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Our world in photos: October 6

October 6, 2022 Michaela Keil
INDIA — Spitting fire: An artist practiced fire spitting backstage before the final performance during a traditional Ramleela drama to celebrate the festival of Dussehra in New Delhi, on Wednesday. Photo: Altaf Qadri/AP
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UKRAINE — Crossing the river: Yuri Shapovalov, center, took food on board his boat before crossing the Siverskyi-Donets river in Staryi-Saltiv, on Wednesday. Shapovalov helps locals daily to cross the river with goods as the bridge was mostly destroyed during fighting.
Photo: Francisco Seco/AP

 

INDONESIA — Flowers: A man threw flowers outside Kanjuruhan Stadium where a soccer stampede killed more than 100 people on Saturday, in Malang, on Tuesday. An Indonesian police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts on Monday and 18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas inside a soccer stadium that set off a stampede, officials said.
Photo: Dicky Bisinglasi/AP

 

ECUADOR — Riot: A woman cried holding her child as she waited for news of her loved one held inside Latacunga jail after a deadly riot in Latacunga, on Tuesday. A clash between inmates armed with guns and knives inside the prison left at least 15 people dead and 20 injured.
Photo: Dolores Ochoa/AP

 

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FRANCE — Hair chop: Women rode bicycles front of a mural signed by Clacks-one and Heartcraft_Street art, depicting women cutting their hair to show support for Iranian protesters standing up to their leadership over the death of a young woman in police custody, in a tunnel in Paris, on Wednesday. Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets over the last two weeks to protest the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by Iran’s morality police in the capital of Tehran for allegedly not adhering to Iran’s strict Islamic dress code.Mural reads : “I was born to know you to name you”, “Woman Life Freedom”.
Photo: Francois Mori/AP

 

FLORIDA — Lift off: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule, with a multinational crew of four astronauts, lifted off from Launch Complex 39-A on Wednesday, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, beginning a five-month mission to the International Space Station.
Photo: John Raoux/AP

 

INDIA — Ramleela portraits: Artists dressed as Hindu god Ram and his wife Sita took a selfie before a final Ramleela performance as part of Dussehra festival celebrations in New Delhi, on Wednesday. Ramleela is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Hindu lord Rama. After the enactment of the legendary war between Good and Evil, the Ramleela celebrations climax in the Dussehra night festivities where the giant effigies of demon King Ravana, his brother Kumbakaran and son Meghnad are burnt, typically with fireworks.
Photo: Altaf Qadri/AP

 

UNITED KINGDOM — Flipping out: Chelsea’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrated after scoring his side’s second goal during a Group E soccer match between Chelsea FC and AC Milan, at Stamford Bridge stadium, in London, on Wednesday.
Photo: Ian Walton/AP

 

FLORIDA — Shrimp boats: Snowbird Bruce Hickey, 70, walked along the waterfront, now littered with debris including shrimp boats, in the mobile home park where he and his wife Kathy have a winter home, a trailer originally purchased by Kathy’s mother in 1979, on San Carlos Island, Fort Myers Beach, on Wednesday, one week after the passage of Hurricane Ian.
Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

 

EL SALVADOR — State of emergency: Maria Orlanda Renderos waits outside a detention center for information about her son Jose who was arrested under the current state of emergency in San Salvador, late on Wednesday. Authorities reported that since the state of emergency was implemented to combat violence, they have captured more than 54,000 people, most of them accused of being part of criminal structures or collaborating with gangs.
Photo: Moises Castillo/AP

 

THAILAND — Attack: In this image taken from video, a distraught woman was comforted outside the site of an attack at a daycare center, on Thursday, in the town of Nongbua Lamphu. More than 30 people, primarily children, were killed on Thursday when a gunman opened fire in the childcare center, authorities said.
Photo: Mungkorn Sriboonreung Rescue Group via AP

 

GERMANY — Under construction: Two workers looked down from a new high-rise that was under construction in the banking district in Frankfurt, on Thursday.
Photo: Michael Probst/AP

 

ARGENTINA — Washed up: A dead whale was towed away from the shore near Puerto Madryn, on Tuesday. Argentine scientists are determining the reason for at least 13 whales dying in the area in the past few days.
Photo: Maxi Jonas/AP

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