Day in Photos: Severe Flash Floods, Murder Trials, and Honoring Victims of CommunismDay in Photos: Severe Flash Floods, Murder Trials, and Honoring Victims of Communism
A man speaks on the phone beside a flooded street after flash floods hit the region in the Sedaví area of Valencia, Spain on Oct. 30, 2024. David Ramos/Getty Images

Day in Photos: Severe Flash Floods, Murder Trials, and Honoring Victims of Communism

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves carries the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street in London, England on Oct. 30, 2024. This is the first Budget presented by Reeves and the new Labour government. Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier inspects an honor guard unit before his meeting with his Greek counterpart, in Athens, Greece on on Oct. 30, 2024. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo
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Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump greets supporters during a campaign event at the Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, N.C., on Oct. 30, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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A woman walks with a stack of wooden branches atop her head on her way toward a charcoal production site in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 30, 2024. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images
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Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is greeted by Rep. Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) upon arrival at Raleigh-Durham International airport in Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 30, 2024. Brendan Smialowski/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron wave to Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch (foreground) as they embark on an aircraft at the airport of Sale, north of Rabat before returning to France at the end of their visit to Morocco on Oct. 30, 2024. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images
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Migrants board a smuggler's inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel, on Ecault beach in Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, near Neufchatel-Hardelot, northern France on Oct. 30, 2024. A migrant died on October 30 attempting to cross the English Channel, bringing to 57 the number of deaths this year linked to crossings in overcrowded dinghies. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images
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Eugene Rwamucyo, a Rwandan former doctor accused of having played a role in the 1994 genocide of more than 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus who tried to protect them, arrives at a Paris court, which is expected to render its verdict in his trial, in Paris on Oct. 30, 2024. Louise Delmotte/AP Photo
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Confessed murderers Elcio de Queiroz (R) and Ronnie Lessa (L) talk to the courtroom through video conference during the first day of the public trial of Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes' murderers at the Justice Tribunal Court in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 30, 2024. Almost seven years after the murder of Brazilian councillor Marielle Franco, two detainees who admitted their involvement, the attacker and an accomplice, began their trial on October 30 in Rio de Janeiro. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images
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European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (L) and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi attend a press conference following the College meeting on the Enlargement Package 2024 at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 30, 2024. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images
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Scouts carry balloons during the 20th anniversary of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni's coronation in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Oct. 30, 2024. Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images
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An electoral official check voters rolls as people queue to cast their ballot at a polling station during Botswana's general election, in Gaborone, Botswana, on Oct. 30, 2024. Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP via Getty Images
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President Joe Biden (R) meets with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Oct. 30, 2024. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
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People visit the memorial where the victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's regime were buried in the woods on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg on Oct. 30, 2024. Russia observed the Day of Victims of Political Repressions as people honored the memory of the thousands of victims who perished due to repression by the Soviet Communist regime. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images
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Employees of the Vencorex chemicals factory, owned by a subsidiary of Thai company PTT GC, stand next to burning pallets as they stage a protest outside the plant that produces raw materials for polyurethane market in Pont-de-Claix, French Alps, on Oct. 30, 2024, as they go on strike following the company placement into bankruptcy in September. Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP via Getty Images
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Indigenous groups take part in protest against the prospective creation of a benchmark time limit that threatens to strip some their lands, in Brasilia, Brazil, on Oct. 30, 2024. Eraldo Peres/AP Photo
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A tram moves on the Sava Bridge, built in 1942 by Wehrmacht soldiers and soon to be closed and removed, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 30, 2024. Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images
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A man burns firecrackers on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Amritsar, India, on Oct. 30, 2024. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images
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A motorcyclist rides past a line of vehicles waiting to pass a roadblock in the town of Mairana, Santa Cruz department, Bolivia, on Oct. 30, 2024. Protesters have been blocking roads since October 14, hoping to prevent Bolivia's former President Evo Morales' arrest, who is under investigation for rape, human trafficking, and smuggling over his alleged relationship with a 15-year-old girl in 2015. He claims the charges were trumped up to try prevent him returning to power. Rodrigo Urzagasti/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun stand for their country's National Anthems during an arrival ceremony for Kim ahead of the US–Republic of Korea (ROK) Security Consultative Meeting at the Pentagon in Washington on Oct. 30, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
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A fisherman secures a boat as Typhoon Kong-rey approaches Taiwan, in Yilan County on Oct. 30, 2024. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
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A wrecked old Volkswagen Beatle is pictured under tree in Bad Vilbel near Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 30, 2024. Michael Probst/AP Photo
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres looks on during a press conference at the blue zone of the COP16 summit in Cali, Colombia, on Oct. 30, 2024. Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images
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A fireball erupts from a controlled explosion conducted by the Lebanese army on the Araya-Kahhale road on Oct. 30, 2024, at the site of an Israeli strike which targeted a vehicle on the road earlier. A Lebanese security official told AFP that an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah van carrying munitions near Beirut killed the driver on Oct. 30, the latest death in more than a month of war. AFP via Getty Images