Autumn colors across Europe, Day of the Dead displays in Mexico, Diwali lights in India, deadly flooding in Spain, a kite festival in South Africa, the School of Santa Claus in Brazil, World Series celebrations in Los Angeles, and much more
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A 16-foot-tall hand sculpture named Quasi stands perched on its fingertips atop the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, on October 30, 2024. #
A man looks out from a container restaurant near an art sculpture depicting a sleeping Chinese astronaut in the Songzhuang art district in eastern Beijing, on October 29, 2024. #
A pygmy hippo named Toni dives in her pool at the Zoological Garden in Berlin on October 29, 2024. #
A dog dressed as a ghost participates in a pet Halloween-costume competition in Lima, Peru, on October 25, 2024. #
A tree with "eyes" makes an appearance at the Lei Street cultural and creative district in Hefei, Anhui province, China, on October 28, 2024. #
Larch trees are seen in front of the Matterhorn on an autumn day in Zermatt, Switzerland, on October 30, 2024. #
An attendee stands next to an American flag before a rally held by Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, in Raleigh, North Carolina, on October 30, 2024. #
At a warehouse in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024, a worker closes a truck holding election equipment and supplies to be distributed to polling locations in Bucks County. #
Fans Austin Capobianco (left) and John Peter (right) interfere with Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers as he attempts to catch a fly ball in foul territory during the first inning of Game Four of the 2024 World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on October 29, 2024. The play resulted in an out, and the two fans were ejected from the stadium and banned from attending the following game. #
Misael Morales celebrates with his son Sebastian in East L.A. after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 7–6 in Game 5 to win the World Series on October 30, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. Morales projected the game onto a water tower from his home for members of the community. #
Tottenham Hotspur's Welsh striker Brennan Johnson warms up ahead of the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur at Selhurst Park in south London on October 27, 2024. #
Robots compete in a soccer game in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province on October 26, 2024. #
A competitor takes part in the Hortobagy Hobby Horse Cup in Tiszafured, Hungary, on October 26, 2024. More than 100 competitors of all ages participated in the event to race and show off their steeds made from a long stick attached to a horse's head made of wood or other material. #
A girl plays with a kite at the 30th Cape Town International Kite Festival, part of an awareness campaign and fundraiser for World Mental Health Day, in South Africa, on October 27, 2024. #
Migratory birds fly in the Linhuai section of the Hongze Lake Wetland National Nature Reserve in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, on October 30, 2024. #
The work "Odyssey," by Clayton Blake, is seen in Bondi as part of the annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney, Australia, on October 28, 2024. Made of stainless steel, the sculpture is said to celebrate the "human spirit and our deep-seated desire for exploration, discovery, travel, and adventure." #
A Palestinian boy keeps warm next to a fire as he stands on the rubble of a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on October 26, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. #
Cars are piled in a street with other debris after flash floods hit the Sedaví area of Valencia, Spain, on October 30, 2024. Spanish authorities said that more than 150 people had died after flash flooding followed heavy rainfall. #
Residents walk near piled-up cars following flooding in Picanya, near Valencia, Spain, on October 30, 2024. #
On October 31, 2024, women place candles on the half-submerged tomb of family members at flood-prone Holy Spirit Memorial Park in Masantol, Pampanga province, Philippines, after heavy rains from the recent tropical storm Trami, ahead of All Saints Day. #
A week after Hurricane Oscar hit the town of Imias in Guantanamo province, Cuba, people walk across a bridge damaged by the cyclone, on October 30, 2024. #
Kids sit on the shore near a bus that ran off a road onto the beach in the Pocitos neighborhood in Montevideo, Uruguay, on October 26, 2024. At least 15 people were injured, and the cause of the accident is still being investigated. #
A guide leads his horse in front of the installation titled "I See I See" by visual artist Federica Di Carlo, during the "Forever Is Now" contemporary art exhibition at the Giza Pyramids, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, on October 29, 2024. #
A shopkeeper sells decorations and lights ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali, in New Delhi, India, on October 26, 2024. #
People dressed up as Catrinas take part in the Mega Parade of Catrinas 2024, on the occasion of Day of the Dead celebrations, in Mexico City, Mexico. #
Visitors enjoy a Day of the Dead display honoring the late Mexican director Roberto Gómez Bolaños, outside the cathedral in Santiago, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, on October 29, 2024. #
Autumn colors on display at the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China, seen on October 29, 2024, in Beijing #
Graduates from Brazil's School of Santa Claus sing as they pose for a picture after their graduation ceremony at the Calouste Gulbekian Arts Center, in the city center of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 29, 2024. #
Performers take part in a procession as part of the Samhuinn Fire Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on October 31, 2024. The Samhuinn Fire Festival is a modern take on an ancient Celtic festival, marking the transition between summer and winter with fire-dancing, drums, acrobatics, and theater performances. #
A man stands on a hill as the sun sets at Olympic Park in Munich, Germany, on October 29, 2024. #
An aerial photo shows the vast Shichengzi Photovoltaic Industrial Park in Hami, Xinjiang province, China, on October 26, 2024. #
Vineyards in autumnal colors, seen in Mundelsheim, Germany, on October 28, 2024 #
Indigenous people take part in a protest against the construction of a Templo Santa Muerte in Cantel, Guatemala, on October 26, 2024. Thousands of indigenous Mayan people in Guatemala rejected the construction of a Santa Muerte prayer center, allegedly financed by gang members imprisoned in a local jail. #
A fallen leaf, covered in raindrops, seen on the ground in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on October 29, 2024 #
A man sits beside the Central Park Lake, in front of trees turning color as the sun rises on October 28, 2024, in New York City. #
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