World in focus — best photos for October 11, 2015

A woman is reflected in a mirror as she casts a ballot into a portable polling box during a presidential election in the village of Danilovichi, southwest of Minsk, Belarus. Belarussians head to the polls on Sunday to cast their vote in presidential elections all but certain to re-elect authoritarian incumbent Alexander Lukashenko for a fifth term. Vladimir Nikolsky / Reuters

Belarus’ soldiers leave a polling booth to cast their ballots during presidential elections at a polling station in Bogushi outside Minsk. Belarus holds an election that is likely to see authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko claim a fifth term, with the EU possibly lifting sanctions against him if the polls take place without incident. Sergei Gapon / AFP

Dancers perform during a mass military parade at Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang. North Korea was marking the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers’ Party. Ed Jones / AFP

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts to the crowd while appearing at a campaign rally in Norcross, Georgia. The visit, attended by thousands, is Trump’s first rally in metro Atlanta since he joined the race. Erik S Lesser / EPA

Competitors participate in the swimming portion of the Ironman World Championship Triathlon, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Mark J. Terrill/ AP

People enjoy the sunny weather at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters

Relatives of two-year-old Palestinian girl, Rahaf, mourn during the funeral of the toddler and her pregnant mother at the al-Nusairat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip. A pregnant Palestinian mother and her toddler daughter were killed in the air strike in the Zeitun sector south of Gaza City while three others were still trapped under the ruins of a house, medical sources said. Israel said it had targeted “two Hamas weapon manufacturing facilities” in response to two rocket launches at Israel the day before. Mahmud Hams / AFP

Palestinians stand at the scene of an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. An Israeli air strike on a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Sunday brought down a nearby house killing a Palestinian woman and her daughter, hospital officials said, as a wave of violence in the region triggered fears of wider escalation. Suhaib Salem / Reuters

Louis Boniface of France at the Red Bull Airlines and THE WALK Movie Freestyle Slackline Competition above the balconies in Catania, Sicily. Guido De Bortoli / Getty Images for Sony Pictures Entertainment

Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Marcelo Melo of Brazil celebrate with the trophy after winning the men’s doubles final match against Juan Sebastian Cabal of Colombia and Robert Farah of Colombia on Day Seven of the Rakuten Open 2015 at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan. Koji Watanabe / Getty Images

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