[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Image highlights from around the world
NEW TAX REGIME: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch the GST during a special session of parliament in New Delhi on Saturday, UNI
SPACE COWBOY: US President Donald Trump signs an executive order to create the National Space Council, accompanied by former astronauts Buzz Aldrin (2nd-R), Alvin Drew (3rd-R) and Dave Wolf (L) in the Roosevelt room of the White House, in Washington, DC, Reuters/UNI
WEIGHTLESS: NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is seen during a spacewalk during Expedition 50 aboard the International Space Station, Reuters/UNI
BURN BABY BURN: A demonstrator burns a barricade during a protest against President Michel Temer’s proposal reform of Brazil’s social security system in a general strike in Rio de Janeiro, Reuters/UNI
FRIENDS APLENTY: Opposition’s presidential candidate Meira Kumar, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president G Parmeshwar, during the Karnataka CLP meeting in Bengaluru, UNI
RUN LOLA RUN: Minister of state for youth affairs and sports (I/C), water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation Vijay Goel at the flag-off ceremony of the Slum Yuva Daud, at Rohini, in Delhi. Wrestler Babita Phogat is also seen, UNI
DIVERSE DHARMA: Tribal priests, carrying idols of ‘Kharchi’ gods, perform ‘Kharchi Puja’ worship rituals near the Howrah River, near Agartala, India’s northeastern Tripura state. Fourteen head idols, made of silver and brass, are worshiped in the seven-day long ‘Kharchi Puja,’ the biggest religious festival of tribal Hindus in Tripura state, Abhisek Saha/UNI
SYMBOLIC GESTURE: Britain’s Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, pause after laying a wreath at the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial in Trenton, Ontario, Canada, Reuters/UNI
THREATENED: Traders shout slogans during a strike to protest against implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Jammu and Kashmir state, in Srinagar, Reuters/UNI
TOGETHER NOW: China’s President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Hong Kong’s Incoming Chief Executive Carrie Lam ahead of a meeting in Hong Kong, Reuters/UNI
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