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People attend a protest outside the Indonesian Parliament against the revisions to the country’s election law. — Reuters pic

Indonesian lawmakers delay controversial election rule changes due to low attendance

Furaha Elisabeth applies medication on the skin of her child Sagesse Hakizimana who is under treatment against Mpox, an infectious disease caused by the Mpox virus that causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever, at a health centre in Munigi, Nyiragongo territory, near Goma in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo August 19, 2024. — Reuters pic

Unpacking mpox: What we know and don’t know about the disease

This handout pictured released by the GNS Science on August 22, 2024, shows steam rising from the White Island volcano in Whakatane after a volcanic eruption off the coast from Whakatane on the North Island. — GNS Science handout pic via AFP

Volcanic eruption grounds flights in New Zealand as ash clouds to loom for ‘weeks to months’

Geoff Duncan, Former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, speaks on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois August 21, 2024. — Reuters pic

Anti-Trump Republicans at DNC: ‘Quit the cult worshipping a felonous thug’

A rescue boat of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters operates off Porticello on August 20, 2024 a day after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. — AFP pic

CEO of boat manufacturer declares Mike Lynch’s superyacht ‘unsinkable’ despite Sicily tragedy

Australia unveiled a US$570 million (RM2.4 billion) deal to build missiles domestically today, a bid to beef up military capabilities amid a regional arms race. — AFP pic

Australia unveils US$570m plan to produce missiles domestically amid regional arms race

The death toll in an explosion at a pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh rose to 17 today. — Reuters file pic

Death toll in India’s Andhra Pradesh pharma factory blast rises to 17

Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr is expected to drop out of the race for the White House. — Reuters pic

Robert Kennedy Jr expected to exit White House race, may endorse Trump

An attendee carries a cut-out of US Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) — REUTERS

Walz caps DNC day three, joined by Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Pete Buttigieg — Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Sheila E. to perform

Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters arrive with a body bag at the back of the boat in Porticello near Palermo. — AFP

Bayesian yacht search ends after bodies of UK tycoon Mike Lynch, teen daughter believed found

A doctor holds a banner during a protest demanding justice following the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a hospital in Kolkata, in New Delhi August 19, 2024. — AFP pic

‘Abuse every day’: Indian female medics say ‘this could have been, can still be any of us’ after brutal rape and murder

US Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff speaks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois August 20, 2024. — AFP pic

‘Heyyyy, it’s Doug’: Kamala Harris’ husband woos Chicago as he attempts to go from blind date to ‘first gentleman’

A screengrab of veteran Thailand politician Prawit Wongsuwon hitting the female reporter on the head while surrounded by media. —The Standard/Facebook

Thai MP Prawit faces probe after viral video of slapping reporter sparks outrage

Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, head of Thailand's Department of Disease Control, speaks during a press conference following the suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox in Bangkok on August 21, 2024. — AFP pic

Thailand confirms European travelling from Africa infected with deadlier mpox Clade 1b, first case in Asia

The Myanmar kyat has been extremely volatile in recent days, plunging to a low of 7,500 (RM10.1) to the dollar in the black market last week from 5,000 earlier in the month. — AFP pic

Myanmar households crippled as currency tumbles to record low

Canada's Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre was featured delivering a patriotic speech in the video  — AFP pic

Canadian conservative party draws flak for nationalist video using footage from other countries