Shortages, inflation, cholera, security: Haiti protests continue amid numerous crises

Meanwhile, the race for the presidency is heating up in Brazil. The country will head to the polls next weekend to choose between Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Both the current and former presidents went head-to-head in a final televised debate last Sunday. Bolsonaro lashed out at Lula on corruption, while the latter accused the incumbent of playing with the lives of Brazilians during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Finally, the Hollywood sign is being spruced up for the first time in a decade, ahead of its centenary next year. We take a closer look at the sign that has come to symbolise Tinseltown around the world.

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