Skeleton faces, extravagant headdresses and dazzling costumes transformed Mexico City’s streets into a colourful spectacle. The annual Catrinas Parade celebrates the country’s Day of the Dead traditions.

French authorities have transferred to a psychiatric unit a man suspected of a gun attack in the Paris suburbs that killed one person and wounded five, prosecutors said Sunday. The 39-year-old man, identified as Kevin T., is reportedly suffering from schizophrenia.

Nicki Minaj joined Donald Trump at a Republican rally in Michigan, declaring her support for the president. The event also saw Trump renew his attacks on Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pulled off a dramatic comeback on Sunday to clinch re-election to a fourth non-consecutive term. The leftist icon won just under 52 percent of the vote, according to official results. His rival, Flavio Bolsonaro got 48.2 percent.

Tears, hugs and dancing filled the streets of Brazil after Lula narrowly defeated Flávio Bolsonaro. Thousands celebrated in Rio and São Paulo as the president secured another four years in office.

A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 24 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.

Travellers entering Uganda after visiting DR Congo will face a 21-day quarantine, the country’s health minister announced on Sunday. The new screening measures come after Nigeria reported its first case of the virus in a woman returning from Uganda. Kampala insists the country remains Ebola-free.

Crowds celebrated in Belgrade after President Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat for his ruling party in Serbia’s snap parliamentary election, following nearly two years of student-led demonstrations.

Brazilians headed to the polls on Sunday to choose between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro. From canoe journeys in the Amazon to long queues in Rio and a Lula doll in Brasília, voters turned out for the presidential runoff.

Over 1,400 sheep and goats took over Madrid’s streets on Sunday, delighting spectators at the 33rd annual Transhumance Festival, which followed a different route this year to avoid a housing protest.

The media regulator pulled the plug on social networks in February blaming content posted online for stoking conflict and division in society.

The announcement comes after a two-week suspension of operations following strikes from Yemen’s Houthis on the Saudi capital.

Masoud Pezeshkian emphasised, however, that a new attempt should be made to reach an agreement to end the war with the US and Israel.

There were clashes after night fall as police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in a number of cities.

It says the fight to contain the virus does not end when a patient dies, saying the handling and burial of the body is just as important.

Petrol stations are not allowed to sell fuel between nine at night and six in the morning to enable suppliers to restock them.

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, President Bola Tinubu held his first campaign rally on Saturday as he hopes to win a second term in office in the January polls.

Haiti’s former president Michel Martelly is running for office again. He presented his candidacy on Friday for the December 13 elections – the country’s first in 10 years. Earlier this month, Haiti’s electoral council overturned a ban on candidates sanctioned by foreign countries.

An injectable HIV drug could save huge numbers of people from getting infected in Uganda.
But shortages of lenacapavir mean that those who need it the most often can’t get treated with a dose.

Two ‘unauthorised’ supertankers hit naval mines near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, according to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy. On Thursday, a ship transiting the strait was hit by an unknown projectile, the UK reported.

A clinical trial for a new Ebola vaccine is getting underway in DR Congo’s Ituri province. The TUMAini trial will evaluate candidate vaccines against the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.

Almost 159 million Brazilians are eligible to vote Sunday in a closely contested presidential runoff between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

In Central African Republic, three hostages released this week after 10 months in captivity arrived in Bangui aboard a special UN flight. A local government official and two members of the National Election Authority, they were kidnapped in Bambouti in December, on the day of the general election.

A high-rise building in Kenya’s capital Nairobi was reduced to rubble on Friday after collapsing while under construction.

Seventy years after Hungary’s 1956 uprising against Soviet rule, Prime Minister Péter Magyar paid tribute to its victims as Ursula von der Leyen highlighted the importance of freedom and democracy.

A sea of purple briefs takes over Johannesburg. Men hit the streets on Friday for the Hollard Daredevil Run, raising awareness about prostate cancer, now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in South Africa.

A new beginning for Julie, Portugal’s last circus elephant, as she settles into life at a wildlife sanctuary in Alentejo, southern Portugal.

Benin has been nominated in four categories at the 2026 Africa Tourism Awards, putting the West African nation in the spotlight for its cultural heritage and tourism appeal.

Experts say deforestation is causing lower water levels on the river, making it muddier and reducing its oxygen content, which makes it more difficult for fish to breed.

Commerce between the two countries reached almost $15 billion from May through to August, representing a nearly 24 per cent year-on-year increase.

Outside the wealthy neighbourhoods, anger at lack of services like water or electricity has led many to say they won’t be voting.

A multi-storey building under construction has collapsed in Nairobi, leaving a vast pile of rubble. Red Cross workers have arrived at the scene, where excavators are being used among the debris.

One person was killed and four others were seriously wounded when gunshots were fired from a vehicle in a Parisian suburb on Friday, French authorities said.

Pix of the Day, 23rd October, 2026 – Across the world

Some 70,000 law enforcement officers will be deployed across France on Saturday while the Louvre and several other major Paris museums will be closed as authorities seek to prevent renewed violence during planned protests.

Huge waves, uprooted trees and damaged boats mark Storm Austen’s arrival in France and the UK. Gusts of up to 160 km/h have battered Brittany, while fallen branches have blocked roads in southern England.

Talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States are planned to resume in November in the United Arab Emirates, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

Several people are feared trapped after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Friday, October 23.

Wooden boards are going up across France as shopkeepers brace for possible unrest. With a National Rally congress in Orléans and protests approaching in Lyon, businesses fear damage and disruption.

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