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Our world in photos: October 20

October 20, 2022 Michaela Keil

MISSOURI — Tower Rock: People walked to Tower Rock, an attraction normally surrounded by the Mississippi River and only accessible by boat, on Wednesday, in Perry County. Near record low water levels made foot traffic to the rock formation accessible. Photo: Jeff Roberson/AP

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GERMANY — Rainy walk: A man walked over the square in front of the Old Opera in Frankfurt, on a rainy Tuesday.
Photo: Michael Probst/AP

MANHATTAN — Victory parade: A general view of the New York Mets parade on Broadway to celebrate their winning the 1969 World Series baseball championship. The Mets’ victory parade brought a paper deluge from fans in the office buildings on October 20, 1969.
Photo: AP

VENEZUELA — Floods: Framed photos covered in mud sat in a bookshelf inside a flooded home in El Castano, on Tuesday. At least three people died and dozens of homes were damaged Monday by the overflow of the El Castaño river, President Nicolas Maduro said.
Photo: Ariana Cubillos/AP

NEW YORK — Fall foliage: Two visitors photographed the colorful autumn view at the Indian Head vista overlooking Lower Ausable Lake in the Adirondacks, on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, near Keene Valley.
Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/AP

MEXICO — Day of the Dead: A young man carried cempasuchil flowers in one of the canals of Xochimilco, Mexico City, on Wednesday. Cempasuchil or the Mexican marigold flower is also known as the flower of the dead and is used in Day of the Dead celebrations.
Photo: Marco Ugarte/AP

UNITED KINGDOM — Resignation: Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss and husband Hugh O’Leary left 10 Downing Street to address the media in London, on Thursday. British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous six-week term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party obliterated her authority.
Photo: Alberto Pezzali/AP

UGANDA — Isolation: A doctor put on protective equipment as he prepared to visit a patient who was in contact with an Ebola victim, in the isolation section of Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital in Entebbe, on Thursday. Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult situation for health workers on the ground.
Photo: Hajarah Nalwadda/AP

INDIA — Diwali: A boy stood and watched as people shopped for decorative items, clay lamps and electric lights to decorate their homes ahead of Diwali festival in New Delhi, on Thursday. Diwali, the festival of lights, will be celebrated on Oct. 24.
Photo: Bhumika Saraswati/AP

BRAZIL — Drought: Houseboats sat amid drought-impacted land near the Solimões River, in Tefe, on Wednesday. Months after enduring floods that destroyed crops, thousands of families in the Brazilian Amazon are now dealing with severe drought.
Photo: Edmar Barros/AP

TENNESSEE — Celebration on the boards: Fans and players celebrated after a goal by Nashville Predators’ Tanner Jeannot (84) in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Nashville.
Photo: Mark Humphrey/AP

GEORGIA — Early voting: U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., voted on the first day of early voting in Atlanta on Monday.
Photo: Ben Gray/AP

UNITED KINGDOM — Goal: Manchester United’s Fred celebrated after his team’s first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford in Manchester, on Wednesday.
Photo: Dave Thompson/AP

CHINA — Commute: Commuters rode bicycles along a street in the central business district in Beijing, on Thursday.
Photo: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

INDIA — Fan event: Paris Hilton attended an event with her fans in Mumbai, on Thursday.
Photo: Rajanish Kakade/AP

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