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Several dozen gendarmes are stationed near Clairvaux Abbey, in the Aube region of north-eastern France, for the start of the Olympic torch relay test, four months before the Paris 2024 Games. IMAGES
The United Nations' flag is lowered to half-mast at the UN Bangkok office which hosts 21 UN agencies to commemorate its staff who have been killed and wounded in strikes in Gaza. UNRWA announced on Friday that more than 100 of its employees had died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war. Israel has been bombing targets across the Gaza Strip since Hamas fighters carried out an unprecedented deadly attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7. IMAGES
Israeli far-right supporters take part in the annual flag-waving march as they mark Jerusalem Day, commemorating the capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day war. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI33FG3RH_EN
Finland's flag flies high for the first time at NATO headquarters, as the country officially joined the US-led defence alliance in a historic realignment of Europe's defences that drew an angry warning of "countermeasures" from the Kremlin. Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine last year upended Europe's security landscape and prompted Finland -- and its neighbour Sweden -- to drop decades of military non-alignment. IMAGES
Bangkok, Oct 5 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand's nine-day Vegetarian Festival has kicked off in cities throughout the country with markets bustling with kiosks serving up fried tofu and steaming sprout dishes. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL).SHOT LIST: THE FIRST DAY OF VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL, IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the last French athletes from Tokyo arrive at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport with the Olympic flag, synonymous with the handover from Japan to the next Games in Paris, in 2024. IMAGES