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Tokyo (AFP) – People in Tokyo queue with flowers to pay their final respects to Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji Temple, where a private funeral is to be held. IMAGES 

Bangkok (AFP) – New Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag insists that Cristiano Ronaldo is “not for sale”, despite the Portuguese superstar skipping a pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia. Ronaldo missed the start of training with the English Premier League giants last week due to a family issue.

Liwonde (Malawi) (AFP) – In a bid to tackle elephant overpopulation in Malawi’s Liwonde National Park, the park’s authorities are moving over 200 elephants to a different reserve – by tranquilising them and loading them up into trucks.

London (AFP) – A London zoo enlisted the help of a mobile CAT scanner to investigate a 12-year-old Asiatic lion named Bhanu’s poorly ear.

Tokyo (AFP) – A day after Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party’s victory in the Upper House election, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledges to use his party’s tackle issues that former prime minister Shinzo Abe was passionate about but unable to fulfil. Abe was assassinated on Friday during a campaign trail in the western region of Nara.

Buenos Aires (AFP) – In inflation-ravaged Argentina, rival left and right-wing protesters take to the streets as the country remains gripped by a political crisis caused by the economy minister Martin Guzman’s resignation.

Mirpur Khas (Pakistan) (AFP) – Mango farmers in Pakistan say production of the prized fruit has fallen by up to 40 percent in some areas because of high temperatures and water shortages in one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change.

Tokyo (AFP) – A hearse carrying the body of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated while on the campaign trail last week, arrives at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo. DUARTION: 00:16

Tokyo (AFP) – “He had the rarest of quality. A man of vision with the ability to realise that vision,” says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “I’m here because the United States and Japan are more than allies; we are friends. And when one friend is hurting, the other friend shows up.” 

Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lankan protesters refuse to budge from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence, after they stormed his home, forcing him to flee with the navy and announce that he would resign. 

Sydney Opera House (Australia) (AFP) – Australia’s landmark Opera House in Sydney lights up in the colours of the Japanese flag, in honour of slain former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. 

Alvaiázere (Portugal) (AFP) – Firefighters battle wildfires at dawn in Casais do Vento, in the Alvaiazere region of Portugal. IMAGES