Best photos of October 15: Robots in Abu Dhabi to a lighthouse in Whitley Bay

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  IROS 2024 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) at ADNEC. Barakah Nuclear Plant. Antonie Robertson/The National

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  People wade through a flooded street amid heavy rainfall in Chennai, India. AFP

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  Fishermen and environmental workers attach a tow line to a dead humpback whale washed up in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters

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  Sufi Muslim devotees pray as a priest displays a relic of Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani at his shrine in Srinagar, India. EPA

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  Officials inspect the site of a landslide following heavy rains in the Taman Melawati area of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AFP

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  An installation with a golden hand at the Italian pavilion at the Frankfurt International Book Fair 2024. EPA

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  Alreem Alduways of Team Al Nassr, left, competes against Sahaf Alshammari of Team AlUla in women's taekwondo at the Saudi Games 2024. Getty Images

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  Navy personnel stand in position on the combat supply ship FGS Frankfurt am Main as it arrives at Port Klang in Kuala Lumpur. AP

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  St Mary's Lighthouse at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, which is to have its scaffolding removed after months of painting and restoration. PA