World in focus - best photos for October 17, 2017

Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world in the past 24 hours

Pylons of high-tension electricity power lines are surrounded by autumn mist in the early morning light outside Breuschwichersheim, near Strasbourg, France. Christian Hartmann / Reuters

A military police officer stands at the scene of a plane crash in Torrejion, just outside of Madrid, Spain. Paul White / AP Photo

Tourists take a bath in the Naples' gulf, Italy, as fog covers Castel dell'Ovo (the Egg castle). Ciro Fusco / Ansa via AP

Afghan National Army (ANA) officers take part in a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. Omar Sobhani / Reuters

A firefighter works to put out a forest fire in Cabanoes, near Lousa, Portugal. Pedro Nunes / Reuters

A boy drives a bicycle with an Iraqi flag in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters

A Rohingya woman carries her daughter and searches for help as they wait to receive permission to continue their way to the refugee camps, in Palang Khali, Bangladesh. Jorge Silva / Reuters

A swimming pool sits among the charred remains of a home in Santa Rosa, California. Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo

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