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Images of the Mexican embassy in Quito after Ecuador asked the country's ambassador to leave the country, declaring her "persona non grata" over President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's of Ecuador's elections in which a candidate was assassinated. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives in Montbeliard, in the eastern Doubs departement, to launch "Montbeliard, French Capital of Culture" 2024. IMAGES
Polls open in Dhaka in an election guaranteed to give Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina her fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties whose ranks have been decimated by mass arrests. IMAGES
Bangladeshi garment workers demanding a hike in their minimum wage return to their shifts following a week of violent protests, with some 600 businesses which had remained shuttered as a result of the unrest beginning to reopen. Bangladesh's 3,500 garment factories account for around 85 percent of the South Asian country's $55 billion annual exports, supplying many of the world's top names in fashion including Levi's, Zara and H&M. IMAGES
Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers stage violent protests to demand a near-tripling of their wages, shuttering hundreds of garment factories in the country. IMAGES
Workers from Britain's National Health Service (NHS) hold a picket line outside St Bartholomew's Hospital in London as both junior and senior doctors go on strike for the longest period yet. Junior doctors and first time consultants in England launched their first ever joint strike day on September 20. Now, joint action in their pay dispute with the government will last for three days from 0600 GMT on Monday 2 October to 0600 GMT on Thursday 5 October. Service will be maintained at lower levels usually only seen on Christmas Day. IMAGES