• Andrew Clark plays basketball in the atrium of the Woodward's building on a mural placed on the ground to mark World Sight Day in Vancouver, British Columbia. Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press via AP
    Andrew Clark plays basketball in the atrium of the Woodward's building on a mural placed on the ground to mark World Sight Day in Vancouver, British Columbia. Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press via AP
  • Security officers hold umbrellas in the rain outside the Great Hall of the People, ahead of the opening of the 19th Party Congress in Beijing. Andy Wong / AP Photo
    Security officers hold umbrellas in the rain outside the Great Hall of the People, ahead of the opening of the 19th Party Congress in Beijing. Andy Wong / AP Photo
  • Women wrestlers fight during an amateur wrestling match as part of Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrations in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    Women wrestlers fight during an amateur wrestling match as part of Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrations in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • A woman writes on a wall covered with tributes to and pictures of the victims of the Grenfell apartment tower fire in North Kensington, London. Marko Djurica / Reuters
    A woman writes on a wall covered with tributes to and pictures of the victims of the Grenfell apartment tower fire in North Kensington, London. Marko Djurica / Reuters
  • A boy walks at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan. Toru Hanai / Reuters
    A boy walks at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan. Toru Hanai / Reuters
  • Rohingya refugee Khalida wades across a canal with her three children near the no man's land area between Bangladesh and Myanmar. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP Photo
    Rohingya refugee Khalida wades across a canal with her three children near the no man's land area between Bangladesh and Myanmar. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP Photo
  • Feyenoord's Steven Berghuis scores their first goal in a match against Shakhtar Donetsk in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Michael Kooren / Reuters
    Feyenoord's Steven Berghuis scores their first goal in a match against Shakhtar Donetsk in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Michael Kooren / Reuters
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping bows after delivering his speech at the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Ng Han Guan / AP Photo
    Chinese President Xi Jinping bows after delivering his speech at the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Ng Han Guan / AP Photo
  • Chicago Cubs second baseman Javier Baez points at Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig during a game at Wrigley Field. Dennis Wierzbicki / USA TODAY Sports
    Chicago Cubs second baseman Javier Baez points at Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig during a game at Wrigley Field. Dennis Wierzbicki / USA TODAY Sports

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