• Migrants who have just crossed the Greek border light fires outside a refugee reception centre set up close to the railway station in Gevgelija, Macedonia. Despite the worsening weather, thousands of migrants have continued to arrive daily in Former Republic of Macedonia and the small border town of Gevgelija, as they continue their journey on towards western Europe. Matt Cardy / Getty Images
    Migrants who have just crossed the Greek border light fires outside a refugee reception centre set up close to the railway station in Gevgelija, Macedonia. Despite the worsening weather, thousands of migrants have continued to arrive daily in Former Republic of Macedonia and the small border town of Gevgelija, as they continue their journey on towards western Europe. Matt Cardy / Getty Images
  • Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia perform during the pairs free skate program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fifty-six Olympic and world championship athletes are competing in the event, which is the first of six stops on the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
    Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia perform during the pairs free skate program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fifty-six Olympic and world championship athletes are competing in the event, which is the first of six stops on the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
  • Singapore’s Nadine Joy Nathan competes on the floor during the second day of the 2015 World Gymnastics Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. Gymnasts can secure qualification for the 2016 Rio Games at the championships which are being staged at the Hydro Arena. Ben Stansall / AFP
    Singapore’s Nadine Joy Nathan competes on the floor during the second day of the 2015 World Gymnastics Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. Gymnasts can secure qualification for the 2016 Rio Games at the championships which are being staged at the Hydro Arena. Ben Stansall / AFP
  • A novice Buddhist monk, left, carrying alms collected from devotees follows two monks pushing a bicycle in front of a field of palm trees in Kyauk-Se, Myanmar. Aung Shine Oo / AP
    A novice Buddhist monk, left, carrying alms collected from devotees follows two monks pushing a bicycle in front of a field of palm trees in Kyauk-Se, Myanmar. Aung Shine Oo / AP
  • South Africa’s Quinton de Kock bats during the final one-day international cricket match of a five-game series against India in Mumbai, India. Rafiq Maqbool / AP
    South Africa’s Quinton de Kock bats during the final one-day international cricket match of a five-game series against India in Mumbai, India. Rafiq Maqbool / AP
  • A man without lower limbs moves toward a polling station to cast his ballot in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara is widely expected to win a second term as the West African nation votes, five years after a disputed poll that spilled over into the worst violence the country has experienced since independence. Schalk van Zuydam / AP
    A man without lower limbs moves toward a polling station to cast his ballot in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara is widely expected to win a second term as the West African nation votes, five years after a disputed poll that spilled over into the worst violence the country has experienced since independence. Schalk van Zuydam / AP
  • Indigenous people are seen watching fireworks during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil. Buda Mendes / Getty Images
    Indigenous people are seen watching fireworks during the first World Games for Indigenous Peoples in Palmas, Brazil. Buda Mendes / Getty Images
  • Tessa Worley of France in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom in Soelden, Austria. Michel Cottin / Agence Zoom / Getty Images
    Tessa Worley of France in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women’s Giant Slalom in Soelden, Austria. Michel Cottin / Agence Zoom / Getty Images
  • Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Beheira, 180 kilometres north of Cairo, Egypt. Mahmood Shahiin / AP
    Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Beheira, 180 kilometres north of Cairo, Egypt. Mahmood Shahiin / AP

World in focus — best photos for October 25, 2015


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A look at the best photos from around the world.