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Pro-democracy protesters sit outside their tent in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, as activists mark one month of mass protests. (AFP/Nicolas ASFOURI)

Pro-democracy protesters hold up a banner that reads " I want universal suffrage" as they mark one month since they took to the streets, in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong. (AFP/Nicolas ASFOURI)

Supporters of Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan hold placards and shout slogans against Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim outside the court of appeals in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur. (AFP/MANAN VATSYAYANA)

Sri Lankan health workers wear protective gear as they attend a preparedness programme for Ebola at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Colombo. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

Thai forensic police inspect the burnt remains of the district government bureau after it was allegedly set alight by militants in Pattani province. (AFP/Tuwaedaniya MERINGING)

Rescue workers use pipes to pump water out of a coal mine after underground waters flooded a section of the mine in the town of Ermenek, some 500km south of Ankara, close to Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. (AP Photo/IHA) 

Burkina Faso's opposition clash with riot police in Ouagadougou, as protesters battle police after a mass rally against plans to let the long-serving president extend his rule beyond 30 years. (AFP/ISSOUF SANOGO)

Lebanese residents walk past a burnt-out car on a damaged street in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh Sunni neighbourhood after three days of fierce fighting between Lebanese forces and armed militants that killed at least 16 and forced thousands to flee. (AFP/IBRAHIM CHALHOUB)

People watch the town of Kobane during airstrikes by the US led coalition seen from the outskirts of Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)

Montreal Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (11) is stopped by Edmonton Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens (30) during third period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, Alberta. (AP/The Canadian Press, Jason Franson)

Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and FIFA President Sepp Blatter (R) look at a model of the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The stadium is under reconstruction for the final of the 2018 World Cup. (AP/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)