Security officials look on as the United Nations flag flies at half-mast to mourn the lives of UN workers lost during the war between Israel and Hamas, at the United Nations Office Nairobi (UNON)
Naik Yeshwant Ghadge, 23, was posthumously awarded Victoria Cross for his heroism in the Italian campaign during World War II. (National Army Museum, UK)
The Bombay government, in the 1890s, asked the farmers to cultivate brinjal in the rainy season and urged Europeans to include it in their diet. This would benefit the farmers as well as the European population in Poona also, they thought. (Shutterstock (PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))
If one is truly invested in endowing ‘dignity’ to the survivors, one must move beyond the stigma and stereotypes of rape victims as weak and helpless and trust that they can regain control, heal, and rebuild their lives in their own time and on their own terms. (AFP)