• A traditional artist troupe wearing a life-sized elephant costume dance during a competition at an elephant festival in Kyauk-Se, Myanmar. Aung Shine Oo / AP Photo
    A traditional artist troupe wearing a life-sized elephant costume dance during a competition at an elephant festival in Kyauk-Se, Myanmar. Aung Shine Oo / AP Photo
  • North Korean women sit under a tree by the Pothong river as they have their lunch. Wong Maye-E / AP Photo
    North Korean women sit under a tree by the Pothong river as they have their lunch. Wong Maye-E / AP Photo
  • Jordan Nolan of the Los Angeles Kings battles for a loose puck during the second period of a game against Philadelphia Flyers at Staples Center in California. Sean M Haffey / Getty Images / AFP
    Jordan Nolan of the Los Angeles Kings battles for a loose puck during the second period of a game against Philadelphia Flyers at Staples Center in California. Sean M Haffey / Getty Images / AFP
  • An Indian Sikh performs martial arts known as Gatka during a procession from the Sri Akal Takhat at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP
    An Indian Sikh performs martial arts known as Gatka during a procession from the Sri Akal Takhat at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP
  • A pedestrian bridge crossing the A8 motorway is detonated near Sindelfingen, Germany. Christoph Schmidt / EPA
    A pedestrian bridge crossing the A8 motorway is detonated near Sindelfingen, Germany. Christoph Schmidt / EPA
  • Palestinian chidren sit on a suitcase as they wait with their family for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
    Palestinian chidren sit on a suitcase as they wait with their family for travel permits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
  • Artem Silchenko of Russia dives from the 28-metre platform during the first competition day of the eighth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Shirahama, Japan. Dean Treml / Red Bull via Getty Images
    Artem Silchenko of Russia dives from the 28-metre platform during the first competition day of the eighth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Shirahama, Japan. Dean Treml / Red Bull via Getty Images
  • A car burns outside a nightclub near the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Yeshiel Panchia / AP Photo
    A car burns outside a nightclub near the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. Yeshiel Panchia / AP Photo
  • Fire crews work on the Emerald Fire along Highway 89 near Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Randall Benton / The Sacramento Bee via AP
    Fire crews work on the Emerald Fire along Highway 89 near Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Randall Benton / The Sacramento Bee via AP

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World in focus – best photos for October 15, 2016

Jake Badger

October 15, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world for Saturday, October 15.

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