Day in Photos: Student Protest, Drug Trafficking Operation, and Flooding AlertDay in Photos: Student Protest, Drug Trafficking Operation, and Flooding Alert
Firefighters wade through floodwaters past partially submerged cars parked in a flooded shopping area following heavy rainfall in the area, which has been placed on red alert for rain and flooding, in Givors, France, on Oct. 17, 2024. Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Student Protest, Drug Trafficking Operation, and Flooding Alert

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(L-R) Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Janine Darby, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Pennsylvania State Representatives Morgan Cephas (D-Philadelphia) and Gina Curry (D-Delaware) have a conversation on black maternal health during a campaign event in Philadelphia on Oct. 17, 2024. A recent Centers for Disease Control study reported that black women in the United States are three times more likely to die from pregnancy complications compared to white women, and this is especially prevalent in Philadelphia. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Students hurl stones towards security personnel during a demonstration to condemn the alleged rape of a female student in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Oct. 17, 2024. Ghulam Rasool/AFP via Getty Images
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A person arrives at a polling place during the first day of early in-person voting in Asheville, N.C., on Oct. 17, 2024. Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo
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Former Bolivian President Jeanine Añez leaves the Miraflores women's prison in La Paz in handcuffs guarded by police officers to attend her trial on Oct. 17, 2024. A court in La Paz will begin a criminal trial on Thursday against Áñez, for allegedly planning a 'coup d'état' against the then President Evo Morales in 2019. Daniel Miranda/AFP via Getty Images
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People visit a booth at the Frankfurt book fair on the second day of the world's biggest book fair in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Oct. 17, 2024. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
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The remaining damaged piers of the Dokgae Bridge, which once connected the north and south banks of the Imjin River, are seen beyond an installation replicating a railroad track that was destroyed during the Korean War, at the Imjingak peace park near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, on Oct. 17, 2024. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
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United States Attorney Martin Estrada, right at podium, joined by federal, local, and international officials, announces federal charges and arrests of alleged members of a transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other locations in the United States, during a news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles, on Oct. 17, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo
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Highland dancers compete during the Royal National Mòd in Oban, Scotland, on Oct. 17, 2024. The Royal National Mòd celebrates Gaelic language, culture, and heritage, featuring talks, competitions, exhibitions, and children's activities. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Offerings of a “masakaki” tree, one from Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) and another (R) from Japan's Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Takamaro Fukuoka, are pictured at the controversial Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024. Japan's new prime minister on October 17 sent the ritual offering to Yasukuni, a shrine that honors the country's war dead that has long angered neighboring countries, a spokesman for the site said. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images
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Gendarmes set up a security perimeter as they continue their search for evidence a day after the discovery of the body of 15-year-old Lina who disappeared in September 2023, in Sermoise-sur-Loire, France, on Oct. 17, 2024. Arnaud Finistre/AFP via Getty Images
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Bosnian entrepreneur Mate Rimac, owner of Croatia's Rimac Automobili Company, shows part of the new Nevera R electric car on the production line during presentation of the new Campus production plant in Kerestinec, just west of Zagreb, Bosnia, on Oct. 17, 2024. Damir Sencar/AFP via Getty Images
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A worker operates an excavator at a landfill in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Oct. 17, 2024. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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Rows of luxury cars seized from The iCon Group are seen at the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 17, 2024. Thai police have arrested 18 people, including three celebrities, and seized luxury sports cars and millions of dollars in connection with a pyramid scheme selling health and dietary supplements, officers said. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images
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A photo taken from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre shows a series of rockets launched from Lebanon towards Israel on Oct. 17, 2024. Kawnat Haju/AFP via Getty Images
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Virgilio (R) and Virgie Pael tend to plants on their 10 square-meter shelter, built with plastic drums and angular bars and designed to float during floods that occur often in the area, in Manila, Philippines, on Oct. 17, 2024. Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images
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The sun rises over the polluted waters of river Yamuna laden with foam, in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 17, 2024. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images
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A Palestinian child eats at a make-shift camp for the internally displaced in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Oct. 17, 2024. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images
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Visitors attend a press preview of the immersive exhibition “Astérix, le Voyage Immersif” at “Atelier des Lumieres” in Paris on Oct. 17, 2024. Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images
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A member of Syria's White Helmets civil defense force rescues victims at the scene of a Russian airstrike which destroyed a furniture workshop on the outskirts of the rebel-held northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Oct. 17, 2024, killing at least 10 people and wounding 30 others, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images
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A resident and a police officer look at a vehicle affected by an explosion the night before near a police station in Jamundi, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on Oct. 17, 2024. Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images
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People view the work ‘Sharnana’ by Drew Macdonald at Sculpture by the Sea in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 17, 2024. Created by Andrew Hankin and his team, this eye-catching piece aims to raise awareness about skin cancer, encouraging visitors to monitor changes on their skin. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
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Nobel Prize laureate Han Kang attends the Pony Chung Innovation Award in Seoul, South Korea on Oct. 17, 2024. Korea Pool/Getty Images
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Ukrainian demining specialist Nadiia Kudryavtsevs who works for the Swiss Demining Foundation (FSD) performs a mine clearance demonstration at the opening day of the Ukraine Mine Action Conference 2024, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Oct. 17, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
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A Frakta bag is displayed during a celebration of IKEA's 50th anniversary in Germany near Munich, on Oct. 17, 2024. Johannes Simon/Getty Images
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Members of parliament pictured during a minute of silence in memory of the terror attacks of October 16, 2023, during a plenary session of the Chamber at the Federal Parliament in Brussels on Oct. 17, 2024. Eric Lalmand/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images
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A hunter's moon sets over Mojave, Calif., on Oct. 17, 2024. David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman blocks the morning sun with her hand as she rides a Thames clipper along the River Thames in London, England, on Oct. 17, 2024. Despite the Port of London Authority (PLA) introducing a rule in 2021 called General Direction 10, that commercial vessels using the River Thames are banned from dumping waste, an investigation by LBC radio station has found that the practice is continuing. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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A vendor sells peanuts along a street in Amritsar, India, on Oct. 17, 2024. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images