Best photos of October 12: Lebanon aid volunteers to mangrove planting

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  Volunteers pack aid bound for Lebanon at Dubai Exhibition Centre. Antonie Robertson/The National

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  A man walks in front of police officers during a protest against rising crime levels in Lima, Peru. EPA

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  Motorists in Ansty in Warwickshire pass woodland showing autumnal colour. PA

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  Co-chairman of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisation, Toshiyuki Mimaki, who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, uses a magnifying glass to see a monitor while attending a press conference in Hiroshima. Reuters

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  A man stands next to his house destroyed by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Reuters

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  Serbia’s Novak Djokovic signs autographs at the end of his men's singles match against Czech Republic’s Jakub Mensik at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. AFP

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  A performer spins a 'beona' on a stick, a traditional dish-spinning show, during the autumn edition of the K-Royal Culture Festival in Seoul. EPA

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  Geese are reflected in a puddle in Frankfurt, Germany. AP

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  Relatives and friends of Israelis taken hostage during the attack on Israel by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, block a road in Jerusalem to pray for their release at the start of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. AFP

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  A fallen tree sits atop a car in Port St Lucie, after Hurricane Milton swept through Florida. AFP

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  Visitors view a sculpture during the presentation of the restoration of the Nymphaeum and fountains at the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome. EPA

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  King Felipe VI of Spain reviews troops during the Spanish National Day army parade in Madrid. AFP

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  Indian railway workers survey the site following a derailing of several coaches of the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express after a collision with a goods train at the Kavaraipettai Railway Station, located near Gummidipundi, 40km north of Chennai. AFP

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  Volunteers plant mangrove seedlings in Lampulo village, near Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia. EPA