1A student distributes leaflets during a protest asking for the complete withdrawal of the government’s plans to implement Chinese patriotism classes in Hong Kong. (AFP)

1Afghan women and children work in an outdoor traditional factory extracting and preparing pinenuts for sale on the outskirts of Jalalabad. (AFP)

1Volunteers cook free meals to be given out at the Hotel de Ville ( city hall)  in Paris, France. To raise awareness about food wastage, some 5,000 meals from produce were handed out, that otherwise would have been thrown away, local media reported. (Reuters)

1Pakistani children pray for the recovery of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a candlelight vigil in Karachi. A military spokesman says Yousufzai is in ‘satisfactory’ condition but cautions that the next few days will be critical. (AP)

1Bishops attend a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI marking the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (AP)

1A man carries a wreath inside the Holocaust memorial following National Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations, Bucharest, Romania. About 280,000 Romanian Jews and 11,000 Romanian Roma, or Gypsies, were deported and killed during WWII when Romania was ruled by a pro-nazi regime. (AP)

1Riot police fight with demonstrators during clashes in front of the parliament in Athens, Greece. (AP)