Pictures of the Day
  • A man descends a ladder to escape a fire at the National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv, Ukraine. AFP
    A man descends a ladder to escape a fire at the National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv, Ukraine. AFP
    A man descends a ladder to escape a fire at the National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv, Ukraine. AFP
    A man descends a ladder to escape a fire at the National Academy of Sciences building in Kyiv, Ukraine. AFP
  • Palestinian men look inside a burnt-out vehicle damaged in what they say was an attack by Israeli settlers, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Palestinian men look inside a burnt-out vehicle damaged in what they say was an attack by Israeli settlers, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Palestinian men look inside a burnt-out vehicle damaged in what they say was an attack by Israeli settlers, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Palestinian men look inside a burnt-out vehicle damaged in what they say was an attack by Israeli settlers, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Police detain a protester outside a school in Lyon, during a day of nationwide public-sector strikes and demonstrations in France. AFP
    Police detain a protester outside a school in Lyon, during a day of nationwide public-sector strikes and demonstrations in France. AFP
    Police detain a protester outside a school in Lyon, during a day of nationwide public-sector strikes and demonstrations in France. AFP
    Police detain a protester outside a school in Lyon, during a day of nationwide public-sector strikes and demonstrations in France. AFP
  • Riot police clear part of a makeshift migrant camp at Benitez Beach before a security fence is put up, after the mass crossing of migrants from Morocco, in the Spanish city of Ceuta. Reuters
    Riot police clear part of a makeshift migrant camp at Benitez Beach before a security fence is put up, after the mass crossing of migrants from Morocco, in the Spanish city of Ceuta. Reuters
    Riot police clear part of a makeshift migrant camp at Benitez Beach before a security fence is put up, after the mass crossing of migrants from Morocco, in the Spanish city of Ceuta. Reuters
    Riot police clear part of a makeshift migrant camp at Benitez Beach before a security fence is put up, after the mass crossing of migrants from Morocco, in the Spanish city of Ceuta. Reuters
  • Orthodox Jews dance during the holiday of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, near the Lion's Gate leading to Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. EPA
    Orthodox Jews dance during the holiday of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, near the Lion's Gate leading to Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. EPA
    Orthodox Jews dance during the holiday of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, near the Lion's Gate leading to Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. EPA
    Orthodox Jews dance during the holiday of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, near the Lion's Gate leading to Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. EPA
  • An installation during the Shanghai International Light Festival in the Chinese metropolis. Reuters
    An installation during the Shanghai International Light Festival in the Chinese metropolis. Reuters
    An installation during the Shanghai International Light Festival in the Chinese metropolis. Reuters
    An installation during the Shanghai International Light Festival in the Chinese metropolis. Reuters
  • Taliban security guards patrol the Khaf-Herat railway linking Afghanistan to Iran, in Zendeh Jan district, Herat province. AFP
    Taliban security guards patrol the Khaf-Herat railway linking Afghanistan to Iran, in Zendeh Jan district, Herat province. AFP
    Taliban security guards patrol the Khaf-Herat railway linking Afghanistan to Iran, in Zendeh Jan district, Herat province. AFP
    Taliban security guards patrol the Khaf-Herat railway linking Afghanistan to Iran, in Zendeh Jan district, Herat province. AFP