• Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives at Dundee Rep Theatre. Chris Jackson / Getty Images
    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives at Dundee Rep Theatre. Chris Jackson / Getty Images
  • Indian Hindus carry an idol of the goddess Durga for immersion in water during the Vijaya Dashami or Dusshera Festival at Agartala. Arindam Dey / AFP Photo
    Indian Hindus carry an idol of the goddess Durga for immersion in water during the Vijaya Dashami or Dusshera Festival at Agartala. Arindam Dey / AFP Photo
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes his seat following a photo opportunity with US secretary of state John Kerry in Vienna. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes his seat following a photo opportunity with US secretary of state John Kerry in Vienna. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
  • Refugee boys rest on the rail tracks after leaving a refugee camp at the border with Slovenia in Spielfeld, Austria. Vladimir Simicek / AFP Photo
    Refugee boys rest on the rail tracks after leaving a refugee camp at the border with Slovenia in Spielfeld, Austria. Vladimir Simicek / AFP Photo
  • A woman lights candles outside a primary and middle school in Trollhattan, southwestern Sweden, where a masked man armed with a sword yesterday killed two people before being arrested and shot by police. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP Photo
    A woman lights candles outside a primary and middle school in Trollhattan, southwestern Sweden, where a masked man armed with a sword yesterday killed two people before being arrested and shot by police. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP Photo
  • An elderly Bangladeshi Hindu dances in front of a x temple on the last day of Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh. AM Ahad / AP Photo
    An elderly Bangladeshi Hindu dances in front of a x temple on the last day of Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh. AM Ahad / AP Photo
  • Croatian policemen contain refugees waiting to cross the Serbian-Croatian border near the village of Berkasovo. Elvis Barukcic / AFP Photo
    Croatian policemen contain refugees waiting to cross the Serbian-Croatian border near the village of Berkasovo. Elvis Barukcic / AFP Photo
  • Indian women apply vermilion powder to statues of the goddess Durga as part of a ritual known as ‘Sindhoor Khela’ to mark the Dushhera-Vijaya Dashami festival in Hyderabad. Noah Seelam / AFP Photo
    Indian women apply vermilion powder to statues of the goddess Durga as part of a ritual known as ‘Sindhoor Khela’ to mark the Dushhera-Vijaya Dashami festival in Hyderabad. Noah Seelam / AFP Photo
  • South African police fire rubber bullets to disperse residents of Masiphumelele during a protest against the police in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, South Africa. Nic Bothma / EPA
    South African police fire rubber bullets to disperse residents of Masiphumelele during a protest against the police in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, South Africa. Nic Bothma / EPA
  • A walker in Hannover, northern Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / dpa via AP
    A walker in Hannover, northern Germany. Julian Stratenschulte / dpa via AP
  • Students and youths from political parties climb trees as they gather at the Union Buildings during a day of demonstrations against fee increases at universities in Pretoria, South Africa. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
    Students and youths from political parties climb trees as they gather at the Union Buildings during a day of demonstrations against fee increases at universities in Pretoria, South Africa. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
  • An Indonesian man rides a wooden boat amid thick yellow haze on the Kahayan river in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia. Hugo Hudoyoko / EPA
    An Indonesian man rides a wooden boat amid thick yellow haze on the Kahayan river in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia. Hugo Hudoyoko / EPA
  • Migrants wait in the courtyard of a former high school before being evacuated by the police in Paris, France. Jacques Brinon / AP Photo
    Migrants wait in the courtyard of a former high school before being evacuated by the police in Paris, France. Jacques Brinon / AP Photo

World in focus — best photos for October 23, 2015


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A look at the best photos from around the world.