World in focus - best photos for October 21, 2018

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

Camels compete in a race,in the Kabad area of Kuwait. AFP

A young competitor prepares to race down a 450m track in a soapbox in the alpine resort of Les Diablerets, Switzerland. EPA

Protesters participating in an anti-Brexit demonstration march sit at the base of Nelson's Column, in Trafalgar Square, in central London, UK. Reuters

Jockeys fall off their horses during the Palio of Siena race, in Siena, Italy. Reuters

Members of the National Human Rights and Crime Control Organisation hold candles and signs during a condolence and tribute paying ceremony for the victims of a train accident in Amritsar, India. EPA

Competitors take part in the annual cross harbour swim in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. EPA

Indian Hindu devotees carry an idol of the goddess Durga to be immersed in a temporary pond near Sangam as part of the Durga Puja festival in Allahabad. AFP

A migrant waits to be transferred at Malaga's harbour after an inflatable boat carrying 254 migrants was rescued by the Spanish coastguard. AFP

A view of a government housing complex in Hong Kong AFP

Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the US, help others get down to the Suchiate River from the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge, in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala. AFP

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