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Added on the 08/08/2024 16:03:28 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus inside an aeroplane on his way to Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. Yunus is set to lead an interim government after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina. IMAGES
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, who is to head an interim government in Bangladesh, tells reporters at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris that he is "looking forward to going back home" and helping his country "get out of the trouble we are in." IMAGES
People gather in front of the Danish parliament in Copenhagen to call for the release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson. Watson founded Sea Shepherd and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF) and is known for radical tactics, including confrontations with whaling ships at sea. He was arrested on July 21 on the basis of an Interpol "Red Notice" after Japan accused him of causing damage to one of its whaling ships in the Antarctic two years earlier and causing injury. IMAGES
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead a caretaker government after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina. IMAGES
People gather in Toulouse, in southern France, to watch the launch of Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket, which is bound to take off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 4pm local time (1900 GMT). IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.