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Thousands of people gather in Vancouver to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died a few days after her arrest by religious police for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women in force since shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. IMAGES
In Berlin, people demonstrate in support of the demonstrations in Iran, as the nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini are entering a sixth week. The death of 22-year-old Amini, after her arrest for allegedly breaching Iran's strict dress code for women, has fuelled the biggest protests seen in the Islamic republic for years. IMAGES
The EU is considering sanctions on Iran over the "killing" of Mahsa Amini and the crackdown on protests across the country, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says. SOUNDBITE
People arrive at the Savigny-sur-Orge mosque, during the funeral of Shemseddine, a 15-year-old French teenager beaten to death after school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris. Mats and sheets are held up as the hearse arrives in strict privacy at the request of the family. IMAGES
Flowers and candles are laid outside the secondary school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris. where 15-year-old French schoolboy Shemseddine was beaten up to death on Friday over a dispute involving the sister of two of his attackers. Four young people have been charged with murder over the killing that has heightened concern about violence in French schools. IMAGES
More than 2,400 people were killed in Haiti since the start of 2023 amid rampant gang violence, including over 350 killed in lynchings by locals and vigilante groups, the UN says. "Between January 1 and August 15 of this year, at least 2,439 people have been killed and a further 902 injured," UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani tells reporters in Geneva. SOUNDBITE