World in focus - best photos for October 2, 2019

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

A man cleans a statue of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of his 150th birth anniversary in Mumbai. AFP

Paris's Eiffel Tower in France is illuminated in pink to mark the start of "Octobre Rose" (Pink October) or Breast Cancer Awareness Month. AFP

Firefighters and soldiers try to extinguish a fire at the Guasu Metropolitan Park in Luque, Paraguay. AFP

A surfer flips into the water as he crashes over the top of a wave in the ocean at Omaezaki. Japan. AFP

A keeper feeds Ayeyar Sein, a four-month-old baby elephant who lost her parents to poachers, after her daily wound cleaning in Wingabaw Elephant Camp, Bago, Myanmar. Reuters

A visitor examines an optical illusion which is part of the interactive experience exhibition 'Tricked!'' at Augustusburg castle in Germany. AP

An Afghan child sits on a water tank at Nadir Khan hill in Kabul. AFP

Sheep stand in a field as the Norwegian Encore cruise ship makes its way over the river Ems near Emden, northern Germany. AFP

Heavy clouds are seen above the sea, in Sao Roque do Pico, on the Pico Island, as Hurricane Lorenzo passes over the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. AFP

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