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Istanbul, Turkey

The Nobel peace prize laureate Tawakkol Karman (center) and the Egyptian opposition politician Ayman Nour (left), hold up pictures of the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate. Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, went missing after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.

Photograph: Ozan Köse/AFP/Getty Images

Madrid, Spain

Inés Madrigal leaves court after attending the reading of the verdict in the so-called “stolen babies” scandal. A Spanish court found the 85-year-old former gynecologist Eduardo Vela guilty of taking Madrigal, now 49, away from her mother in 1969. But the court ruled the act was committed too long ago for the defendant to be convicted

Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images

Chișinău, Moldova

Firefighters and engineers conduct a rescue operation, inspecting and searching for missing people, in a 21-story apartment block after a natural gas cylinder exploded.

Photograph: EPA