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World news in pictures

World news in pictures

  • 1/31 1 November 2017

    Near the parliament building in Athens, Greece, a girl holds a placard reading, "Where is my mother, where is my father?" Some refugees have announced a hunger strike, as they seek reunification with family members in Germany

    Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis

  • 2/31 31 October 2017

    Authorities investigate the pickup truck and scene of a terror attack in downtown New York

    EPA

  • 3/31 30 October 2017

    An officer carries a school girl away from continuing battles with police and protesters in Kenya

    EPA

  • 4/31 29 October 2017

    A Rohingya woman washes clothes in a stream at Palong Khali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

    Reuters/Adnan Abidi

  • 5/31 28 October 2017

    'Day of the Dead' parade, Mexico City

    Rex Features

  • 6/31 27 October 2017

    People celebrate after Catalonia's parliament voted to declare independence from Spain

    EPA

  • 7/31 26 October 2017

    A National Super Alliance protester yells at nearby police officers during the Kenya election rerun

    Getty Images

  • 8/31 25 October 2017

    A bombed-out mosque stands in what was the main battle area in Marawi

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 9/31 24 October 2017

    A Rohingya refugee girl reads the Quran to her teacher during a Quran reading lesson at a mosque in Palong Khali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

    Reuters/Hannah McKay

  • 10/31 23 October 2017

    Actresses perform at the Temple of Hera during a dressed rehearsal of the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame in ancient Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 BC

    AFP/Getty

  • 11/31 18 October 2017

    A security agent takes position at the Great Hall of the People during the opening session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing

    Reuters/Thomas Peter

  • 12/31 17 October 2017

    Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters ride atop of military vehicles as they celebrate victory in Raqqa

    Reuters/Erik De Castro

  • 13/31 16 October 2017

    People demonstrate in Kisumu, to demand the removal of officials from national election oversight body, Interim Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) allegedly implicated in manipulation of the votes tally during the August 8, presidential elections. The election was annuled by the Supreme court due to massive irregularity.

    AFP/Getty Images

  • 14/31 15 October 2017

    A burnt house is seen following a forest fire in Vila Nova, near Vouzela, Portugal

    REUTERS

  • 15/31 14 October 2017

    People carry the remains of Waseem Shah, a suspected militant commander, who according to the local media was killed during a gunbattle with Indian security forces in Pulwama district in Kashmir

    Reuters/Danish Ismail

  • 16/31 13 October 2017

    A Palestinian boy runs for cover during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Qadomem, in the West Bank village of Kofr Qadom, near Nablus

    Reuters/Mohamad Torokman

  • 17/31 11 October 2017

    A supporter of Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, lies on the ground after he was hit by a police truck during a protest along a street in Nairobi, Kenya

    Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

  • 18/31 9 October 2017

    A supporter of the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) wears oranges during a protest calling for the sacking of election board officials involved in August's cancelled presidential vote, in Nairobi, Kenya

    Reuters/Baz Ratner

  • 19/31 8 October 2017

    Palestinian and Israeli women march, as part of an event organised by "Women Wage Peace" group calling for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, near the Jordan River, in the occupied West Bank

    Reuters/Ronen Zvulun

  • 20/31 6 October 2017

    A woman stands on the stairs outside the Administrative Court in Athens as she takes part in a protest against planned pension cuts

    AFP/Getty

  • 21/31 5 October 2017

    Members of Indonesia's special forces Kopassus march during celebrations for the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesia military, in Cilegon, Indonesia Banten province

    Reuters/Beawiharta

  • 22/31 4 October 2017

    People look on as boats participating in Clipper Round the World Yacht Race leave Punta del Este harbour in Uruguay

    Reuters/Andres Stapff

  • 23/31 2 October 2017

    Smoke billows from buildings following a reported air strike on Ain Tarma in the Eastern Ghouta area, a rebel stronghold east of the Syrian capital

    AFP/Getty

  • 24/31 1 October 2017

    Firemen try to hold a group of people in front of Spanish Civil Guard officers outside a polling station in San Julia de Ramis on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by the Spanish government. More than 5.3 million Catalans are called today to vote in a referendum on independence, surrounded by uncertainty over the intention of Spanish institutions to prevent this plebiscite banned by justice

    AFP

  • 25/31 30 September 2017

    Catalan regional police (Mossos d'Esquadra) arrive to the IES Tarradell school to notify its principal that the school must remain closed, in Barcelona. Hundreds of people have spent the night in different schools and civic centers designated by the regional Government to be polling stations for the '1-O Referendum' in an attempt to prevent the police from stopping their use, as the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia ordered

    EPA/Enric Fontcuberta

  • 26/31 29 September 2017

    An Indian police officer chases Shi'ite Muslim mourners as they run after they tried to participate in a Muharram procession ahead of Ashura, in Srinagar

    Reuters/Danish Ismail

  • 27/31 27 September 2017

    Ugandan opposition lawmakers fight with plain-clothes security personnel in the parliament while protesting a proposed age limit amendment bill debate to change the constitution for the extension of the president's rule, in Kampala

    Reuters/James Akena

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    Military and local security personnel keep Rohingya refugees in line as they queue for aid at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

    Reuters/Cathal McNaughton

  • 29/31 24 September 2017

    Cliff Marisma of Australia and Per Estein Prois-Rohjell of Norway compete in the World Jousting Championships in Sydney, Australia. The World Jousting Championships sees Australia's best jousters go head-to-head with their international counterparts. The Championship aims to replicate the same combat conditions that featured in 15th century Europe, with knights wearing historically accurate armour weighing around 40kg.

    Getty

  • 30/31 23 September 2017

    Freshmen students of Nanning College for Vocational Technology balance bottles on their heads during their military training in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China.

    Getty

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    A fighter from the Free Syrian Army (Al-Hamza Brigade) is seen looking out in Hazwan town in Aleppo

    Reuters/Khalil Ashawi

Liverpool edge closer to last 16 with win over stubborn Maribor

Liverpool 3 Maribor 0: Jurgen Klopp's side had to wait until the second half to break the Slovenian side's resolve

Meet Renshaw - the Englishman set to open for Australia in the Ashes

Renshaw is looking forward to locking horns, not just with the country he used to call home, but also a childhood mate in England captain Joe Root

Ara Darzi Hackers could harm you remotely through your medical device

Cyber-security it not just about keeping data safe - it's about protecting patients' health

All the men who have made allegations against Kevin Spacey so far

Actors Anthony Rapp and Robert Cavazos, filmmaker Tony Montana, and British barman Daniel Beal are among the accusers

Billie Holiday to perform live in Los Angeles 58 years after her death

The 200-seat Hollywood Boulevard theatre has been set up as America’s first all-hologram venue

Great British Bake Off final ratings strong despite Prue Leith blunder

The judge had accidentally revealed the identity of this year's winner hours before the episode aired

Winter by Ali Smith, review: Trademark mischievous wit and wordplay

This year's Man Booker shortlisted author's book 'Autumn' is followed by 'Winter', the second of her 'Season Quartet', but it is not a sequel 

Burberry creative director and former CEO to leave next year

Mr Bailey, who joined Burberry in 2001 and became CEO and chief creative officer in May 2014, ushered the retailer through a period of significant transition during his leadership

Bengali split pea curry with tenderstem and shallots

Swapping heat for flavour, this curry is a much healthier option than a weekend-treat takeaway from your favourite curry house

The new hiking trail that's the ultimate Balkans adventure

The new Peaks of the Balkans walking trail takes you on a 120-mile hike along the borderlands of three countries. Rudolf Abraham has seen it all

Extraordinary hobbit-style dome house is latest star of Grand Designs

A breathtaking masterpiece has been created for £100k in the middle of the Herefordshire countryside by a couple who understandably never want to finish it

STI map of America reveals most sexually diseased state

The key to successful polyamorous relationships

Is The Lady owner selling up to set up 'world's finest' butler school?

Openreach outlines goal of fast broadband for 10 million homes

Sony's cute robot dog will 'keep records of everything' it sees you do

The electronic pet has two hours of battery life

Hands-on with Face ID, the biggest feature in Apple’s new iPhone

UK exclusive: The Independent's tech critic David Phelan was given rare early access to the new iPhone, and found that Apple is keeping your secrets safe using what feels like black magic

Middle Earth: Shadow of War review: A disappointing sequel

PS4 (reviewed), Xbox One, PC - Warner Bros. - £44.99

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