Stockholm announces British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" , has won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize. The 69-year-old author reacts to the news in London.

King Charles and Queen Camilla join cheering crowds watching the Highland games events at the annual Braemar Gathering, in central Scotland. The events include hammer throwing, tug-of-war, Highland dancing and a parade of pipers.

The Historic Center of Mariana, a city in the state of Minas Gerais, hosts the International Clown Gathering, featuring circus performances and activities for children and adults. Around 100 professional clowns fill the streets, accompanied by hundreds of people in face paint and costumes, bringing color, tradition, music, and plenty of laughter.

Liam and Noel Gallagher arrive by boat to the Venice Film Festival ahead of the premiere of ther tour documentary "Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger". Screaming fans greet the once feuding brothers as they dock on the pier while others are already camping out at the red carpet -- over 10 hours ahead of the premiere.

On the waters of Lake Togo, a canoe advances slowly. On board, the mystical tam-tam Aklima is led towards a sacred forest where it will resonate to give the signal of a major step: the release of the 363rd sacred stone. Each year, the Guins of Aneho, Togo's second city, wait attentively for the release of this stone whose colour is interpreted as a sign of what awaits the next 12 months. This year's stone, white in colour, announces a year of "purity, peace and prosperity," says a Voodoo priest.

"The resolution adopted today reaffirms African reality," says Togo's foreign minister Robert Dussey, as the United Nations General Assembly votes to adopt a map that makes the continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. The resolution, which aims at "a more accurate representation" of continental landmasses, was supported by 164 countries while the United States voted against it and six other states abstained.