The past week was filled with numerous festivals and events in various countries, including protests in Hong Kong, the spectacular illusion exhibition' at Augustusburg castle, the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Yerevan, Wasteland Weekend Festival in the Mojave desert in California, clashes outside the Moria refugee camp in Greece, the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, the Rio Music Festival in Brazil and more.
Check out this gallery to catch up on some of the most important events that you might have missed!
Participants in the IgroMir 2019 exhibition and the Comic-Con Russia 2019 festival at the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre in Moscow.
More than 180 people were detained amid unauthorised anti-government protests in Hong Kong, held on the day of the 70th anniversary of China’s founding on 2 October.
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A man stands in front of a picture of an optical illusion during a press preview of the interactive experience exhibition 'Tricked! - the spectacular illusion exhibition' at Augustusburg castle in Augustusburg, Germany, 1 October 2019. The show, which presents paintings by Mexican artist Yunuen Esparza, deals with the functioning of the eye, the laws of optics and the interconnection between the various senses in the brain. The exhibition starts on 5 October 2019.
(From left to right) Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, Chairman of the Board of the EEC Tigran Sarkisyan and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan before a joint photo session of the members of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Yerevan.
Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, US astronaut Nick Hague and the first UAE astronaut, Hazzaa Al Mansoori, returned from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft on 3 October.
A Baye Fall disciple chants after entering the Great Mosque of the Mourides on 27 September 2019 in Dakar, ahead of its inauguration. - Senegal's influential Mouride Brotherhood will inaugurate a 30,000-capacity mosque in the capital Dakar, said to be the largest in West Africa.
Children play behind the door, in Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela, on 29 September 2019.
The qualification tests for the right to wear a maroon beret among military personnel and employees of special forces of the Siberian district of the Russian Guard at a training centre in the Iskitim District of the Novosibirsk Region.
Vendors buy fish at a fishing harbour in Agonda village in South Goa district on 29 September 2019.
Women cruise on an ATV around the field during Wasteland Weekend Festival in the Mojave desert in Edwards, California on 28 September 2019. - In 2019 the world's largest post-apocalyptic festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with around 4,000 attendees. The organisers require all festival-goers to be in costume, with the idea of creating a full-immersion effect, making attendees feel like they’re inside a Mad Max-style movie for 5 days. Activities include any number of themed distractions from the real world: live bands, DJs, car cruises, costume contests, a film festival, a post-apocalyptic swimsuit competition, Thunderdome battles, light-hearted role-playing challenges like a bounty-hunting game, crafting workshops, free hair and makeup at the event-sponsored beauty salon, fire performers, a 24 hour radio station, post-apocalyptic gladiator fights, an archery range, a casino, and much, much more.
A man and a boy crying reaction after police fired tear gas at protesters during clashes outside the Moria refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on 29 September.
Ukrainian high jumper Yuliya Levchenko at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha.
An aquarium shows Ra Wai Beach on Phuket island on 2 October 2019.
Soldiers of People's Liberation Army (PLA) march in formation during the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of The People's Republic of China, on National Day in Beijing, China, 1 October 2019.
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie poses before the premiere of "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" in Los Angeles, California, US, 30 September 2019.
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A police officer fires his tear gas launcher during a clash with student protesters in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, 30 September 2019. Thousands of Indonesian students resumed protests in several cities on Monday against a new law they say has crippled the country's anti-corruption agency, with some clashing with police.
French President Emmanuel Macron stands in front of the flag-draped coffin of late French President Jacques Chirac during a military funeral honours ceremony at the Hotel des Invalides on the national day of mourning in Paris, France, 30 September 2019.
Wheat harvesting in the fields of the Cherepanovsky District of the Novosibirsk Region.
An anti-government protester wearing a mask depicting US President Donald Trump is pushed away by riot police during a demonstration at Causeway Bay district in Hong Kong, China, 29 September 2019.
Fans attend the Rock in Rio Music Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 29 September 2019.
A devotee of a Chinese shrine with multiple knives pierced through his cheek takes part in a procession during the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket on 3 October 2019. - The festival begins on the first evening of the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days, with many religious devotees slashing themselves with swords, piercing their cheeks with sharp objects and committing other painful acts to purify themselves and taking on the sins of the community.
Autumn forest on the Titovskaya hill in Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia, or Dauria, a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" Lake Baikal in Russia.
Detainees hug relatives after their release by the Houthis outside the central prison of Sanaa, Yemen 30 September 2019.
A demonstrator hurls stones at Israeli forces during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El in the Israeli-occupied West Bank 1 October 2019.
A crayfish crosses a pedestrian walkway close to the Kemnader See Lake in Bochum, western Germany, after heavy rainfall on 30 September 2019.
Car mechanic Sergey Kulagin prepares an exhibit of metal sculptures made from automotive parts in Divnogorsk.
South Sudanese Australian model Adut Akech presents a creation by Givenchy during the Women's Spring-Summer 2020 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show at the Garde Republicaine in Paris, on 29 September 2019.
Winners of the 16th stage of the VTB Russian Grand Prix Formula 1 World Championship in-ring racing in 2019 at the awards ceremony (from left to right): pilots of the Mercedes team Lewis Hamilton took first place and Valtteri Bottas came in second.
Actor Renee Zellweger poses as she arrives for the European premiere of "Judy" at the Curzon Mayfair in London, Britain 30 September 2019.
