• Camels compete in a race,in the Kabad area of Kuwait. AFP
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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 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
    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
    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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World in focus - best photos for October 21, 2018

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