• A visitor takes a selfie while lying in the 'pearl pit' at the Bubble Tea Factory in Singapore. The Bubble Tea Factory features multisensory and visual installations based on the popular bubble tea drink. EPA
    A visitor takes a selfie while lying in the 'pearl pit' at the Bubble Tea Factory in Singapore. The Bubble Tea Factory features multisensory and visual installations based on the popular bubble tea drink. EPA
  • Chilean Police close the access to the Los Heroes metro station in the middle of a demonstration, in Santiago, Chile. EPA
    Chilean Police close the access to the Los Heroes metro station in the middle of a demonstration, in Santiago, Chile. EPA
  • Riot police stand guard next to a burning barricade during Catalonia's general strike in Barcelona, Spain. Reuters
    Riot police stand guard next to a burning barricade during Catalonia's general strike in Barcelona, Spain. Reuters
  • A Nepalese elderly man walks past Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. The ancient Stupa, which is one of the largest in the world is an important pilgrimage site for the Buddhists and a UNESCO World Heritage too. AP
    A Nepalese elderly man walks past Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. The ancient Stupa, which is one of the largest in the world is an important pilgrimage site for the Buddhists and a UNESCO World Heritage too. AP
  • The capital city of La Paz is seen from El Alto, Bolivia. Bolivia will hold general elections on October 20. AP
    The capital city of La Paz is seen from El Alto, Bolivia. Bolivia will hold general elections on October 20. AP
  • A girl runs inside a house next to where the procession of "The Lord of Miracles", will pass in Lima, Peru. "The Lord of Miracles" is the patron saint of Lima. AP
    A girl runs inside a house next to where the procession of "The Lord of Miracles", will pass in Lima, Peru. "The Lord of Miracles" is the patron saint of Lima. AP
  • Migrants sit in their tents in an olive grove that has become a makeshift camp next to the overcrowded Moria Refugee Camp in Mytilene, Greece. Getty
    Migrants sit in their tents in an olive grove that has become a makeshift camp next to the overcrowded Moria Refugee Camp in Mytilene, Greece. Getty
  • A labourer walks on a ladder to climb on a ferry at a dockyard beside the Buriganga river in Dhaka. AFP
    A labourer walks on a ladder to climb on a ferry at a dockyard beside the Buriganga river in Dhaka. AFP
  • Vietnamese women pose for photographs in front of a mural on a street in Hanoi. AFP
    Vietnamese women pose for photographs in front of a mural on a street in Hanoi. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for October 19, 2019

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