World in focus - best photos for October 18, 2020

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

A woman and a boy observe La Paz, Bolivia. Bolivia is called again to the polls on 18 October 2020 for the general election that was canceled October 2019, and then were postponed since May due to the COVID-19 pandemic. EPA

A Lebanese protester lifts a national flag during a demonstration marking the one year anniversary of the beginning of a nationwide anti-government protest movement, in the capital Beirut. AFP

Protesters burn flares as hundreds of football hooligans and far-right voters of Kotleba's LSNS party protest against the government of Igor Matovic and precautionary measures against the spread of the coronavirus in front of the Government Office in Bratislava. AFP

A deserted Republique street in Lyon, as a curfew is in place to fight the spread of Covid-19. About 20 million people in the Paris region and eight other French cities were facing a 9pm-6 am curfew from October 17, after cases surged in what has once again become one of Europe's major hotpots. AFP

Women walk past a wall with a graffiti depicting former Bolivian President Evo Morales, before general elections in La Paz, Bolivia. Reuters

Artisans work on a model of a migrant mother symbolising Hindu Goddess Durga, holding a child and being surrounded by relief material as a theme decoration to create awareness about the migrant labourers' social issues during the lockdown previously imposed due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, at a makeshift place for worship ahead of the Hindi festival 'Durga Puja' in Kolkata. AFP

Workers salvage clothes from a factory through floodwaters on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. AFP

Muslims maintaining social distancing pray in the Grand Mosque for the first time in months since the coronavirus restrictions were imposed, after they were allowed by the Saudi authorities, in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

A model presents a creation by Portuguese designer Luis Onofre during the Portugal Fashion show in Porto, Portugal. Spring/Summer 2021 collections are presented at the 47th Portugal Fashion until 17 October. EPA

American Ted Ligety competes during the first run of the men's giant slalom event during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Soelden, Austria. AFP

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