Home Gallery Photos of the week: Kurdistan independence vote, Saudi women driving ban, North Korea tensions by Aarti Saundalkar September 28, 2017 An Iraqi Kurdish man waves the Kurdish flag as he celebrates the independence referendum in the streets of the northern city of Arbil on September 27, 2017. Photo credit: Getty Images Anti-war activists attach ‘X’ signs on a banner showing a caricature of US President Donald Trump during an anti-Trump rally near the US embassy in Seoul on September 27, 2017. The Korean script on the banner reads ‘If war breaks out, only those on the Korean peninsula will die,’ and ‘Will totally destroy North Korea’. Photo credit: Getty Images Saudi Shura Council member, Fardous al-Saleh talks to AFP during an intreview in Riyadh, on September 27, 2017, the day after Saudi Arabia lifted its decades-old ban on women driving. Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from June 2018, state media said in a historic decision that makes the Gulf kingdom the last country in the world to allow women to behind the wheel. Photo credit: Getty Images The Mars Science City project was launched on September 26, 2017 in Abu Dhabi. The AED 500 million-City will cover 1.9 million square feet, making it the largest space stimulation city ever built and will provide a viable and realistic model to simulate living on the surface of Mars. Photo credit: Dubai Media Office Students perform a traditional dance to pay respect to Confucius during a ceremony to mark his 2568th birthday at the Harbin Confucian Temple on September 28, 2017 in Harbin, China. Photo credit: Getty Images 0 Comments