Day in Photos: Railway Collision, Record-Large Lesson, and World Twins Day
India railway workers restore the accident site following derailing of several coaches of the Mysuru-Darbhanga Bagmati Express train after collision with a goods train at the Kavaraipettai Railway Station, located near Gummidipundi, some 40km north of Chennai on Oct. 12, 2024. R.Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Railway Collision, Record-Large Lesson, and World Twins Day

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Homes along the Gulf of Mexico are seen after they were destroyed when Hurricane Milton passed through the area in Manasota Key, Fla., on Oct. 12, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (C) waves as he returns to his car after visiting the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's Basta neighborhood on Oct. 12, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
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Mount Lewotobi spews volcanic ash from its crater during an eruption as seen from Duripali village in East Flores, Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, on Oct. 12, 2024. Arnold Welianto/AFP via Getty Images
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King Felipe VI of Spain attends the National Day Military Parade in Madrid, Spain, on Oct. 12, 2024. Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
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Ukrainian servicemen ride a tank on a road in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 12, 2024. Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
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Cyclists ride on a car-free highway during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 12, 2024. Oded Balilty/AP Photo
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A volunteer organizes bottles of shampoo before adding them to aid packages to be sent to Lebanon at the Expo City Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Oct. 12, 2024. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images
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Women in traditional Greece attire hold the edges of a large Greek flag on the top of the Acropolis hill during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Athens from Nazi occupation, in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 12, 2024. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images
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Member of the Nihon Hidankyo and atomic bomb survivor, co-chair Terumi Tanaka uses comb as he arrives at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2024. Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images
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Demonstrators dismantle a French gendarmerie vehicle stuck in the sand during a rally called by 'les Soulevements de la Terre' to protest against the high-speed rail link or LGV (Lignes a Grande Vitesse) between Bordeaux and Toulouse, in Lerm-et-Musset near Gironde, France, on Oct. 12, 2024. Thibaud Moritz/AFP via Getty Images
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Twins pose for a photograph during the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora, Nigeria, on Oct. 12, 2024. Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images
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A volunteer entertains children at the school where they are sheltering after being displaced by Israeli airstrikes in Sidon also known as Saida, Lebanon, on Oct. 12, 2024. Carl Court/Getty Images
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Palestinians transport their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 12, 2024. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
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Balinese throw flowers at the monument of the 2002 Bali bombings during a memorial service to mark the 22th anniversary in Kuta near Denpasar, on Indonesia island of Bali on Oct. 12, 2024. Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP via Getty Images
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Abdullah Alsharbatly and horse Skorphults Baloutendro of Team Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee compete during the Mixed Equestrian Jumping Individual Final - Second Round Event on day ten of the Saudi Games 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 12, 2024. Alex Livesey/Getty Images for Saudi Games
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Students participate in an event to attempt to break the Guinness Record for the world's largest computer programming lesson at a university in Lisbon, Portugal, on Oct. 12, 2024. Rodrigo Antunes/Reuters
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Robert Pietsch carries Michelle Pietsch through the mud pit during the 25th North American Wife Carrying Championship at Sunday River Resort in Newry, Maine, on Oct. 12, 2024. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
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People walk past vendors in Libya's capital Tripoli on Oct. 12, 2024. Mahmud Turkia/AFP via Getty Images
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Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli crew celebrate with champagne after winning the Puig Women's America's Cup on Oct. 12, 2024. Albert Gea/Reuters
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Photographers set up to capture the Comet C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas in the night sky outside Vienna, Austria on Oct. 12, 2024. Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFP via Getty Images