• Journalists watch Mount Agung from an observation point which is about 12 kilometer (7.4 miles) away from the volcano in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The exodus from the menacing volcano on the Indonesian tourist island is nearing 100,000 people, a disaster official said Wednesday, as hundreds of tremors from the mountain are recorded daily. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
    Journalists watch Mount Agung from an observation point which is about 12 kilometer (7.4 miles) away from the volcano in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The exodus from the menacing volcano on the Indonesian tourist island is nearing 100,000 people, a disaster official said Wednesday, as hundreds of tremors from the mountain are recorded daily. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
  • French President Emmanuel Macron, the prefect of the Auvergne Rhone - Alpes region, Henri-Michel Comet and French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb walk down the steps between officials and employees of the Lyon prefecture, prior to a security meeting. Laurent Cipriani / AFP Photo
    French President Emmanuel Macron, the prefect of the Auvergne Rhone - Alpes region, Henri-Michel Comet and French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb walk down the steps between officials and employees of the Lyon prefecture, prior to a security meeting. Laurent Cipriani / AFP Photo
  • Team members of Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton practice a pit stop ahead of the Formula One Malaysia Grand Prix in Sepang. Mohd Rasfan / AFP Photo
    Team members of Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton practice a pit stop ahead of the Formula One Malaysia Grand Prix in Sepang. Mohd Rasfan / AFP Photo
  • Models present creations by Dries Van Noten during the women's 2018 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show at the Hotel de Ville in Paris. Alain Jocard / AFP Photo
    Models present creations by Dries Van Noten during the women's 2018 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show at the Hotel de Ville in Paris. Alain Jocard / AFP Photo
  • Officers of the Thai Army and royal officials participate in a training exercise to pull a royal funeral chariot vehicle, which will be used in the procession for the royal funeral pyre of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's cremation ceremony in Bangkok. Narong Sangnak / EPA
    Officers of the Thai Army and royal officials participate in a training exercise to pull a royal funeral chariot vehicle, which will be used in the procession for the royal funeral pyre of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's cremation ceremony in Bangkok. Narong Sangnak / EPA
  • Women carry children through the water as hundreds of Rohingya refugees arrive under the cover of darkness by wooden boats from Myanmar to the shore of Shah Porir Dwip, in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. Damir Sagolj / Reuters
    Women carry children through the water as hundreds of Rohingya refugees arrive under the cover of darkness by wooden boats from Myanmar to the shore of Shah Porir Dwip, in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. Damir Sagolj / Reuters
  • A man offers money to the newly appointed Living Goddess Kumari of Kathmandu Trishna Shakya, while greeting her before being taken to the Kumari house from her private resident in Kathmandu, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
    A man offers money to the newly appointed Living Goddess Kumari of Kathmandu Trishna Shakya, while greeting her before being taken to the Kumari house from her private resident in Kathmandu, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
  • Jose Basanta of Rayados de Monterrey vies for the ball with Ronaldo Cisneros of Santos Laguna during the Liga MX soccer match at the BBVA Stadium in Monterrey, Mexico. Miguel Sierra / EPA
    Jose Basanta of Rayados de Monterrey vies for the ball with Ronaldo Cisneros of Santos Laguna during the Liga MX soccer match at the BBVA Stadium in Monterrey, Mexico. Miguel Sierra / EPA

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World in focus - best photos for September 28, 2017

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UAE v Gibraltar

What: International friendly

When: 7pm kick off

Where: Rugby Park, Dubai Sports City

Admission: Free

Online: The match will be broadcast live on Dubai Exiles’ Facebook page

UAE squad: Lucas Waddington (Dubai Exiles), Gio Fourie (Exiles), Craig Nutt (Abu Dhabi Harlequins), Phil Brady (Harlequins), Daniel Perry (Dubai Hurricanes), Esekaia Dranibota (Harlequins), Matt Mills (Exiles), Jaen Botes (Exiles), Kristian Stinson (Exiles), Murray Reason (Abu Dhabi Saracens), Dave Knight (Hurricanes), Ross Samson (Jebel Ali Dragons), DuRandt Gerber (Exiles), Saki Naisau (Dragons), Andrew Powell (Hurricanes), Emosi Vacanau (Harlequins), Niko Volavola (Dragons), Matt Richards (Dragons), Luke Stevenson (Harlequins), Josh Ives (Dubai Sports City Eagles), Sean Stevens (Saracens), Thinus Steyn (Exiles)

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