• Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, left, kisses the head of the first vice-president of European Commission Frans Timmermans before his speech on the humanitarian situation of refugees within the EU. Patrick Seeger / EPA
    Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, left, kisses the head of the first vice-president of European Commission Frans Timmermans before his speech on the humanitarian situation of refugees within the EU. Patrick Seeger / EPA
  • Refugees board a train, after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija. Robert Atanasovski / AFP Photo
    Refugees board a train, after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija. Robert Atanasovski / AFP Photo
  • Refugees, taking a swim in the sea in Mytilene, Lesbos island, Greece. Zoltan Balogh / EPA
    Refugees, taking a swim in the sea in Mytilene, Lesbos island, Greece. Zoltan Balogh / EPA
  • Malaysian youths cool off in a river as schools remain closed because of hazy conditions in Hulu Langat on October 6, 2015. Mohd Rasfan / AFP Photo
    Malaysian youths cool off in a river as schools remain closed because of hazy conditions in Hulu Langat on October 6, 2015. Mohd Rasfan / AFP Photo
  • Cadets inspect weapons at a military exhibition in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Sergei Venyavsky / AFP Photo
    Cadets inspect weapons at a military exhibition in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Sergei Venyavsky / AFP Photo
  • An artist applies finishing touches to a face of the Hindu demon king Ravana in preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 6, 2015. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    An artist applies finishing touches to a face of the Hindu demon king Ravana in preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 6, 2015. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • A Palestinian woman walks amid the rubble of a house that Israeli security forces demolished the homes of two Palestinians who killed four rabbis and a policeman before being shot dead in November 2014. Thomas Coex / AFP Photo
    A Palestinian woman walks amid the rubble of a house that Israeli security forces demolished the homes of two Palestinians who killed four rabbis and a policeman before being shot dead in November 2014. Thomas Coex / AFP Photo
  • Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund managing director, takes a picture of a llama in Machu Picchu, Peru. Stephen Jaffe / IMF / AFP Photo
    Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund managing director, takes a picture of a llama in Machu Picchu, Peru. Stephen Jaffe / IMF / AFP Photo

World in focus — best photos for October 6, 2015


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A look at the best photos from around the world.