World in focus - best photos for October 31, 2019

Take a look at our pick of some of the finest images from around the world during the past 24 hours

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  A woman holds up what the Chris Steaks & Burgers restaurant says is Thailand's biggest burger weighing more than 6 kilograms, before a competition held to eat it at the restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters

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  Anti-government protesters run amid the spray of a police water cannon during demonstrations against economic inequality in Santiago, Chile. AP Photo

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  People and rescue workers gather at the place where a fire broke out in a passenger train and destroyed three carriages near the town of Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. Reuters

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  Iraqi protesters gather during anti-government demonstrations in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad. AFP

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  Shuri Castle after a fire ripped through the historic site in Naha, Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture. AFP

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  Kids lit up walk down the street during the annual Minturn, Colo., trick or treat, in Minturn, Colo. Warm costumes were all the rage at this year's event. AP Photo

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  University students wearing Guy Fawkes masks pose for a photoshoot of a graduation ceremony to support anti-government protests at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in Hong Kong, China. Reuters

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  A Halloween reveller walks past a line of policemen in the Lan Kwai Fong area in Hong Kong. Hong Kong democracy protesters are planning to don Halloween masks lampooning the city's pro-Beijing leaders on October 31 evening, defying an emergency law that bans face coverings. AFP

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  Iraqi students and professors take part in ongoing anti-government protests in the central city of Diwaniyah. AFP

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