World in focus - best photos for October 20, 2018

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

A Honduran migrant caravan heads to the US, as it is stopped at a border barrier on the Guatemala-Mexico international bridge in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico. AFP

A migrant girl kneels in front of a police checkpoint at the Agua Caliente border crossing in Ocotepeque, Honduras. EPA

Lightning streaks are seen during a storm over the Auberge de Castille, the office of the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, in Valletta, Malta. Reuters

A rower stands on a boat as autumn foliage is reflected off Loch Faskally, in Perthshire, Scotland. Reuters

The sun rises as spider webs blanket bushes at the banks of Lake Vistonida, Greece. Reuters

In promotion of Politicon, an annual nonpartisan convention, the 'Baby Trump' balloon that first debuted in London this summer is sent aloft in Los Angeles, California, US. Reuters

Visitors photograph the so-called 'Ruby Slippers,' which Judy Garland wore when she portrayed Dorothy Gale in the 1939 movie Wizard of Oz, that are back on display after 200 hours of conservation treatment at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, US. EPA

Indian workers at the construction site of the Statue of Unity portraying Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, at Kevadia, India. According to reports, the statue is slated to be the world's tallest, with a height of 182 metres. EPA

Workers weld a ship at a new dry dock at the shipyards at the port of Piraeus, Greece. AFP

A general view of a residential building complex in Hong Kong. AFP

Workers harvest cranberries at the Polesskie Zhuraviny state farm in the village of Selishche, Russia. AFP

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