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Da Nang (Vietnam) (AFP) – Powerful winds and heavy rain in Da Nang, as typhoon Noru barrels into Vietnam’s central coast.

Tokyo (AFP) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pays tribute to Shinzo Abe, describing him as a “person of courage” who’ll be remembered for his achievements, during his address to thousands at the assassinated politician’s state funeral.

Ujung Kulon (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesian officials release rare footage of a Javan rhino calf captured using camera trap at the Ujung Kulon National Park, the mammals’ last remaining wild habitat in the world. The Javan rhino is the world’s rarest rhino with fewer than 80 left in the world, according to the National Park.

Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says he wants to “save people” from Moscow-held Ukrainian territories, on the final day of annexation votes which have been condemned as a sham by Western leaders.

Da Nang (Vietnam) (AFP) – People take refuge across Vietnam, preparing for a storm that forecasters predict will be one of the biggest to ever hit the Southeast Asian country.

In space (AFP) – “Our first planetary defense test was a success,” DART mission systems engineer Elena Adams says after a NASA spaceship struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity’s ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth.

Tokyo (AFP) – Guests at the funeral of the assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrive at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo for his state funeral.

Tokyo (AFP) – Hundreds of protesters against the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gather in a street near the Nippon Budokan ahead of the state funeral. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was shot dead on July 8 while campaigning, and a publicly funded state funeral honouring him will be held on September 27. IMAGES

Mexico City (AFP) – Clashes erupt during a protest in Mexico City on the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students. Investigators last month branded the atrocity a “state crime” involving the military and other institutions.

Tokyo (AFP) – Members of the public lay flowers to honour assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe, as thousands of Japanese and foreign dignitaries gather in Tokyo on Tuesday at a rare state funeral that has sparked controversy and protest.

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Young Ukrainian ‘geeks’ make drones — for both reconnaissance and destruction — in the basement of a house near the Donbas frontline. A short distance from their base and less than two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the Russian lines, a navigator and a pilot prepare a drone to drop a bomb on Russian positions.

Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he is confident that Russian citizens who have gone abroad will eventually return home at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi. “Let them run” he says, adding that the “majority” of those who left Belarus in 2020 are “asking: take us back”.