Journalism of Courage
A woman waits at a bus stop damaged by a bomb blast in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. More than half the prewar population of 500,000 has fled the city after repeated Russian attacks. (AP)
Remains of tragedy near the entrance of Morbi's Jhoolto Pul collapse site in Gujarat. As many as 55 of the 135 victims of the accident were children. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
So far, nine people have been arrested in the Morbi bridge collapse case, including two managers of Oreva Group, two contractors hired by it, two ticket booking clerks and three security guards. The town's municipality chief officer has also been suspended. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan suffered a bullet injury when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others mounting on a container-mounted truck in the Wazirabad area of Punjab province, where he was leading a protest march against the Shehbaz Sharif government. Khan's protest march and rallies were peaceful until the afternoon attack on Thursday. (AP)
Khan's supporters held protests to condemn the incident-- here, a man is chanting slogans while others try to block a highway. (Reuters)
Protesters shout at police officers in Colombo during an anti-government protest by trade unions, student movements, and civil organisations, including the main opposition parties. Sri Lanka has been engulfed by an economic crisis for the last few months, and has witnessed a regime change as well. (Reuters)
A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 151 people and injuring 82 others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years. Here, a man is paying tribute to those that lost their lives near the site of the tragedy. (AP)
In Goma, capital of North Kivu province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, people walk by UN vehicles which were set on fire by angry crowds frustrated over the advance of M23 rebels. The violence came amid false rumors that the UN had transported rebels. The region has witnessed fighting between the M23 rebels and government forces since 2012. (AP)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the leftist leader who is known simply as Lula, will return as president of Brazil to serve an unprecedented third term. He defeated incumbent far right President Jair Bolsonaro by a narrow margin of 50.90 per cent to 49.10 per cent. (AP)
Vehicle-mounted ‘anti-smog guns’ began their rounds Delhi, spraying water in a fine mist, in what is an effort to get suspended dust to settle as air quality in the city took a turn for the worse. The national capital's AQI stayed in the 'very poor' to 'severe' range, causing closure of schools and work-from-home advisories to be issued. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
