Day in Photos: Observing Floods, Early Voting, and a Refugee Rescue
Residents stand on a clearing in the flooded Adankolo district in Lokoja, Nigeria, on Oct. 21, 2024. Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Observing Floods, Early Voting, and a Refugee Rescue

A look into the world through the lens of photography.
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The aftermath of a helicopter crash in the Second Ward in Houston on Oct. 20, 2024. Houston Fire Department via AP
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A member of the U.S. Marine band plays the historic 1938 Steinway piano inside the White House Entrance Hall, part of the new educational enhancements to the official public tour of the executive mansion in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (L) holds a moderated conversation with former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, Republican, of Wyoming, at People's Light performing arts theater in Malvern, Pa., on Oct. 21, 2024. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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People leave after casting their ballots at the Coral Gables Branch Library in Coral Gables, Fla., on Oct. 21, 2024. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
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Units of the Mozambican anti-riot police patrol the streets during a march called by the presidential candidate of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique in Maputo on Oct. 21, 2024. Alfredo Zuniga/AFP via Getty Images
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Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media in Swannanoa, N.C., on Oct. 21, 2024, after observing cleanup efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated the region. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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People on a relief boat approach a boat loaded with dozens of Rohingya refugees anchored off the coast of Labuhan Haji in Southern Aceh province, Indonesia, on Oct. 21, 2024. A boat loaded with more than 100 Rohingya refugees was spotted off Indonesia's westernmost province with at least one dead body seen on board, local officials said on Oct. 19. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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Daniel Penny, who is charged in the death of Jordan Neely, walks into the courthouse as jury selection begins in his trial in New York City on Oct. 21, 2024. Penny, 26, a former Marine, is charged in the death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway by choking him after an altercation on the train car. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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A Kuwaiti jeweler displays items at his shop in Kuwait City on Oct. 21, 2024. Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
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Pete Howard, owner of Sifters record shop in Burnage, poses behind his counter in Manchester, England on Oct. 21, 2024. Sifters was made famous by the Oasis song “Shakermaker.” Band members Noel Gallagher and his younger brother Liam grew up in Manchester before forming the rock band Oasis in 1991. After global success with eight UK number-one singles and albums, the band split up in 2009 after the Gallagher brothers fell out. This year, they announced they were reforming to play a number of concerts in 2025. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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Activists protest against investment in fossil fuels outside World Bank headquarters during the first day of meetings of the IMF/World Bank in Washington, DC on Oct. 21, 2024. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
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An Afghan boy rides a donkey along a road in the Fayzabad district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 21, 2024. Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images
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The Moon is seen as a passenger plane flies in the hazy sky above Vienna, Austria, on Oct. 21, 2024. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images
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Workers commute through a flooded road following heavy rainfall in Bengaluru, India, on Oct. 21, 2024. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images
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Kieran Elliott of Tasmania bowls during the Sheffield Shield match between Western Australia and Tasmania at the WACA Ground in Perth, Australia, on Oct. 21, 2024. Paul Kane/Getty Images
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Tunisia's President Kais Saied (top R) waits to take his oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony before the National Assembly in Tunis on Oct. 21, 2024. Fethi Belaid/AFP via Getty Images
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Dutch Police officers remove a demonstrator (C) as activists of the environmental movement “Extinction Rebellion” take part in an action around the arrival of cruise ship MSC Virtuosa before its departure to Amsterdam, to protest against cruise ship pollution at the port city of IJmuiden, Netherlands, on Oct. 21, 2024. Ramon Van Flymen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and members of both delegations hold a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Oct. 21, 2024. Evgenia Novozhenina/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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A vendor (R) fries peas at a local market in Keelung, Taiwan, on Oct. 21, 2024. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
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Fans take their seats in the stands prior to the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest FC and Crystal Palace FC at City Ground in Nottingham, England, on Oct. 21, 2024. Carl Recine/Getty Images
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Moldova's President Maia Sandu arrives for a press conference at her campaign headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova, on Oct. 21, 2024. Moldova's pro-EU President Maia Sandu blamed an “unprecedented assault on our country's freedom and democracy” after partial election results on Sunday showed a majority of Moldovans choosing “no” in a referendum on joining the EU. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images
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Workers on a hydraulic platform clean the blinds on the facade of the Paul Loebe Building in the government quarter in Berlin, Germany on Oct. 21, 2024. Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images
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First year students take part in the annual St. Andrews foam fight in St. Andrews, Scotland, on Oct. 21, 2024. The Raisin Monday foam fight is the culmination of a week of mentoring to welcome first-year students as they begin their studies at the University of St. Andrews. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Syrian emergency and security services inspect the wreckage of a car that exploded in Damascus on Oct. 21, 2024. Syria's defense ministry said two civilians were killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle on Oct. 21 in the Mazzeh district of Damascus, home to embassies and security headquarters. Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images
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A general view of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris, on Oct. 21, 2024. The cathedral was partially destroyed when a fire broke out beneath its roof on April 15, 2019. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images