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20 October 2022

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News imageIndia prison

Hundreds enjoy new conjugal visit rooms in India jails

Punjab is the first Indian state to let prisoners meet their spouses privately - and it's a hit.

News imageA woman talks with a person in quarantine through the fence, amid new Covid-19 lockdown, in Shanghai, China, 10 October 2022

The politics driving China's hellish lockdowns

Parts of Beijing are now being locked down as China's Communist Party holds a historic Congress.

News imageRon DeSantis after Hurricane Ian

Who is the Florida governor Ron DeSantis?

The Ivy League-educated former naval officer is lauded by many on the right as a political rock star.

News imageKate Isaacs

Deepfaked: ‘They put my face on a porn video’

Campaigner Kate Isaacs describes the horror of seeing her face digitally edited into an adult film.

News imageA Lesotho horseman poses with his Basotho pony before competing in a traditional race in Semonkong, a remote town in the Maluti mountains on October 15, 2022. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

Africa's top shots: Hats, horses and hay

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

News imageSteven Gerrard

'Gerrard sack bitter blow to pride & reputation'

BBC Sport's Phil McNulty analyses Steve Gerrard's time as Aston Villa boss after he was sacked on Thursday evening.

News imageGiorgia Meloni

Far-right Meloni accepts job as Italian PM

Italy's president asks Giorgia Meloni to form the next government, to be sworn in on Saturday.

News imageNumber 10 Downing Street

Chris Mason: Who will be our next prime minister?

Liz Truss leaves her successor a party in chaos, spiralling prices, rising interest rates and squeezed budgets.

News imageColombian raspachin -coca leaf collector- Edison Tovar works at a coca field in the mountains of El Patia municipality, Cauca department, Colombia, on May 3, 2021

Record crop for cocaine production in Colombia

The UN reports an increase in the cultivation of coca - the main ingredient in the illegal drug.

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