World in focus - best photos for October 18, 2017

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

A Thai performer in a Chinese opera troupe looks on during a ceremony held to mark the eve of the Vegetarian Festival at a Chinese shrine in Bangkok, Thailand. Rungroj Yongrit / EPA

Carlota Ciganda of Spain lines up a putt during round one of the Swinging skirts LPGA Championship in New Taipei city, Taiwan. Ritchie B. Tongo / EPA

An activist Boniface Mwangi struggles as he is grabbed by police during a demonstration against recent police brutality that killed some opposition protesters, in Nairobi, Kenya. Dai Kurokawa / EPA

The sun shines through an alley of lime trees in Hannover, northern Germany. Holger Hollemann / dpa via AP

A cow stands decorated with vermilion powder after it being worshiped during Tihar festival celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal. Niranjan Shrestha / AP Photo

A security official stands guard in the Great Hall of the People during group discussion meetings for delegates held on the sidelines of China's 19th Party Congress in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo

Philippine Navy commandos aboard a gunboat patrol the periphery of Lake Lanao as smoke rises from the "Main Battle Area" where pro-Islamic group militants are making a final stand amid a massive military offensive of Marawi city. Bullit Marquez / AP Photo

Security forces clash with students from the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), during a protest in Tegucigalpa. Orlando Sierra / AFP Photo

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