• Royal Guard members gather prior the military parade before the military parade on the national holiday known as "Dia de la Hispanidad" or Hispanic Day in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Spain commemorates Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World and also Spain's Armed Forces Day. (AP Photo / Manu Fernandez)
    Royal Guard members gather prior the military parade before the military parade on the national holiday known as "Dia de la Hispanidad" or Hispanic Day in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Spain commemorates Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World and also Spain's Armed Forces Day. (AP Photo / Manu Fernandez)
  • South Africa's Quinton de Kock celebrates after scoring a century against Australia at the Men's Cricket World Cup in Lucknow, India. AFP
    South Africa's Quinton de Kock celebrates after scoring a century against Australia at the Men's Cricket World Cup in Lucknow, India. AFP
  • A Space X Falcon rocket, ready for Nasa's Psyche mission, is docked at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. EPA
    A Space X Falcon rocket, ready for Nasa's Psyche mission, is docked at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. EPA
  • Nepalese artist Ravi Kumar Pandit puts finishing touches to an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the Dashain festival in Kathmandu. EPA
    Nepalese artist Ravi Kumar Pandit puts finishing touches to an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the Dashain festival in Kathmandu. EPA
  • Mexican citizens repatriated from Israel land at a military base in Santa Lucia, Mexico. EPA
    Mexican citizens repatriated from Israel land at a military base in Santa Lucia, Mexico. EPA
  • Damaged carriages near Raghunathpur railway station after an express train derailed in India's Bihar state. AFP
    Damaged carriages near Raghunathpur railway station after an express train derailed in India's Bihar state. AFP
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing rituals and Pooja (Hindu prayer) at Parvati Kund in Uttarakhand. EPA
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing rituals and Pooja (Hindu prayer) at Parvati Kund in Uttarakhand. EPA
  • A tour group views a bascule chamber of Tower Bridge in London, an operational area to allow for the movement of the bridge's huge counterweights used in the lifting process for taller boats to pass under on the Thames. Getty Images
    A tour group views a bascule chamber of Tower Bridge in London, an operational area to allow for the movement of the bridge's huge counterweights used in the lifting process for taller boats to pass under on the Thames. Getty Images
  • Female giant panda cub twins are displayed to the public at Everland in Yongin, near Seoul. EPA
    Female giant panda cub twins are displayed to the public at Everland in Yongin, near Seoul. EPA
  • Firefighters work to contain flames in Cordoba, Argentina. EPA
    Firefighters work to contain flames in Cordoba, Argentina. EPA
  • Firefighters line up during a swearing-in ceremony in Rome. AP
    Firefighters line up during a swearing-in ceremony in Rome. AP

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