Palak Gulia's golden aim, thorns at the Paris Fashion Week, a self-erasing burqa: Eye-catching photos of this week
The world never ceases to inspire us. This series of photos—an eye locked to its target, a locking veil from prying eyes —resonates beyond its description for a leisurely flip or a deep read this week
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India's Palak Gulia (right) celebrates her gold-winning victory with her teammate Esha Singh, who won the silver in the Women's 10m Air Pistol Finals at the Asian Games in Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre, Hangzhou, China on September 29, 2023. 17-year-old Gulia first picked up a pistol four years ago at a mandatory morning sports practice at her school in Gurugram.
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An Afghan tailor shows a burqa to a customer at his shop in Herat, Afghanistan, on October 1, 2023. Reinforcing Afghanistan's patriarchal system, where men decide for and on behalf of women, the Taliban rolled back Afghan women's rights by decreeing that women must be fully covered from head to toe—including their faces—to appear in public.
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Japan supporters dressed as the Nintendo character Mario pose for a photograph in the stands ahead of the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool D match between Japan and Samoa at the Stadium de Toulouse in Toulouse, France on September 28, 2023. Japan's dedicated female rugby fans form groups and pool to travel to other nations, likening the experience of watching a rugby match to 'getting an encouraging pep talk'.
