Best photos of October 12: Storm in California to nuclear fusion in Oxfordshire

  • A girl takes shelter from sea spray as Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel hits the coastline of Long Beach, California. Reuters
    A girl takes shelter from sea spray as Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel hits the coastline of Long Beach, California. Reuters
  • A Palestinian child waits at a mill for the harvest to be processed into olive oil, in Al Zawayda, Gaza. AFP
    A Palestinian child waits at a mill for the harvest to be processed into olive oil, in Al Zawayda, Gaza. AFP
  • Children peek through a hole in a tent at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp in Khan Younis, Gaza. Reuters
    Children peek through a hole in a tent at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp in Khan Younis, Gaza. Reuters
  • A shipping container blocks a road after emergency rule was imposed in Peshawar, Pakistan following unrest among protesters demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. AFP
    A shipping container blocks a road after emergency rule was imposed in Peshawar, Pakistan following unrest among protesters demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. AFP
  • People in traditional dress perform the 'Garba' dance as part of the annual Hindu festival of Navratri at the Laxmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara, India. AFP
    People in traditional dress perform the 'Garba' dance as part of the annual Hindu festival of Navratri at the Laxmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara, India. AFP
  • Waves crash against the promenade in Puerto Vallarta as Hurricane Simon approaches Mexico's Pacific coast. Reuters
    Waves crash against the promenade in Puerto Vallarta as Hurricane Simon approaches Mexico's Pacific coast. Reuters
  • Girls study at a madrassa in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Religious schools have become one of the few remaining avenues for female education in the country. EPA
    Girls study at a madrassa in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Religious schools have become one of the few remaining avenues for female education in the country. EPA
  • Technicians inspect the Mast Upgrade tokamak, a fusion research machine, at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Campus, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Reuters
    Technicians inspect the Mast Upgrade tokamak, a fusion research machine, at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Campus, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Reuters