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Appearing gaunt in a prison uniform and with a buzz haircut, images show Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny in court by video link in part of an appeal against a defamation sentence imposed in February for insulting a World War II veteran. Another court is holding a hearing into a request from prosecutors that Navalny's regional network and his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) be recognised as extremist, equating the organisations with the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda. IMAGES
Appearing gaunt in a prison uniform and with a buzz haircut, images show Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny in court by video link in part of an appeal against a defamation sentence imposed in February for insulting a World War II veteran. Another court is holding a hearing into a request from prosecutors that Navalny's regional network and his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) be recognised as extremist, equating the organisations with the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda. IMAGES
Alexei Navalny's doctor Anastasia Vasilyeva arrives at a Pokrov prison where the Kremlin critic is detained and on hunger strike. Navalny, 44, announced the hunger strike last week, complaining a prison doctor had only given him painkillers as treatment for severe back pain and numbness in his legs. IMAGES
Smoke rises after an Israeli strike hits Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The temporary truce between Israel and Hamas expired early Friday, with the Israeli army saying combat operations had resumed. IMAGES
Images show the exterior of the Andalusia church where the mother of Spain's football chief Luis Rubiales is on hunger strike. Angeles Bejar is taking the action in support of her son, who is under fire for planting an unsolicited kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso after Spain won the Women's World Cup in Australia on August 20. IMAGES