24 hours in pictures, 8 October 2025

Bolsonaro supporters rally in Bras�a to demand amnesty for coup convictions

A supporter of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro participates in a demonstration demanding broad, general, and unrestricted amnesty for the far-right leader and others convicted of coup plotting in Brasa, Brazil, 7 October 2025.The demonstration comes after the so-called PEC de Blindaje (Armor Amendment) amnesty bill, which sought to pardon those involved in the 8 January 2023 attack on the Brazilian Congress and subsequent unrest, was defeated in the Brazilian Senate. Picture: EPA/ANDRE BORGES

A general view of goods displayed near shops in the central tower, at the central market, in Yaounde, on October 8, 2025. Cameroon’s elderly president Paul Biya appeared on Tuesday at a campaign rally in Maroua as campaigning kicked into high gear for October 12 polls to decide who will fill his position. A total of 12 candidates were cleared to vie for the presidency, including Biya. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP)

A man crosses a bridge in the Nicaragua community in San Salvador, El Salvador, 07 October 2025. A landslide caused by heavy rains in recent hours left one person dead in the center of the country, according to Comandos de Salvamento rescue workers. Picture: EPA/RODRIGO SURA

A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2026 collection by Italian designer Rodrigo Basilicati for the Pierre Cardin fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 07 October 2025. The presentation of the women’s ready-to-wear collections runs from 29 September to 07 October 2025. Picture: EPA/YOAN VALAT

Members of the South African Jewish community sit in a sukkah in Johannesburg on October 7, 2025, during the Jewish festival of Sukkot, a week-long harvest holiday also commemorating the Israelites’ journey through the desert after the exodus from Egypt. The gathering coincides with the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack as Hamas and Israeli negotiators hold indirect talks to end the two-year war in Gaza under a US-proposed peace plan. Two years prior to the day, at the close of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, Hamas-led militants launched a massive assault on Israel, making it the deadliest day in the country’s history. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)

Mandla Mandela, South African activist and grandson of the late Nelson Mandela, greets supporters after arriving at OR Tambo International Airport, 8 October 2025, in Kempton Park. Mandela was among six South African activists held by Israeli forces after their vessels were intercepted during an aid flotilla mission to Gaza. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator hurls fireworks at the Israeli Embassy in Athens during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against the ongoing Israeli intervention in the Gaza Strip, in Athens, Greece, 07 October 2025. Picture: EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU

People march in support of Palestine in Valparaiso

People burn an effigy with the image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a pro-Palestinian march in Valpara, Chile, 07 October 2025. October 7th marks the second anniversary of a cross-border attack by Hamas in Israel on 07 October 2023 that killed about 1,200 Israelis and launched an Israeli military campaign in response in the Gaza Strip that killed more than 67,000 Palestinians and destroyed the Palestinian enclave. Picture: EPA/CRISTOBAL BASAURE

A man carries a blue-and-yellow macaw parrot on his shoulder along the Galata Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, 08 October 2025. Picture: EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU

Crew works on set of Soy Frankelda, Mexico's first stop-motion feature

People work on a scene on the set of Soy Frankelda, the first Mexican animated feature film made entirely with stop-motion animation, in Mexico City, Mexico, 07 October 2025. Among finger-sized puppets and statues of fantastical griffins up to seven meters tall, the Mexican animation studio Cinema Fantasma completed the film after 14 years of work. Picture: EPA/JOSE MENDEZ

Pope Leo XIV attends his weekkly general audience in St. Peter's Square

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, in Vatican City, 08 October 2025. Picture: EPA/MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI

Siphelele Madume speaks with the Former Manchester United and Ajax goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar at Diepkloof in Soweto, 8 October 2025, during the officiall opening of Cruyff Court Diepkloof on The Zodwa Khoza Foundation land. These public sports fields are provided by the Cruyff Foundation to offer children a safe space to play and develop essential life skills like teamwork and responsibility. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen

Cars are submerged in flood waters after heavy rains caused by Typhoon Matmo in Thai Nguyen city on October 8, 2025. Record floods submerged streets in several communities in Vietnam on October 8, with at least eight people killed this week, the government said. (Photo by AFP)

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