World in focus - best photos for November 1, 2018

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

A South Korean marine in action during their regular drill on Yeonpyeong Island. Jeon Heon-Kyun / Reuters

Vets check a baby siamang, or black-furred gibbon, rescued from a village in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia. Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP

Padre Pedro Opeka leads Catholics gathered at a quarry in the Akamasoa district in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Marco Longari / AFP

A couple pose for a wedding photographer in a park in downtown Shanghai, Chna. Johannes Eisele / AFP

A plastic bottle lies on the beach of Grandcamp-Maisy, in Normandy, France. Joel Saget / AFP

A man sits next to closed market shops during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan. Asif Hassan / AFP

Filipinos visit the grave sites of departed loved ones at a public cemetery in Quezon City, Philippines. Rolex dela Pena / EPA

Migrants embark on a journey to the US, in San Salvador, El Salvador. Marvin Recinos / AFP

People work among piles of dried crude salt in Zhangye, Gansu, China. Reuters

Cars drive along a road in Yangzhou in China's eastern Jiangsu province. AFP

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