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Sheets of heavy rain and strong winds hit the city of Taitung as Typhoon Koinu nears Taiwan, the second major storm in a month to hit the island directly. IMAGES
Images of runners competing in the Berlin marathon and their supporters. Meanwhile activists of the "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) movement disrupt the race by throwing orange paint on the track. IMAGES
Images show Berlin's Brandenburg Gate splattered with orange paint after activists from the "Last Generation" ("Letzte Generation") environmental collective spray-painted the six pillars of the emblematic monument to warn of the urgency of global warming and demand a change in the German government's policy. The movement is calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest. Police arrested around ten activists near the gate, some of whom were still sitting on the ground, handcuffed. IMAGES
Thousands of people attend a Fridays for Future climate rally in Berlin, demanding action on climate change. IMAGES
Drone images showing the massive destruction in Libya's eastern city of Derna after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing -- a death toll the UN blamed in part on the legacy of years of war and chaos. IMAGES