Best photos of October 3: From an Earthquake in Philippines to a sun sculpture in England

People look at the damaged century old Daanbantayan Church formally known as Archdiocesan Shrine of Sta. Rosa de Lima, following the magnitude 6. 9 quake in Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines, October 3, 2025. REUTERS / Eloisa Lopez
Damaged gardens in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, due to land subsidence. AFP
Demonstrators in Istanbul wave Palestinian flags as they take part in a rally in solidarity with Palestinians. AFP
South Korea’s Joo Cheon-hui serves to South Korea’s Shin Yu-bin during their quarter final match at the China Smash table tennis tournament in Beijing. AFP
A protester reacts after getting sprayed by a Department of Homeland Security officer outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland. AP
Firefighters work to contain a fire that broke out at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo, California. Reuters
Panatere metallurgical engineer Jean-Francois Dionne wears a thermal protective suit before a presentation of a solar furnace designed to melt steel from production waste and recirculate it into industry, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, western Switzerland. AFP
Helios, a seven-metre sun sculpture and soundscape by Luke Jerram, is suspended in the nave of the floodlit abbey ruins of Fountains Abbey, near Aldfield, Ripon in North Yorkshire. PA

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October 03, 2025

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