The executions going on today that no-one is talking about

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Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran behind barsImage source, AFP/Getty Images

A group of eight prisoners, including the Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, has reportedly been executed for drugs offences in Indonesia.

The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan early on Wednesday morning local time.

A Filipino woman also due to be executed is said to have been spared at the last minute.

But away from the prison in Indonesia, other executions around the world today have been largely ignored.

Here are some of them.

Robert Pruett, US

Due to be executed this evening in Texas, the 35-year-old is asking the US Supreme Court to stop his lethal injection.

Robert Pruett is accused of killing prison officer Daniel Nagle in December 1999.

Lawyers for Pruett say he is innocent and say advances in DNA technology support their claim.

Munir Hussain, Pakistan

Convicted of a double murder, Munir Hussain has been executed today in the Punjab province, making him the 100th person to be hanged there in the last four months.

He had killed his nephew and niece over a land dispute in 2000.

Amnesty International described it as a "shameful milestone".

Faris al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabia

Faris al-Qahtini, found guilty of shooting dead a man and stealing his money and car, has been beheaded today.

The interior ministry confirmed his execution in the south western province of Abha.

So far 69 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia this year and Amnesty International ranks it in the top three executioners in the world.

Two unnamed men, Iraq

Islamic State says it has stoned two men to death after they were accused of adultery.

It is not known exactly when the killings took place and the online photos of the deaths could not be confirmed.

The men are shown blindfolded as a group throw rocks at them. Children are visible in a crowd of onlookers.

Five unnamed people, Egypt

The interior ministry of Egypt says five people were hanged over the weekend.

They had been convicted of murder and theft but details of the individual cases were not made public.

The five were executed in a prison in the southern province of Assyut after the appeals process had been exhausted, a statement from the ministry said.

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