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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
The bells of Britain's Westminister Abbey bells ring out on the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's death and the accession of her son King Charles III as monarch. IMAGES
Protesters throw objects at police officers near the Obelisk in Buenos Aires where a demonstration is being held after a man died on August 10 in police custody. Facundo Molares, an Argentinian man identified as a former FARC guerrilla from Colombia who was detained in Bolivia in 2019, after being arrested and immobilized by three police officers at a protest against Argentina's upcoming primary election. IMAGES
People hold banners and wreaths and chant slogans in a protest to mark the ten-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh. More than 1,130 people died in the catastrophe, spotlighting the global fashion industry's reliance on developing world labour working in dangerous and sometimes deadly conditions. 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
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