Best photos of October 2: Drought affecting Brazil to Pygmy hippo cake in Bangkok

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

A sandbank in the Negro River in the Anavilhanas Archipelago, northern Brazil. AFP

Rescuers and volunteers try to save killer whales stranded at the mouth of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River in the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Reuters

President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum speaks in Mexico City following her inauguration, at a ceremony in which she was handed a wooden 'baton of command' by representatives of indigenous groups. EPA

Passengers and food are transported by motor trike over the exposed bed of the Solimoes River, in Manacapuru, northern Brazil. The river has fallen to its lowest level ever due to severe drought in the Amazon region, leaving villages on its banks stranded without supplies and transport. AFP

A man wades along a flooded road in Offord Cluny, Cambridgeshire, after heavy rain. PA Photo.

Members of the clergy in St Peter's square in Vatican City before Pope Francis leads a mass to open the Synod of Bishops. Reuters

Hindu devotees perform rituals on the banks of the Hooghly River for Mahalaya, an auspicious day to pay homage to ancestors, in Kolkata, India. AP Photo

Chalet Kulsaree, 32, the owner of Vetmon Cafe, decorates a cake shaped like Moo Deng, the pygmy hippo that has become an internet sensation, in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters