October 1, 2021

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, center, and other officials attend the flag raising ceremony for the celebration of China's National Day at the Golden Bauhinia Square, in Hong Kong.

People planning to return to their hometowns wait at a checkpoint to leave Ho Chi Minh City, following the easing of strict COVID-19 restrictions that had been in place for the past three months.

A Palestinian protester smashes an Israeli drone that reportedly fell because of a technical failure, during a demonstration against settlements in the West Bank village of Beita.

Indian women in traditional attire practice Garba, a traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of Hindu festival of Navratri in Ahmadabad, India.

Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang legislators display placards that read "keep the Procedural Justice" as they protest calling for the government to apologize for coronavirus deaths, at the Parliament in Taipei.

Residents take part in a drawing contest to mark International Day of Older Persons at Casaverde nursing home in Navalcarnero, Spain.

Judges walk into Parliament after a service at Westminster Abbey for the opening of the new legal year in London.

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini leave St. Isaac's Cathedral after their wedding ceremony in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China, in Istanbul, Turkey.

South Korean military officials watch a flypast as they participate in an exercise on the 73rd anniversary of Armed Forces Day in Pohang.