• A one-week-old flamingo and its mother are pictured at the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin, Colombia. AFP
    A one-week-old flamingo and its mother are pictured at the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin, Colombia. AFP
  • A flock of camels graze near the West Bank village of Al Auja in the Jordan Valley. AFP
    A flock of camels graze near the West Bank village of Al Auja in the Jordan Valley. AFP
  • Lebanese demonstrators gather on a highway blocked by burning tyres in Nahr Ibrahim north of Beirut. AFP
    Lebanese demonstrators gather on a highway blocked by burning tyres in Nahr Ibrahim north of Beirut. AFP
  • Syrian refugees fleeing the Turkish incursion in Northern Syria wait to receive water, bread and lentil soup at the Bardarash IDP camp in Dohuk, Iraq. Getty Images
    Syrian refugees fleeing the Turkish incursion in Northern Syria wait to receive water, bread and lentil soup at the Bardarash IDP camp in Dohuk, Iraq. Getty Images
  • China's Bayi Aerobatic Team perform during the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation Open Day in Changchun in China's northeastern Jilin province. AFP
    China's Bayi Aerobatic Team perform during the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation Open Day in Changchun in China's northeastern Jilin province. AFP
  • Protesters march into the city on the fifth day of protests over the conviction of a dozen Catalan independence leaders in Barcelona, Spain. AP Photo
    Protesters march into the city on the fifth day of protests over the conviction of a dozen Catalan independence leaders in Barcelona, Spain. AP Photo
  • Viliame Kikau of Fiji off-loads the ball during the Men's Rugby League World Cup 9's competition pool game between Fiji and Samoa at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Australia. EPA
    Viliame Kikau of Fiji off-loads the ball during the Men's Rugby League World Cup 9's competition pool game between Fiji and Samoa at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Australia. EPA
  • Thousands of striking Chicago Teachers Union members and their supporters march through the Loop, in Chicago. AP Photo
    Thousands of striking Chicago Teachers Union members and their supporters march through the Loop, in Chicago. AP Photo
  • A visitor watches as a spawning salmon jumps up a fish ladder, during the fall spawning season at the Issaquah Fish Hatchery in Issaquah, Washington State. AP Photo
    A visitor watches as a spawning salmon jumps up a fish ladder, during the fall spawning season at the Issaquah Fish Hatchery in Issaquah, Washington State. AP Photo
  • French President Emmanuel Macron talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels, Belgium. Reuters
    French President Emmanuel Macron talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels, Belgium. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for October 18, 2019

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