World News in Pictures

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An Indian woman pushes her bicycle through burning barricades set along the road by supporters of united Andhra Pradesh during a protest against the formation of Telangana state



A member of Honduras' military police sits in a tank during a presentation in Mateo. The new military police unit consisting of 5,000 personnel who will be in charge of police operations, public order and safety

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Two U.S. Capitol Police cars sit damaged after colliding during a shooting in Washington, October 3, 2013

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Plane crash in Lagos



A firefighter walks past the wreckage of a plane at the site of a plane crash near the Lagos international airport, October 3, 2013



Burial pamphlets showing the photographs of former Ondo state governor Olusegun Agagu are seen at the site of a plane crash near the Lagos international airport, October 3, 2013.









A rescue official stands near a compartment where the coffin containing the body of former Ondo state governor Olusegun Agagu was recovered at the site of a plane crash near the Lagos international airport, October 3, 2013.

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A dog urinates on a new work by graffiti artist Banksy on West 24th street in New York City. Three new works by the British artist have appeared in New York City this week after he announced a month-long residency in New York



A Phrynocephalus mystaceus, also known as dragon lizard, smiles for the camera on world smile day. The reptile opens its mouth wide and hisses when is it threatened, it can drill down into the sand with vibrations from its body and uses this ability to escape any predators



Anteater Pua stands on a washing machine at home in Oakridge, Oregon. Angela Goodwin keeps ants out of her kitchen by keeping anteaters in her washing machine. The 37-year-old bought one of the unusual pets seven years ago and a second in 2011. The online administrator from Oakridge, Oregon, USA, says her pets - Pua and Aurora - are very intelligent and can open doors, drawers and windows. And they can even break into her fridge to raid their favourite snack - chilled ants.

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These daring climbers kept their cool as they scaled a frozen waterfall a staggering 7,200 feet up in the Alps. Leading British explorer Kenton Cool, in orange, on Nuit Blanche, Chamonix.



A light painted man at top of a rollercoaster at Finland's biggest amusement park, overlooking Helsinki, created by artist Janne Parviainen

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Graffiti artists Roids and Sat One with their completed Boeing 737-700 graffiti project at an airfield in Gloucestershire. A team of graffiti artists were given the opportunity to tackle their biggest project yet - a Boeing 737 passenger jet. Hangfire, a Bristol based art collective took seven days to complete the project on an airfield in Gloucestershire. The disused Lucky Air jet was due to be scrapped by salvage experts Air Salvage International who will completely dismantle the aircraft selling all its components for recycling or re-use. The oversized canvas, which measures 12 metres high and 39.5 metres long, was given a monochrome design featuring letters and geometric shapes by artists including Sat One and Roids. Ben Mason from Hangfire said: 'Reaction to the art has been great especially from plane spotters who visit the airfield and are amazed by the scale of the artwork.'



Water overflows from the Tonle Sap River in Ponhea Leu district of Kandal province. Floods from Mekong River and heavy rainfall have claimed at least 39 lives and affected 100,334 families in Cambodia in less than three weeks, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said.



Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Sydney leads the ceremonial fleet in front of the Sydney Opera House as part of celebrations to commemorate 100 years since the Royal Australian Navy's fleet first entered the city's waters. Ships from nations including China, Thailand, the United States, Malaysia, France, Japan and Britain passed through the heads into the famous harbour where they joined 16 tall ships from around the world in preparation for a ceremonial fleet review.

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Committee members use brooms and shovels to spread out five cent coins over the Federal Square during an event organised by the Committee for the initiative 'CHF 2,500 monthly for everyone' (Grundeinkommen) in Bern. The Committee delivered 126,000 signatures to the Chancellery on Friday to propose a change in the constitution to implement an initiative that aims to have a minimum monthly disposal household income of CHF 2,500 (US$ 2,700) given by the government to every citizen living in Switzerland.



France's President Francois Hollande, right, listens to history professor Andree Vesperini as he visits the cell at the Citadelle in Ajaccio where Captain Fred Scamaroni, hero of Corsican Resistance, was tortured by Nazis and finally committed suicide on March 19, 1943. President Hollande visits the French Mediterranean island of Corsica to mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation in World War II.

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A man threatens to jump from the scaffolding at a building site in lower Manhattan as numerous streets were closed and hundreds of onlookers clogged the area



Indonesian security with dogs in a buggy at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Barack Obama has cancelled his planned trip to Asia due to the US government shutdown. Indonesia's resort island of Bali is hosting the APEC Summit until 8 October 2013.

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Greenpeace activist Colin Russell from Australia leaves the Leninsky District Court of Murmansk, after being charged with piracy. Russia has pressed piracy charges against all 30 people arrested after the environmental group Greenpeace aboard the ship Arctic Sunrise, staged a protest at an offshore oil platform in the Arctic. Greenpeace has dismissed the piracy charges as absurd and unfounded



An indigenous man reads the newspaper during the 'Indigenous National Mobilization' in Brasilia. Indigenous people are protesting against the law project that is being negotiated by the Congress and which proposes to modify the regulations that control the demarcation of territories of Indigenous communities

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A sleek chocolate-colored frog dubbed the 'cocoa frog', that may be new to science, is seen in Suriname. Biologists with the US-based Conservation International say six frogs, 11 fish and numerous insects found in remote sections of Suriname's rainforest are among 60 creatures that may be new species



A model presents a creation titled 'Psychedoublelic' by New Zealand's Jo Drysdall and Sebastian Denize during the World of Wearable Arts show in Wellington. Fashionistas at first scoffed at Suzie Moncrieff's displays of bizarre bras and out-there attire, but 25 years on international designers are clamouring to be part of Wellington's annual World of WearableArt show

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A child wears a mask as he stands along a street in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria



Mizuho Financial Group Deputy President Toshitsugu Okabe, centre, and other company officials bow at the start of a news conference at Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. Mizuho Financial Group said on Thursday it had replaced its chief compliance officer almost a week after Japan's banking regulator reprimanded it over loans extended through consumer credit agencies to members of organised crime networks. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) last week ordered Mizuho to improve its business practices, saying the bank had known since 2010 that it had, through the credit agencies, extended more than 200 million yen ($2 million) in loans to what the regulator called counter-social forces.

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Miriam Carey in an undated photo. Investigators are attempting to determine why an unarmed Stamford, Conn., woman ran her car into a security fence outside the White House on Oct. 3 before leading authorities on a short chase that ended with her death in a hail of police gunfire near the U.S. Capitol.

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Models show off their tattoos by Taiwanese artist Diau-An during the first International Hong Kong China Tattoo Convention in Hong Kong



A Palestinian stone thrower runs by burning tires during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, West Bank



Immigrants board a ship bound for Porto Empedocle, Sicily in Lampedusa, Italy. The search for bodies continues off the coast of southern Italy for the African migrants who drowned trying to reach the island. The death toll was expected to reach over 300 people. Read more on the story

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A boy stands in front of army soldiers and riot police, during a protest against the military near Rabaa al-Adawiya square in Cairo. Five people were killed in clashes on Friday as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi took to the streets of Cairo and other cities to demand the end of army-backed rule



A poodle called Sweetie Pie romps through the slushy snow in Rapid City, South Dakota, as an early winter snow storm struck the central Rocky Mountains, downing trees and forcing closures of state offices and more than 200 miles of Interstate 90 across parts of Wyoming and South Dakota



Cow racing in Hanoi. The Bay Nui cow race festival in Hanoi, Vietnam attracts 64 pairs of cows from districts of Vietnam's An Giang, Kien Giang and Soc Trang provinces

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Riots in Mombasa



Residents who are briefly detained as police search for weapons lie on the ground during riots following the killing of an Islamic cleric at Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa October 4, 2013.






Demonstrators are handcuffed together as they are detained during riots following the killing of an Islamic cleric at Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa October 4, 2013.



A man walks out of his house as police officers search for demonstrators reacting to the killing of an Islamic cleric at Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa October 4, 2013.

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Salim Aboud talks on his phone after he survived the shooting at their vehicle in which Sheikh Ibrahim Ismael and three others were killed near Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, October 4, 2013



Security agents and residents gather around the vehicle in which Sheikh Ibrahim Ismael and three others were killed near Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, October 4, 2013.

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Stone throwing youths clash with policemen during a protest against the killing of an Islamic cleric in the coastal Port town of Mombasa October 4, 2013.

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An inmate looks out from his cell in the Secure Housing Unit at Corcoran State Prison in Corcoran, California, October 1, 2013. The prison was the first in the state with a separate facility built for SHU inmates, where some of the most dangerous prisoners are housed



Bodies of migrants who drowned lie on the dock of the harbour of Lampedusa Island, Italy, October 3, 2013. Several bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat sank off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa on Thursday, said an Italian coast guard



The defaced Bandeiras monument is seen in Sao Paulo, October 3, 2013. According to local media, Indians defaced the Bandeiras monument with red paint at the end of their demonstration against proposed constitutional amendment, which rules the demarcation of indigenous lands. The Bandeiras monument was built in Sao Paulo to commemorate the 16th century expeditions which enslaved indigenous people and were tasked with finding gold and other precious metal in the region.

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Muslim women react to the loss of their homes which were burnt down in recent violence in Pauktaw village, outside of Thandwe in the Rakhine state, Myanmar, October 3, 2013.



Riot police (L) and demonstrators clash during a march marking the 45th anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco square massacre in Mexico City October 2, 2013. Thousands took part in the march to mark the 45th anniversary of the student massacre at which dozens of protesters were gunned down by the army in a brutal repression of the student movement.



Um Radwan, a female fighter in the Free Syrian Army, takes cover with a fellow fighter inside a room in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district October 3, 2013. Um Radwan joined the Free Syrian Army after the death of her husband, who was also a Free Syrian Army fighter, according to activists

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U.S. golfer Tiger Woods is greeted by former U.S. President George W. Bush before the start of play During the opening Four-ball matches for the 2013 Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio October 3, 2013.



A member of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party is escorted by anti-terrorism police officers to a courthouse in Athens October 3, 2013. The leader of the party Nikos Mihaloliakos was sent to jail pending trial on criminal charges on Thursday in a boost to a government campaign to wipe out what it calls "a neo-Nazi criminal gang



A Free Syrian Army fighter climbs stairs in a damaged building in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district, October 3, 2013.



President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the government funding impasse at M. Luis Construction, a local small business in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, October 3, 2013