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Photos of the Day: Celebrations and Illuminated Water

From the Nobel peace prize laureate Tawakkol Karman and the Egyptian opposition politician Ayman Nour who hold up pictures of the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate to celebrations at the closing of the Oktoberfest beer festival, these photos of the day will impress you.

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Istanbul, Turkey

The Nobel peace prize laureate Tawakkol Karman (center) and the Egyptian opposition politician Ayman Nour (left), hold up pictures of the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate. Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, went missing after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.

Photograph: Ozan Köse/AFP/Getty Images

Madrid, Spain

Inés Madrigal leaves court after attending the reading of the verdict in the so-called “stolen babies” scandal. A Spanish court found the 85-year-old former gynecologist Eduardo Vela guilty of taking Madrigal, now 49, away from her mother in 1969. But the court ruled the act was committed too long ago for the defendant to be convicted

Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images

Chișinău, Moldova

Firefighters and engineers conduct a rescue operation, inspecting and searching for missing people, in a 21-story apartment block after a natural gas cylinder exploded.

Photograph: EPA

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro celebrate in a bus in front of his house in Rio after he secured a resounding victory in the first round of the presidential election

Photograph: Ricardo Borges/AP

Rome, Italy

Michel Barnier (centre), the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, leaves Palazzo Chigi after a meeting with the Italian prime minister, Giuseppe Conte

Photograph: Riccardo Antimiani/EPA

Sulawesi, Indonesia

A photo album lies abandoned near the ruins of a house in Petobo village in Palu. According to reports, at least 1,763 people have died after a series of powerful earthquakes hit central Sulawesi

Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA

Kolkata, India

Statues of the goddess Durga are prepared for the Durga Puja

Photograph: Saikat Paul/Pacific Press/Barcroft Images

Bern, Switzerland

People swim in the illuminated water of the Hirschengraben swimming pool during a performance by the Swiss visual artist Pipilotti Rist to highlight the disappearance of corals due to the warming and acidification of the ocean

Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/Getty Images

Munich, Germany

Celebrations at the closing of the Oktoberfest beer festival

Photograph: Felix Hoerhager/AP

 

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