Joker: Folie a Deux' at the 81st annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 04 September 2024. The movie is presented in the official competition 'Venezia 81' at the festival running from 28 August to 07 September 2024. EPA-EFE/ETTORE FERRARI
British actor Tilda Swinton attends the premiere of the film 'Queer' during the 81st annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 03 September 2024. The movie is presented in the official competition 'Venezia 81' at the festival running from 28 August to 07 September 2024. EPA-EFE/FABIO FRUSTACI
People take pictures with their mobile phones as Pope Francis (C) waves from a car while departing from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Jakarta, Indonesia, 04 September 2024. Pope Francis is on an apostolic visit to the Muslim-majority country of Indonesia from 03 to 06 September, as part of his 12-day trip to the Asia-Pacific region, which includes stops in Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM
Relatives of a 16-year-old girl who died amid an ongoing Israeli military operation react during her funeral procession in the village of Kafr Dan, near the West Bank city of Jenin, 04 September 2024. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, at least 33 Palestinians have been killed and around 130 have been injured as of 03 September since an Israeli military operation began on 28 August 2024 in the West Bank cities of Tulkarem, Jenin and Tubas. According to the IDF, Israel is conducting a large-scale 'counterterrorism operation' in several areas. EPA-EFE/ALAA BADARNEH
A woman looks through the broken window of her damaged flat at the site of a combined Russian strike that hit a residential area in Lviv, western Ukraine, 04 September 2024, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. At least seven people died, including three children, and 35 others were injured as a result of a Russian combined attack by shock drones and rockets of different types in Lviv, according to Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory on 24 February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA-EFE/MYKOLA TYS
The large sculpture 'Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain' by German artists duo Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth on a summer day in Duisburg, Germany, 03 September 2024. Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain is a large sculpture modelled on a roller coaster and is a work of art by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth that was developed as part of the Ruhr.2010 Capital of Culture. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHER NEUNDORF
A multiple exposure picture of Shintaro Kano (L) of Japan facing Hakan Akkaya of Turkey during their Men's Foul Category A Table of 16 bout in the Wheelchair Fencing competitions at the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympics Games in Paris, France, 04 September 2024. EPA-EFE/Javier Etxezarreta
A mpox patient receives treatment at the Kavumu hospital in Karanrhada, Kamavu, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 03 September 2024. According to UNICEF, the Democratic Republic of Congo reports the highest number of cases, with over 18,000 suspected infections and 629 fatalities, 463 of them children. The World Health Organization (WHO) director-general on 14 August declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Mpox causes fever, rash, and lesions all over the body, severe headaches, and fatigue. EPA-EFE/Michel Lunanga. DM