World in focus – best photos for October 23, 2016

A displaced young Iraqi boy holds a pigeon at refugee camp in the town of Qayyarah, south of Mosul, as an operation to recapture the city of Mosul from ISIL takes place. Bulent Kilic / AFP

Madison Keys of the US in action against Simona Halep of Romania. Edgar Su / Reuters

A migrant is wrapped in a survival foil blanket after landing in Vibo Marina, southern Italy, following a rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine people drowned, ten were missing and nearly 1,000 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast with over seven-thousand rescued from the Mediterranean Sea this week alone. Yara Nardi / AFP / ITALIAN RED CROSS

A swan glides as the sun sets over Hawley Lake near Blackwater, southern England, Britain. Dylan Martinez / Reuters

Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez powers his bike during the first lap of the MotoGP race at Phillip Island. Saeed Khan / AFP

CarXpert Interwetten’s Spanish rider Iker Lecuona crashes during the Australian Moto2 race at Phillip Island. Saeed Khan / AFP

A flowrider competes on an artificial wave, during the Flow Tour 2016 in Santiago. Martin Bernetti / AFP

The bright line of the Milky Way above the Morskie Oko (Eye of the Sea) lake in the Tatra Mountains, Poland. Grzegorz Momot / EPA

A girl carries dried earthen lamps, which are used to decorate temples and homes during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a workshop in Chandigarh, India. Ajay Verma / AFP

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