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Her outfit was made from cascading silver chains, which WWD said were inspired by "payals", a type of ankle jewellery traditionally worn to ward off evil spirits.

The rapper's lawyers have noted the weapon authorities say the gun he pulled out was not usable - instead it was a prop weapon his security encouraged him to carry to ward off would-be attackers.

Hundreds of people with learning disabilities and/or autism are still living far from family, locked in psychiatric wards or other units.

They beat the water with sticks to ward off spirits.

I spent years sitting in therapists' chairs, and sometimes looking out the windows of psychiatric wards, hoping for the perfect cure that would fix my head and battered spirit.