House made of straw
Carmen Navarro, 63, poses for a picture in her house at the "Refugio San Pablo", a camp of precarious straw houses and tents, installed in 2017 by the Civil Defence in Piura, north of Lima. Thousands of climate migrants who lost their homes and livelihoods due to the El Nino Costero phenomenon five years ago live in precarious camps in the desert in northern Peru.
'The Lady with the Unicorn'
Curators hang on the wall one of the six tapestries making up The Lady with the Unicorn, created in Paris around 1500, which will be exhibited from October 30 to January 16, 2022 at the Musee des Abattoirs in Toulouse, in south-western France.
Fumigation in Pakistan
Vendors selling fish stand next to their cart during a fumigation drive as a preventive measure against disease-carrying mosquitoes in Karachi.
Protest in Ecuador
Police advance on a group of protesters on the first day of a general, nationwide strike against the rise in gas prices and the policies of Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso, in Saquisili, Ecuador.
Tourists at the volcano
Tourists watch and take selfies at a volcano as it continues to erupt on Spain's Canary island of La Palma. Officials say the volcano, which has been erupting for the past five weeks, is more active than ever. New lava flows have emerged following a partial collapse of the crater, threatening to engulf previously unaffected areas.
Claudette Colvin's juvenile record expunged
Claudette Colvin, 82, reads over paperwork at the Montgomery County Family Court, in Montgomery, Alabama, as she petitions for her juvenile record to be expunged. She was arrested in 1955 at the age of 15 and placed on indefinite probation for violating bus segregation ordinances by refusing to give up her seat on a bus, nine months before Rosa Parks, known in the US as "the first lady of civil rights", did the same.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe messages of support
Stones with messages painted by children next to Richard Ratcliffe (not pictured) outside the Foreign Office in London, in the UK. Mr Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has gone on hunger strike for the second time in two years and intends to sleep in a tent after his wife lost her latest appeal in Iran.
Shortages in Haiti
A baby is given an IV at the La Paix Hospital, also known as the University of Peace Hospital, amid severe fuel shortages and a continued general strike in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A bone doctor said the hospital only has enough fuel to keep operating for a few more days.
AUSTRALIA SQUAD v SOUTH AFRICA
Aaron Finch (capt), Shaun Marsh, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, D'Arcy Short, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa
Multitasking pays off for money goals
Tackling money goals one at a time cost financial literacy expert Barbara O'Neill at least $1 million.
That's how much Ms O'Neill, a distinguished professor at Rutgers University in the US, figures she lost by starting saving for retirement only after she had created an emergency fund, bought a car with cash and purchased a home.
"I tell students that eventually, 30 years later, I hit the million-dollar mark, but I could've had $2 million," Ms O'Neill says.
Too often, financial experts say, people want to attack their money goals one at a time: "As soon as I pay off my credit card debt, then I'll start saving for a home," or, "As soon as I pay off my student loan debt, then I'll start saving for retirement"."
People do not realise how costly the words "as soon as" can be. Paying off debt is a worthy goal, but it should not come at the expense of other goals, particularly saving for retirement. The sooner money is contributed, the longer it can benefit from compounded returns. Compounded returns are when your investment gains earn their own gains, which can dramatically increase your balances over time.
"By putting off saving for the future, you are really inhibiting yourself from benefiting from that wonderful magic," says Kimberly Zimmerman Rand , an accredited financial counsellor and principal at Dragonfly Financial Solutions in Boston. "If you can start saving today ... you are going to have a lot more five years from now than if you decide to pay off debt for three years and start saving in year four."
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Surianah's top five jazz artists
Billie Holliday: for the burn and also the way she told stories.
Thelonius Monk: for his earnestness.
Duke Ellington: for his edge and spirituality.
Louis Armstrong: his legacy is undeniable. He is considered as one of the most revolutionary and influential musicians.
Terence Blanchard: very political - a lot of jazz musicians are making protest music right now.
The biog
Profession: Senior sports presenter and producer
Marital status: Single
Favourite book: Al Nabi by Jibran Khalil Jibran
Favourite food: Italian and Lebanese food
Favourite football player: Cristiano Ronaldo
Languages: Arabic, French, English, Portuguese and some Spanish
Website: www.liliane-tannoury.com
In numbers: China in Dubai
The number of Chinese people living in Dubai: An estimated 200,000
Number of Chinese people in International City: Almost 50,000
Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2018/19: 120,000
Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2010: 20,000
Percentage increase in visitors in eight years: 500 per cent
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