The end of Oktoberfest in Germany, cranberry harvesting in Ontario, drought in Indonesia and Brazil, scenes from the Asian Games in China, the end of sheep-grazing season in Poland, migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, and much more
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![A child pops a wheelie on a bike on a patch of dirt near some houses.]()
Read moreA child does a wheelie on his bicycle on October 4, 2023 in Pia Wadjarri, Australia. A referendum for Australians to decide on an indigenous voice to parliament will be held on October 14, 2023, and compels all Australians to vote by law. Early voting began on October 2, with voting getting underway in rural and regional Australia as well. #
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![A man drives a modified boat shaped to look like a sports car.]()
Read moreA man drives a modified boat "jetcar" in the bay in Miami, Florida, on October 4, 2023. #
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![An elevated view of dozens of houseboats sitting at the bottom of a drying river]()
Read moreBoats in the Rio Negro are stranded because of severe drought in Davi Marina, west of Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, on September 29, 2023. #
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![An aerial view shows a man riding a motorcycle in an empty section of a dried-out lake.]()
Read moreAn aerial view shows a man riding a motorcycle in an empty section of Lake Tefé, affected by drought, during a monitoring flight of the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, near Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil, on October 4, 2023. #
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![A couple taking a walk on a cloudy day are reflected in still water.]()
Read moreA couple take a walk in Van, Turkey, on October 4, 2023. #
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![Dozens of people wearing life vests sit crowded together in an inflatable boat at sea. At least two are swimming nearby as a rescue boat approaches.]()
Read moreOne hundred seventy-eight migrants of different 14 nationalities were rescued by the Spanish NGO Open Arms in international waters on September 30, 2023. These migrants, from Syria, Bangladesh, Sudan, Eritrea, Palestine, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Egypt, Chad, Senegal, and Mali, will be taken to the Italian port of Genoa. #
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![Dozens of people sit atop freight cars on a stopped train.]()
Read moreMigrants, mostly from Venezuela, are seen after the freight train they were riding on stopped for more than 12 hours in the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico on September 29, 2023. #
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![Stormy clouds and lightning appear above a river canyon.]()
Read moreThe Rio Grande flows beneath the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge on September 30, 2023, in Taos County, New Mexico. #
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![A hillside is covered in multicolored fall foliage.]()
Read moreFall colors appear among trees in the mountain resort of Aghveran, in Armenia's Kotayk province, on October 2, 2023. #
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![A stag stands in a dry grassy field.]()
Read moreA stag stands in Richmond Park, west of London, England, on October 1, 2023, during deer-mating season, also known as the rut. #
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![A musician plays a brass instrument outside, wearing a traditional hat.]()
Read moreA musician plays his brass instrument during the the last day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, on October 3, 2023. #
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![People light sparklers to celebrate at the end of Oktoberfest.]()
Read moreAttendees light sparklers to celebrate at the end of Oktoberfest, in Munich, Germany, on October 3, 2023. #
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![A line of NFL cheerleaders jump and kick their legs up at the same time.]()
Read moreDallas Cowboys cheerleaders perform before the game against the New England Patriots at AT&T Stadium on October 1, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. #
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![A gymnast in midair as they jump, their arms outstretched and their head tipped back]()
Read moreGermany's Pauline Schaefer-Betz competes on the balance beam during the women's qualifying session at the 52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, in Antwerp, Belgium, on October 2, 2023. #
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![An athlete bites a gold medal at a ceremony.]()
Read moreGold medallist Li Meng of Team China bites her medal on the podium during the women's-basketball medal ceremony at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on October 5, 2023. #
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![A boxer is punched in the face, their nose and mouth smashed.]()
Read moreChina's Lyu Ping is struck by Uzbekistan's Abdumalik Khalokov during the men's 51-to-57-kilogram boxing semifinal event in Hangzhou, China, on October 4, 2023 . #
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![A model displays a colorful garment and a head covering made to resemble a slick yellow bob.]()
Read moreA model presents a creation for Comme des Garcons during the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 in Paris on September 30, 2023. #
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![More than a dozen chicks, each one dyed a different vibrant color.]()
Read moreArtificially colored chicks stand crowded together in a cage, for sale, along a street in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 4, 2023. #
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![Dozens of priests, bishops, and cardinals, wearing white vestments, stand together in even rows.]()
Read morePriests, bishops, and cardinals preside at Holy Mass with the College of Cardinals for the Opening of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on October 4, 2023, in Vatican City. #
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![A large crowd of people walk along a section of the Great Wall of China.]()
Read morePeople crowd together as they visit a section of the Great Wall during the National Golden Week holiday on October 2, 2023, in Beijing, China. #
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![Several people on motorbikes cross a twisty floating bridge that rests on dry ground in an empty river.]()
Read morePeople drive on a grounded floating bridge across the dried-up Citarum River in Cihampelas, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2023. #
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![Mushroom-shaped rock formations on a misty hillside]()
Read moreRock formations stand in Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya, on September 27, 2023. #
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![A floating piece of mining equipment burns in a river, sending up a column of black smoke.]()
Read moreEquipment burns as members of the Federal Police destroy illegal mining dredgers during an operation on the banks of the Rio Negro in Manaus, Brazil, on October 5, 2023. #
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![The full moon rises above a lighthouse and other houses, with a ferry in the foreground.]()
Read moreA ferry travels before the Harvest Moon as it rises above Macquarie Lighthouse in Sydney, Australia, on September 29, 2023. #
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![A person plays a grand piano, suspended sideways in the air, hanging from an unseen cable.]()
Read moreSwiss artist Alain Roche plays a grand piano in the air, suspended from a crane 50 meters above a building site, during a dress rehearsal before two performances as part of a festival in Bordeaux, France, on September 29, 2023. #
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![A person casts their net into a lake at sunset.]()
Read moreA fisherman casts his net in Dal Lake during sunset in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on September 28, 2023. #
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![Visitors wear waders as they pose for pictures waist-deep in a bog among thousands of floating cranberries.]()
Read morePeople take part in cranberry-plunge activities at the Muskoka Lakes Farm and Winery in Bala, Muskoka, Ontario, on October 2, 2023. #
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![A top-down view of dozens of open crates, each full of varying types of pumpkins.]()
Read morePumpkins, ready for this year's Halloween, sit at the vegetable producer Thorsbjerggaard, in Skaelskoer, Denmark, on October, 2 2023. #
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![People crowd around a small pen full of wet shaggy sheep.]()
Read moreSheep wait to be passed over a fence during the Redyk, a celebration of the end of the sheep-grazing season in Zawoja, Poland, on September 30, 2023. #
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![A person stretches up, their mouth wide, to drink wine being poured from above, among a crowd of revelers at a festival.]()
Read moreA devotee drinks wine as an offering for Sweta Bhairav, the god of protection, on the last day of the Indra Jatra festival at Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 2, 2023. #
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![A person wears a patterned hood and full-body covering to disguise themselves as they sit in a chair near a police officer.]()
Read moreA masked witness rests before testifying in front of a military court at the trial of six soldiers accused of the murder of 56 civilians during a demonstration against the presence of a United Nations peacekeeping force, at the military auditorium in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on September 15, 2023. #
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![A person with an iguana on their shoulder writes on a dry-erase board under the words "Happy World Animal Day."]()
Read moreA man carries his iguana as they attend an event to celebrate ahead of World Animal Day at a mall in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, on October 1, 2023. #
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![A whale's tail splashes on the ocean's surface.]()
Read moreA southern right whale performs a tail slap in Puerto Madryn, in the Patagonian province of Chubut, Argentina, on September 28, 2023. #
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![An aerial view of a historic neighborhood on a tiny island-like peninsula in a large lake, at sunset.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of Bursa's Gölyazı neighborhood, located on a small peninsula on the shores of Uluabat Lake, during sunset in the Nilüfer district of Turkey on October 4, 2023. #
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![Six uniformed people guide a casket draped with an American flag inside a city hall.]()
Read moreAfter lying in state inside San Francisco City Hall, the late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is carried to a hearse in San Francisco, California, on October 4, 2023. The longtime Democratic senator, who died last week at the age of 90, had also been the first female mayor of San Francisco. #
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