World in focus - best photos for October 17, 2018

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Young visitors and a polar bear watch each other at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. AP Photo

France's coach Didier Deschamps, centre, celebrates with assistant coach Guy Stephan after beating Germany in the the Uefa Nations League at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris. AFP

A Honduran migrant, part of a caravan trying to reach the US, prays inside a shelter in Chiquimula, Guatemala. Reuters

A masked Kashmiri protester stands in front of a burning tyre during a demonstration near the site of a gun battle between Indian security forces and suspected militants in Srinagar. Reuters

Los Angeles Dodgers Brian Dozier safely steals second against Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Jonathan Schoop in the third inning in game four of the 2018 NLCS playoff baseball series at Dodger Stadium. Reuters

Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Susse,x watch aboriginal dances at Victoria Park in Dubbo. AFP

Local residents watch a protest in Srinagar, Kashmir. AFP

A boy runs following heavy rains in the Pacific Coast, in Teustepe, Boaco, some 60km from Managua in Nicaragua. AFP

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