Top news photos: Meghan's Africa tour, Fadnavis and Thackeray share stage, and more

September 25, 2019 11:34 am | Updated 08:57 pm IST

8.00 p.m. | Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, interacts with a sleeping child during a visit to the mothers2mothers (m2m) charity organisation that trains and employs women living with HIV as frontline health workers across eight African nations and advocates for an HIV-free Africa, in Cape Town, South Africa.

6.00 p.m. | Spraying by entomology workers under way for vector control in the water-logged areas of East Anandbagh in Hyderabad, Telangana on Wednesday. The number of dengue cases reported in the State this year is the highest compared to the past four years. While around 6,183 cases have been reported from the beginning of January to September 20, the numbers never crossed 5,500 since 2015.

5.00 p.m. | Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis share the dias during the 86th birth anniversary celebrations of Mathadi leader Annasaheb Patil at APMC market, Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. The leaders sought to dispel the perception that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case against NCP president Sharad Pawar was politically motivated as it was registered in the run-up to the next month’s assembly polls.

4.00 p.m. | Pressure escalated Monday for US Democrats to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, who faces accusations that he sought to extort Ukraine into revealing dirt on his political rival Joe Biden. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned of “a grave new chapter of lawlessness” as Democrats ramped up demands that the administration release a secret whistleblower complaint that sparked the latest crisis.

2.00 p.m. | Members of various left wing student organisations holding posters against abrogation of Article 370 from Kashmir demanding to restore normalcy in the vally during a protest at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Wednesday, September 25 2019. On Wednesday, Kashmir enters 52nd day of lockdown.

12:30 p.m. | Indian Union Muslim League members attending a protest demonstration against Mob Lynching at Jantar mantar in New Delhi on September 25, 2019

11:30 a.m. | BJP National President and Home minister Amit Shah paying floral tribute to Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay on his birth Anniversary

A man walks alongside a damaged portion of a road caused by a powerful earthquake n Jatla near Mirpur, in northeast Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019.

Japanese H-2B rocket carrying the Kounotori 8 unmanned cargo vessel lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Minami Tanega, southern Japan, early Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. The Japanese supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station, two weeks after a launch pad fire halted the first countdown.

Quarantine officials control access to a pig farm with confirmed African swine fever in Ganghwa, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. South Korean on Wednesday said it was intensifying efforts to clean farms around the country as it scrambles to contain the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever that has ravaged farms near its border with North Korea. The notice reads: "Under quarantine."

Varaha a new coast guard ship inaugurated by Defence minister Rajnath Singh in Chennai Port Trust on September 25, 2019 today.

Indonesian riot police fire tear gas to disperse student protesters during a clash outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. Police fired tear gas and water cannons Tuesday to disperse thousands of rock-throwing students protesting a new law that they said has crippled Indonesia's anti-corruption agency.

8.00 p.m. | Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, interacts with a sleeping child during a visit to the mothers2mothers (m2m) charity organisation that trains and employs women living with HIV as frontline health workers across eight African nations and advocates for an HIV-free Africa, in Cape Town, South Africa.
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