![People protesting against police brutality in Lagos on October 20, [Sunday Alamba/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20294514192038.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Barack Obama gave closing arguments for Clinton in Pennsylvania during her 2016 campaign [File: Matt Slocum/The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_16313074546464.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![The pope’s direct call for civil union laws represents a shift from the perspective of his predecessors [Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-21T082042Z_1066063222_RC2WMJ9FPAKR_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-POPE.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![AstraZeneca's share prices fell after the death was reported [Jason Alden/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/f0ef3196943b4a458681c6992ca164ae_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![Supporters of Cellou Dalein Diallo, of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea party, set up barricades in the Ratoma district of Conakry [Souleiman Camara/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-21T134659Z_957523530_RC21NJ9NCXFF_RTRMADP_3_GUINEA-ELECTION.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![David Xol-Cholom from Guatemala hugs his son Byron at Los Angeles International Airport as they reunite after being separated during the Trump administration's wide-scale policy on splitting immigrant families [File: AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20023314203609.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Turkan Mutlu holds a photo of her daughter Ceylan who joined the PKK during a sit-in protest outside the HDP headquarters in Diyarbakir on October 17, 2019 [File: Sertac Kayar/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Turkey1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The mayor of the city of Martakert stands inside a building destroyed by shelling in Martakert [Aris Messinis/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8TE7XF.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![A pro-democracy protester makes a three-finger salute as he attends a march towards Government House during an anti-government protest in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 21, 2020 [Jorge Silva/ Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-21T122123Z_2009019915_RC20NJ98JMN3_RTRMADP_3_THAILAND-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![In a far-reaching agreement unveiled on Wednesday, Purdue formally admitted to criminal conduct related to the distribution of its painkillers including OxyContin [File: George Frey/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2019-06-26T095315Z_1392114881_RC14CE2C9DD0_RTRMADP_3_OPIOIDS-LITIGATION-BANKRUPTCY.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Barack Obama gave closing arguments for Clinton in Pennsylvania during her 2016 campaign [File: Matt Slocum/The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_16313074546464.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
Trump’s new dance moves are causing quite a stir
In the campaign’s final stretch, the US president finds a new classic hit to groove to, with mixed reviews.
![In this September 25, 2020 photo, President Donald Trump does a little dance after speaking at a campaign rally in Newport News, Virginia. Trump, a man who is famously particular about his appearance, is fully embracing doing a dad dance to the Village People's' YMCA as the finale to his rallies in the campaign's closing stretch [Steve Helber/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20270097787136.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Zambians sue Anglo American mining company over lead poisoning
The lawsuit alleges ‘generations of children’ have been poisoned by the mine’s operations in Kabwe.
![In 2018, Anglo American and five other companies paid about $390m to settle a class action suit by former gold miners suffering from respiratory disease silicosis [File: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/angloamerican.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Oman wades back into global debt market with $2bn bond sale
Oman moved ahead with its borrowing plan days after S&P cut its debt rating to B+, four rungs below investment grade.
![Oman’s bonds are the worst performers in the region this year, and, until now, the country had stayed out of the debt market after raising $3bn last year [File: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/365426375.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Friendly skies: App would help travellers comply with COVID tests
A smartphone app could make it easy for travellers to securely show they have complied with COVID testing requirements.
![In an attempt to get travellers back in the air, a nonprofit software developer is testing a smartphone app that could make it easier for international airline passengers to show they've complied with COVID-19 testing requirements [File: Seth Wenig/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/unitedairlines.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Ant Group to launch $35bn IPO after clinching regulatory approval
The fintech firm, backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba, plans to list both in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the coming weeks.
![The listing could be the world's largest initial public offering, eclipsing Saudi Arabia's Aramco [File: Shu Zhang/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/antgroup.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Analysis: In final debate, Trump seeks a drastic comeback
Donald Trump’s behaviour will be in focus as he seeks to shake up his race against Joe Biden.
![Trump and Biden speaking during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29, 2020 [File: Brian Snyder/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-08T114552Z_1848159220_RC2BEJ9BNG4S_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE-PRESIDENTIAL.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Iraq authorities denounced for failure to protect media
Criticism follows raids by unidentified armed men and the closing down of TV and radio stations.
![The office of Dijlah TV station in Baghdad was badly damaged after it was set ablaze by protesters on August 31 [Photo circulated on social media via HRW]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IraqTV.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Payment24 CEO: Criminal in the US, service provider to Iran
Payment24’s former CEO is going to prison for helping Iranians conduct financial transactions many take for granted.
![Many of the financial services the now-shuttered Payment24 platform facilitated are routine in countries that do not figure on Washington’s economic blacklist [File: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_19233454216153.jpg?resize=570%2C380)