• A person participates in a pro-Palestinian rally in front of the Israeli Embassy, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Bangkok, Thailand, October 21, 2023. REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha
    A person participates in a pro-Palestinian rally in front of the Israeli Embassy, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Bangkok, Thailand, October 21, 2023. REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha
  • A man casts a fishing net into floodwaters at a temple on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on October 21, 2023. AFP
    A man casts a fishing net into floodwaters at a temple on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on October 21, 2023. AFP
  • An embrace for Kier Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour Party, at a by-election victory event for Sarah Edwards, newly elected MP for Tamworth, at Tamworth Football Stadium, Staffordshire, central England, on October 20, 2023. Reuters
    An embrace for Kier Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour Party, at a by-election victory event for Sarah Edwards, newly elected MP for Tamworth, at Tamworth Football Stadium, Staffordshire, central England, on October 20, 2023. Reuters
  • Visitors on an escalator at the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, on October 21, 2023. AFP
    Visitors on an escalator at the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, on October 21, 2023. AFP
  • An aunt of Issam Abdallah, the Reuters video journalist who was killed in southern Lebanon while filming an Israeli tank firing into Lebanon, during a candlelight vigil in his name in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 20, 2023. Reuters
    An aunt of Issam Abdallah, the Reuters video journalist who was killed in southern Lebanon while filming an Israeli tank firing into Lebanon, during a candlelight vigil in his name in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 20, 2023. Reuters
  • South Africa's captain Aiden Markram at the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup one-day international match between England and South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on October 21, 2023. AFP
    South Africa's captain Aiden Markram at the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup one-day international match between England and South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on October 21, 2023. AFP
  • Environment-conscious Taiwanese bride Iris Hsueh and her groom Ian Ciou pose for a photograph in front of a rubbish heap in Puli Township, Nantou county, as a green message for their wedding guests. AFP
    Environment-conscious Taiwanese bride Iris Hsueh and her groom Ian Ciou pose for a photograph in front of a rubbish heap in Puli Township, Nantou county, as a green message for their wedding guests. AFP
  • Volunteers and NGO workers return to the Egyptian side of border on October 21, 2023, after making food and medicine deliveries to Palestinians in Gaza, Getty Images
    Volunteers and NGO workers return to the Egyptian side of border on October 21, 2023, after making food and medicine deliveries to Palestinians in Gaza, Getty Images
  • The Indian Space Research Organisation's Gaganyaan Test Vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state. AFP
    The Indian Space Research Organisation's Gaganyaan Test Vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state. AFP

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