NEWS N PICS – World Events

Staff of the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital investigate the building after a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz city, capital of northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan. With the United States not releasing any findings of its investigation almost two weeks after the deadly U.S. airstrike on a Afghan hospital, the international medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders had launched a global petition to urge the White House to consent to an independent investigation

Female students hold guns during a weapon training session in southwest Pakistan's Quetta. Authorities have commenced special weapon training sessions for female students of Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University in Quetta.

People view flower carpets prepared for the procession for the Lord of Miracles, or Lord of the Earthquakes, in Lima, capital of Peru. According to historian Raul Porras Barrenechea, the image of the Lord of the Earthquakes was painted by an Angolan slave named Pedro Dalcon

A man walks on a breakwater of Manila Bay in strong wind from typhoon Koppu in Navotas City, the Philippines. Typhoon Koppu, locally named Lando, made landfall in Casiguran, Aurora Province of northeastern Philippines at around 1 a.m. Sunday, the local disaster reduction authority said.

An Afghan health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child during a vaccination campaign in Kandahar city, capital of southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan

Men donate for Foodbank at Wynyard Park, Sydney, Australia. The fundraiser took place at Wynyard Park to help Foodbank raise vital funds and supplies to meet their challenge of producing 100,000 breakfasts to Australians in need. The Foodbank provide NSW and ACT residents with five healthy breakfasts for every $2 donated. The purpose of this event is to support fighting against hunger across the state

Performers make opening show at the opening ceremony of the 4th International Marionnettes Festival held in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam. The festival, which will last till Oct. 16, attracts troupes from Vietnam and other nine countries.