The Senkaku islands, known as Diaoyu in China. — Guardian.co.uk.

A file photo shows traders waiting for customers for saris and lungis manufactured at local weaving factories in Sirajganj. — New Age photo

England batsman Luke Wright blasts a six against New Zealand during his knock of 76 from 43 balls in their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. — AFP photo

— dailymail.co.uk

Norwegian experts demonstrate their traditional dance form to the local participants at a workshop at Shilpakala Academy.— Snigdha Zaman

Tax officials work on tax return files at Segunbagicha tax office in Dhaka on Saturday. The NBR kept its offices open on the weekly holiday, one day before the scheduled deadline. — New Age photo

Nadia Petrova of Russia holds the trophy after defeating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in their women’s singles final of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on Thursday. — AFP photo

The Bangladesh Primary Teachers’ Association holds a press conference in the Mukti Bhaban auditorium at Purana Paltan in Dhaka on Saturday. — New Age photo

Pakistani activists gather as they take part in a protest rally against an anti-Islam film in Karachi on Saturday. Thousands of people thronged the streets of Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi in the latest protest against a US-made anti-Islam film, police and witnesses said. — AFP photo

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus addresses the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting breakfast panel in New York in the USA recently. — New Age photo

Bangladesh Juba Union forms a human chain in front of the National Press Club on Saturday, protesting at enforced disappearances and demanding whereabouts of former student leader KM Shamim Aktar. — New Age photo

Phil Mickelson (L) and Keegan Bradley of the USA celebrate on the 17th green after defeating the McIlroy/McDowell team 2&1 during the Afternoon Four-Ball Matches for the 39th Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club on in Medinah, Illinois on Friday. — AFP photo

Chelsea forward Fernando Torres (2nd-R) heads to score his team’s first goal against Arsenal during their Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium in north London on Saturday. — AFP photo

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