The world never ceases to rouse us. These photos - of a people as impassioned and obstinate as the primary colour that draws us - resonate beyond their description for a leisurely flip or a deep read this week
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Torchbearer Oksana Masters, an American multi-sport Paralympic athlete, carries the Paralympic Flame during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris on August 28, 2024. Artistic movements on the theme of inclusivity by performers with disabilities and impairments highlighted the paradox of a world that claims to be inclusive but, in actuality, remains prejudiced towards the differently abled.
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Activists shout slogans and wave flags during a protest rally to condemn the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, West Bengal, on August 25, 2024. Protests intensified in Kolkata as various groups continued to take to the streets, demanding justice.
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Afghan girls read the holy Koran at Madrassa Abdullah Bin Omar Darul Uloom (Islamic school) in Kandahar on August 28, 2024. Nearly 1.5 million Afghan girls have spent 1,000 days out of school since the Taliban banned education for teenage girls after storming to power in August 2021, allowing them to attend only religious schools.