Day in Photos: An Unexplained Emergency, 30-foot Poppies, and Switching on SupercomputerDay in Photos: An Unexplained Emergency, 30-foot Poppies, and Switching on Supercomputer
An aerial view of Gainsborough Care Home in Swanage, England, on Oct. 23, 2024. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Day in Photos: An Unexplained Emergency, 30-foot Poppies, and Switching on Supercomputer

A look into the world through the lens of photography.
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Members of the National Police Special Forces and the Honduran Air Force guard Javier Marin Gonzales (2nd L), better known as the 'Fentanyl King,' before handing him over to FBI and DEA agents for extradition at the Palmerola Air Base in Comayagua, 50 km north of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Oct. 23, 2024. Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the extended format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images
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An elderly woman is carried by a volunteer rescuer as residents are evacuated to safer grounds in Bato town, Camarines Sur province South of Manila, Philippines, on Oct. 23, 2024. Charism Sayat/AFP via Getty Images
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump (C-L) speaks during a 'Believers and Ballots Faith' Town Hall with Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones (C-R) in Zebulon, Ga., on Oct. 23, 2024. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Bangladesh army personnel stand guard behind barbed wire and barricades at the entrance of the residence of President Mohammed Shahabuddin after his comments on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina triggered fresh protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 23, 2024. Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo
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Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks before departing the vice president’s residence in Washington on Oct. 23, 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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Police officers shoot rubber bullets and pepper spray to disperse people throwing rocks towards supporters of Uruguay's Peñarol arrested after clashes with the police at Recreio dos Bandeirantes beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 23, 2024, hours before the Copa Libertadores semi-final first leg football match between Brazil's Botafogo and Uruguay's Peñarol. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images
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A worker cleans the compartment of the new Vande Bharat Sleeper Rake during a preview at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai, India, on Oct. 23, 2024. R. Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images
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A rescue personnel walks on the shore after a rescue operation of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel, at Bleriot beach in Calais, north-western France, on Oct. 23, 2024. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images
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People look at houses destroyed in a bomb attack in Machala, Ecuador, on Oct. 23, 2024. Ariel Suarez/AFP via Getty Images
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Staff from the Scottish Rugby Union paint red poppies across the grass pyramids on the side of the M8, near Edinburgh in honor of the Poppy Appeal in Bathgate, Scotland, on Oct. 23, 2024. Jeff Mitchell/Getty Images
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King Frederik X of Denmark (R), CEO and founder of Nvidia Jensen Huang (L), and CEO of the Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S, Nadia Carlsten (C), symbolically switch on the new AI supercomputer named Gefion at the Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal in Kastrup, Denmark, on Oct. 23, 2024. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
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Ambulances wait along a road in Kahramankazan, a small town some 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Ankara on Oct. 23, 2024, in the vicinity of the gate of the Turkish Aerospace Industries after a huge explosion outside the headquarters left a number of people dead and injured. Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman walks her dog in Wantijpark during a foggy morning in Dordrecht, Netherlands, on Oct. 23, 2024. Jeffrey Groeneweg/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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A man walks past Pakistan's Supreme Court building in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Oct. 23, 2024, as Justice Yahya Afridi, who was nominated by a Special Parliamentary Committee, is going to take oath as the next chief justice of Pakistan. Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images
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Japan's Miwa Harimoto serves to Australia's Yangzi Liu during their women's singles round of 32 table tennis match of the World Table Tennis Champions Montpellier 2024 at the Sud de France Arena in Perols, France, on Oct. 23, 2024. Sylvain Thomas/AFP via Getty Images
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Tents sheltering people displaced by conflict are pictured with the Mediterranean Sea in the background in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 23, 2024. Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images
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Supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party attend the party's final campaign rally in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP via Getty Images
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A McDonald’s restaurant is viewed in Omaha, Neb., on Oct. 23, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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A woman poses for photographs amidst Halloween decorations at a cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 23, 2024. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (C-L) and Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro (C-R) pose for a family photo with their delegations at Palacio Fialho on the first day of the 35th Portugal-Spain summit held in Faro, Spain, on Oct. 23, 2024. Carlos Costa/AFP via Getty Images
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Semi Ojeleye, #37 of Valencia Basket in action during the BKT EuroCup Regular Season Round 5 match between Turk Telekom Ankara and Valencia Basket at Ankara Arena in Ankara, Turkey, on Oct. 23, 2024. Altan Gocher/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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A man walks on a pedestrian bridge as the Popocatepetl volcano releases a plume of gas and ash as seen from the town of San Juan Totolac in Tlaxcala, Mexico, on Oct. 23, 2024. J Guadalupe Perez/AFP via Getty Images
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An Afghan baker sells bread along a street on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, on Oct. 23, 2024. Atif Aryan/AFP via Getty Images
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A potter makes traditional earthen lamps ahead of ‘Diwali’, the Hindu festival of lights, at his workshop in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 23, 2024. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images
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Vehicles line up to refuel during a 24-hour transport strike due to fuel shortages in La Paz, Bolivia, on Oct. 23, 2024. Aizar Raldes/AFP via Getty Images
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Samoan Dancers welcome guests at the Commonwealth Sports breakfast in Apia, Samoa, on Oct. 23, 2024. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
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A boat carrying Rohingya refugees, sails ashore off the coast of Labuhan Haji in Southern Aceh province, Indonesia, on Oct. 23, 2024. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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People listen to the Leader of opposition party Tisza (Respect and Freedom), during an event to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising against the Soviet occupation, in front of the Foreign Ministry building in Budapest, Hungary, on Oct. 23, 2024. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images