Best photos of October 21: Rohingya refugees to blackouts in Cuba

  • A relief vessel approaches a boat crowded with Rohingya refugees anchored off Labuhan Haji, Southern Aceh, Indonesia, with at least one dead on board. AFP
    A relief vessel approaches a boat crowded with Rohingya refugees anchored off Labuhan Haji, Southern Aceh, Indonesia, with at least one dead on board. AFP
  • Flames and smoke rise in the aftermath of Israeli air strikes on Dahieh, southern Beirut. AP
    Flames and smoke rise in the aftermath of Israeli air strikes on Dahieh, southern Beirut. AP
  • A herder leads his camels along the shore of Yasmina lake in Merzouga, Morocco. AFP
    A herder leads his camels along the shore of Yasmina lake in Merzouga, Morocco. AFP
  • Ministers of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's cabinet gather for a photo after their swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. AFP
    Ministers of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's cabinet gather for a photo after their swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. AFP
  • A man donning an effigy of the Hindu demon king Ravana mingles with the crowd, marking the Nakkataiya festival in Varanasi, India. AFP
    A man donning an effigy of the Hindu demon king Ravana mingles with the crowd, marking the Nakkataiya festival in Varanasi, India. AFP
  • A pedestrian descends an escalator in Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. Bloomberg
    A pedestrian descends an escalator in Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. Bloomberg
  • A quarantine lorry disinfects Baekam Village in Yongin, South Korea, after a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was detected in the area's avian population. EPA
    A quarantine lorry disinfects Baekam Village in Yongin, South Korea, after a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was detected in the area's avian population. EPA
  • People pass the time at the seafront during a blackout after the failure of a power plant in Havana, Cuba. AP
    People pass the time at the seafront during a blackout after the failure of a power plant in Havana, Cuba. AP