UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES

International Monetary Fund （IMF） chief economist Gita Gopinath （second left） speaks at a press conference in Washington， D.C. on October 15. The IMF lowered the global growth forecast for 2019 to 3 percent， the slowest pace since the global financial crisis in 2008

TUNISIA

Independent candidate Kais Saied announces that he won the presidential election at a press conference in Tunis on October 13

FRANCE

Billboards cover the Palais des Festivals， venue of the 2019 International Market of Communications Programs， in Cannes on October 15

ZIMBABWE

Children pump water from a tubewell in Mt. Darwin on October 11. Zimbabwe is facing a severe combination of drought and cyclone

BRITAIN

Scotlands First Minister and the Scottish National Party （SNP） leader Nicola Sturgeon addresses the SNP annual conference in Aberdeen， Scotland， on October 15. She confirmed that she will ask the UK Government to give consent for a second referendum on Scottish independence by the end of this year

JAPAN

Waves batter the shore in Atami， Shizuoka Prefecture， on October 12. Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on the Izu Peninsula in Japan， bringing heavy downpours and winds