World in focus — best photos for October 4, 2015

Elizabeta Samara of Romania serves to Polina Mikhaylova of Russia during their women’s singles semifinal match of the Table Tennis European Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Sergei Ilnitky / EPA

A farmer harvests in a crop field in Yili, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The world’s largest makers of tractors and combines are finding a rare opportunity for growth in China despite a sharp slowdown in the world’s No. 2 economy, with big farm machines in demand as the rural labour force shrinks and plot sizes grow. China Daily / Reuters

A handout picture released by Global Newsroom shows Jesse Peveril of Canada performing during the finals at the Red Bull Art of Motion freerunning competition on Santorini Island, Greece. Predrag Vuckovic / EPA / Global Newsroom

Rescue team members and volunteers remove dirt with buckets from the site of a mudslide in Santa Catarina Pinula, on the outskirts of Guatemala City. Rescue workers scrabbled through earth and rubble in search of survivors of a massive landslide in Guatemala that killed at least 59 people, even as hopes began to fade for hundreds of others still missing. Josue Decavele / Reuters

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop (30) blocks a shot by Florida Panthers center Brandon Pirri (73) in the second period during an NHL preseason hockey game in Sunrise, Fla. Alan Diaz / Ap

A French fireman phones as he stands near an upended car in the street after flooding caused by torrential rain in Cannes, France. Flooding along part of the French Riviera has killed least 16 people, officials said. The downpour hit the Alpes-Maritimes region, which lies at the eastern end of France’s Mediterranean coast and borders Italy. Eric Gaillard / Reuters

Robert Refsnyder #64 of the New York Yankees cannot get to a single by Paul Janish #15 of the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth inning during game two of a doubleheader at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. Mitchell Layton / Getty Images / AFP

Surfers catch waves in the Absecon Inlet off the shore of Brigantine, NJ along the Atlantic City skyline, as a storm brought heavy winds and rain to the Jersey shore communities. Lori M. Nichols / NJ.com via AP

A look at the best photos from around the world.