Updated: October 14, 2017, 11:03 AM
World in focus - best photos for October 14, 2017
Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world in the past 24 hours
A policewoman stands surrounded by smoke during a demonstration of metalworkers in the streets of Paris. Several thousand workers have taken part in a protest organised by French union CGT for the metallurgy industry to demand a national collective "high level" agreement for the branch in France. Martin Bureau / AFP Photo.
Panda keepers holding cubs to be displayed to the public at the Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Centre of the Giant Panda in Yaan, in China's southwestern Sichuan province. AFP Photo / STR.
Wildfires burn along the Twelve Apostles area of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. Mike Hutchings / Reuters.
Artists perform on the stage to celebrate the upcoming 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. Reuters.
Damian Lane riding Tosen Stardom wins race 9 the United Petroleum Toorak Handicap, during Melbourne Racing on Caulfield Guineas Day at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia. Scott Barbour / Getty Images.
Fans stand near a mural at Minute Maid Park before Game 1 of baseball's American League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees Friday. AP Photo / Eric Gay.
New York Yankees' Todd Frazier plays a ground ball hit by Houston Astros' Alex Bregman during the seventh inning of Game 1 of baseball's American League Championship Series. Bregman beat the throw to first. David J. Phillip / AP Photo.
Vehicles drive through a flooded road in Bangkok, Thailand. Several major streets in the Thai capital were submerged by floodwater triggered by heavy rainfall. EPA / STR.
Bulgarian Muslim bride Dhzemile Lilova, 30, poses with friends and relatives in front of the dowry, wearing special make-up called 'ghelina' during her wedding ceremony in the village of Draginovo, Bulgaria. The traditional wedding ritual is held among Pomaks - Slavs who converted to Islam under Ottoman rule. The highlight of the ceremony is the painting of the bride's face, where in a private rite her face is covered in white face cream and decorated with gold flakes and colourful sequins. Stoyan Nenov / Reuters.
Caleb Amisi Luyai, an opposition politician of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, reacts after a gas canister fired by policemen hits his car during a protest in Nairobi, Kenya.