• EMBARGOED TO 2330 TUESDAY OCTOBER 10 NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE, NO CROPPING, CAN ONLY BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM'S WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION MANDATORY CREDIT: Sriram Murali/Wildlife Photographer of the Year THE FOLLOWING MUST APPEAR CLEARLY AND LEGIBLY IN EDITORIAL COPY: Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. Undated handout photo issued by Natural History Museum of 'Lights fantastic', of a night sky and a forest illuminated with fireflies at Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India, by Sriram Murali, from India, which has won the Behaviour: Invertebrates award at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Issue date: Tuesday October 10, 2023. PA Photo. Mandatory credit must read: Sriram Murali/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    EMBARGOED TO 2330 TUESDAY OCTOBER 10 NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE, NO CROPPING, CAN ONLY BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM'S WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION MANDATORY CREDIT: Sriram Murali/Wildlife Photographer of the Year THE FOLLOWING MUST APPEAR CLEARLY AND LEGIBLY IN EDITORIAL COPY: Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London. Undated handout photo issued by Natural History Museum of 'Lights fantastic', of a night sky and a forest illuminated with fireflies at Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India, by Sriram Murali, from India, which has won the Behaviour: Invertebrates award at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Issue date: Tuesday October 10, 2023. PA Photo. Mandatory credit must read: Sriram Murali/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
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    Riot police guard a subway station in Paris as demonstrators shout pro-Palestinian slogans. EPA
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    Inmates exercise in the Terrorism Confinement Centre complex in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Reuters
  • A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city. AFP
    A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city. AFP
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    Sunlight and shadows create patterns at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
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    The headquarters of Sharjah waste management operator Beeah was the last project designed by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, who died in 2016. Antonie Robertson/The National
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    Tarek Suleiman training for his jiu-jitsu fight against UFC star Marvin Vettori, at Team Nogueira, Al Quoz, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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    People struggle to hold their umbrellas as Typhoon Koinu approaches Hong Kong. Reuters
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    Palestinians search the rubble of a house destroyed in Israeli strikes on Khan Younis, in Gaza. Reuters
  • Yusniel, a migrant from Cuba, carries his 10-day-old son, Yireht, up the bank of the Rio Grande in Texas, US. Reuters
    Yusniel, a migrant from Cuba, carries his 10-day-old son, Yireht, up the bank of the Rio Grande in Texas, US. Reuters
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    Director Martin Scorsese arrives for the premiere of his movie Killers of the Flower Moon at the Curzon Mayfair in London. EPA
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    Smoke and flames fill the sky after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in Gaza city. Reuters
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    Construction vehicles buried in mud after a lake burst, causing flash floods in Rangpo, Sikkim state, north-east India. Reuters
  • IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva takes part in a friendly football match between the fund's staff and former players from the Moroccan men's and women's national teams. Reuters
    IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva takes part in a friendly football match between the fund's staff and former players from the Moroccan men's and women's national teams. Reuters
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    Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli air strike on Al Sousi mosque in Gaza city. AFP
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    Destruction caused by a landslide in Mbankolo, north-west of Cameroon's capital Yaounde. AFP
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    Children play football at a dockyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters
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    Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich before an unsuccessful court appeal against his pre-trial detention on espionage charges in Moscow. Reuters
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    Debris from houses destroyed in an earthquake, in Zinda Jan, Herat, Afghanistan. Reuters
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    A joint naval exercise in international waters off the island of Jeju, South Korea, with the hosts joined by the US and Japan. AP
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    The aftermath of heavy rains in Bago township, central Myanmar. AFP
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    A composite photo made up of 356 images shows circumpolar stars during a meteor shower taken from Cantabria, northern Spain. EPA
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    A woman looks through debris after a fatal artillery strike on a displacement camp near Laiza, northern Myanmar. AFP
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    Buddhist monks play drums during morning prayers at Gyuto Monastery in Dharamsala, northern India. AFP
  • Riot police officers stand guard as demonstrators block a street in Guatemala City. Reuters
    Riot police officers stand guard as demonstrators block a street in Guatemala City. Reuters
  • Female giant panda cub twins are shown to the public at Everland in Yongin, near Seoul, South Korea. EPA
    Female giant panda cub twins are shown to the public at Everland in Yongin, near Seoul, South Korea. EPA
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    Firefighters line up during a swearing-in ceremony in Rome. AP
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    Damaged carriages near Raghunathpur railway station after an express train derailed in India's Bihar state. AFP
  • Royal Guard members gather in Madrid, Spain, for a military parade on the national holiday known as Hispanic Day. AP
    Royal Guard members gather in Madrid, Spain, for a military parade on the national holiday known as Hispanic Day. AP
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    An agricultural worker uses a boom to corral cranberries at Mann Farm, in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, US. AFP

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