Nanning

The Universal Basic Education Commission has completed a framework to institutionalise public-private partnerships in basic education across Nigeria. The move is aimed at bringing private sector resources and expertise into public primary and junior secondary schools. It follows longstanding concerns over funding gaps, overcrowded classrooms and deteriorating infrastructure in the country's basic education system.

Footage dated October 2 shows children using a BYD Megawatt Flash Charger at a public charging forecourt in Nanning, Guangxi, as a swing, gripping the charging cable. The clip has prompted concern about the safety and supervision of open-access high-power charging infrastructure, and about whether such stations need barriers or design changes to prevent misuse.

Photographer Nan Goldin has teamed up with Swedish fashion house Acne Studios on a project pairing her portraiture with denim, described as 'Jean-ius portraiture'. The collaboration places Goldin's intimate, documentary-style photographs in a commercial fashion context, drawing attention from both the art and fashion worlds as the collection or campaign is unveiled.