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At the call of thirteen NGOs, including Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International, a group of people gather in front of the Eiffel Tower to call for an immediate "ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip, on the eve of the international humanitarian conference organised by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. IMAGES
Images of the premises of the NGOs Care International, Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Kabul, the day after several foreign aid groups announced they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the country's Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from working. IMAGES
Rights activists protest outside the House of Representatives after lawmakers approved legislation that would outlaw sex outside marriage in a move critics said was a huge setback to rights in the world's most populous Muslim country. IMAGES
On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, climate activists from the collective 'Last Generation' scale the Brandenburg Gate and display a banner calling for 'survival for all'. It is the latest in a series of civil disobedience actions from the environmental protest group -- including targeting paintings in museums -- to draw attention to the fight against global warming. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
The UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, slams Russia's attack on Ukraine, warning of a "massive impact" on the rights of millions, and cautioning that heightened nuclear threat levels showed all of humanity was at risk. SOUNDBITE
Washington (USA), Oct 13 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Michel Reynolds) Hundreds of climate activists gathered in front of the White House to ask US President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop all new fossil fuel projects.