epa06254501 An Indian postal employee scans a bar code at a sorting center of General Post Office (GPO) on 'World Post Day', in Bangalore, India, 09 October 2017. World Post Day is to bring awareness to the Post's role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development. The day is marked annually on 9 October to commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. It was declared World Post Day by the Universal Postal Union's (UPU) Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. EPA/JAGADEESH NV
