This has been a fruitful month for a number of political, cultural and sporting events. What were the highlights? To name just a few, the International Film Festival in Venice, the Artistic Gymnastics World Championship in Baku, and the MAKS international air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.
Spare a few minutes of your precious time to view our selection of this month's brightest events as seen through the lenses of our photo correspondents.
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Italian model and actress Madalina Diana Ghenea on the red carpet of the 76th International Film Festival in Venice
© Sputnik / Ekaterina Chesnokova
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a joint press conference after the 5th Trilateral Summit in Astana format on the Syrian crisis
© Sputnik / Aleksei Nikolskiy
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Mi-8 helicopters during the main stage of the "Centre - 2019" strategic exercises at the Donguz training ground
© Sputnik / Maxim Blinov
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Russia's team performs a routine with 5 balls in the finals of the group program at the 2019 Artistic Gymnastics World Championship in Baku.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Pesnya
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Russia's Soyuz-FG rocket booster carrying the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is transported from an assembling hangar to the launchpad ahead of its upcoming launch, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan.
© Sputnik / Sergey Mamontov
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People having a rest on a swing on a Moscow boulevard.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov
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Russian military personnel during a parade as part of a progamme to train officers at the Rayevsky training ground in Krasnodar region.
© Sputnik / Vitaly Timkiv
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The Spectrum of the Seas cruise ship arrives in the port of Vladivostok. The vessel is based in Shanghai and carries passengers to Japan.
© Sputnik / Vitaly Ankov
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Marathon participants reflect in a puddle as they run during a race in Moscow, Russia.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev
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Tank T-72B3 at the Yurginsky training ground in the Kemerovo region during the "Centre - 2019" strategic exercises.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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Argentina's Brian Agustin Arregui, in blue, takes a punch from Uzbekistan's Bobo-Usmon Baturov, in red, during their 63-69 kg preliminaries bout at the 20th Men's World Boxing Championship, in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev
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CSKA fans during a match between "Arsenal" (Tula) and CSKA (Moscow) at the 8th round of the Russian Premier League championship
© Sputnik / Vitaly Belousov
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Promotional models pose for pictures near KAMAZ vehicles at the Comtrans 2019 international exhibition in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev
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RIA Novosti Ukraine editor-in-chief Kirill Vyshinsky and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev
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Su-35 jet during Gunsmith's Day celebrations in Izhevsk.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Biyatov
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A girl poses for pictures in the vineyard during the Grape Festival in the Park of the Vikings outside Simferopol, Crimea.
© Sputnik / Maks Vetrov
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to locals after visiting a school in the town of Tulun in eastern Siberia.
© Sputnik / Sergey Guneev
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Balloonists prepare hot air balloons for flight during the Sochi Balloon Festival, in Sochi, Russia.
© Sputnik / Igor Onuchin
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Actress Penelope Cruz on the red carpet before the premiere of "Wasp Network" during the 76th International Film Festival in Venice.
© Sputnik / Ekaterina Chesnokova
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The International Celtic Dance Team performs during the closing ceremony of the "Spasskaya Tower" festival on Red Square in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Sergey Mamontov
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Yakovlev Yak-50 aircraft of the ANBO aerobatic team from Lithuania perform during a demonstration flight at the MAKS-2019 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia.
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev
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Stage and film director Konstantin Bogomolov and TV host Ksenia Sobchak in a wedding car
© Sputnik / Dmitry Bulanov
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A LADA Priora car with installed carriage-style wheels on display in Krasnodar
© Sputnik / Georgiy Zimarev
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A person takes part in the re-enactment of an episode from the 1979-1989 Afghan war during the 6th Military and History Festival in Crimea.
© Sputnik / Konstantin Mihalchevsky
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Mercedes team pilot Lewis Hamilton during a press conference in Sochi.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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Girls in national costumes perform during the opening of a school in Barzeh district in Damascus
© Sputnik / Valeriy Melnikov
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Russian President Vladimir Putin during an award-giving ceremony at the 3rd International Junior Judo tournament as part of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
© Sputnik / Grigory Sysoev
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Visitors watch the closing ceremony for the "Circle of Light 2019" festival in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Biyatov
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A construction site of the Karamyshevksaya station of the Big Circle Line of the Moscow metro.
© Sputnik / Eugene Odinokov
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A car on the R257 federal road in Krasnoyarsk region.
© Sputnik / Ilya Nimushin
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