WORLD POST DAY

RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN - OCTOBER 9: Pakistani post office workers sort out international mail after it was unloaded from their vans which brought it from the airport on October 9, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on the World Post Day. The purpose of World Post Day is to create awareness of the role of the postal sector in peopleÂs and businesses everyday lives and its contribution to the social and economic development of countries.The day is celebrated every year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in the Swiss capital, Berne. World Post Day declaration is held by the UPU Congress in Tokyo, Japan, in 1969. (Photo by Muhammed Reza/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)