EUROPEAN UNION

EUROPEAN UNION

European Council President Charles Michel and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talk in Brussels on October 16. They were attending the two-day autumn summit of the European Council that started a day before

NEW ZEALAND

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at an election night event in Auckland on October 17. Her Labour Party won a landslide victory with over 49 percent of the votes and Ardern is set to serve a second term

VIET NAM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc （right） with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Hanoi on October 19. Suga visited Viet Nam and Indonesia from October 18 to 21 on his first overseas trip after taking office

ESTONIA

Polish President Andrzej Duda， Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev （right to left） at a joint press conference during the Three Seas Initiative virtual summit in Tallin on October 19. The initiative promotes investment in energy， transport and digitalization in 12 EU states in the area between the Adriatic， Baltic and Black seas

UNITED STATES

A Pumpkinfest in Lincolnshire， Illinois， on October 17. Lots of towns in Illinois are holding pumpkin festivals ahead of Halloween， October 31

ITALY

Qu Dongyu， Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization （FAO）， attends World Food Day as well as the 75th founding anniversary celebrations of the Rome-based FAO in Rome on October 16