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A visitor looks into a mirror, the “Inverse Reverse Perverse” installation by Cerith Wyn Evans, during a media preview of “The 90s: Art and Fashion” exhibition at Tate Britain in London on October 6, 2026.

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Japan’s Mirano Kita competes in the women’s individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, on October 3, 2026.

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China’s Zheng Qinwen celebrates after defeating Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic, during the third round of the women’s singles match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on October 5, 2026.

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A stag bellows during the rutting season in Bushy Park, London, on October 5, 2026.

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A woman holds a dog while a priest sprinkles holy water during a blessing-of-pets ceremony at Plaza de San Francisco on October 3, 2026, in downtown Quito, Ecuador.

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A girl carries her rabbit for a pet-blessing ceremony at the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi in Santiago, Chile, on October 4, 2026.

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A dog whose coat has been dyed using multiple colors sits on a street corner in central Paris on October 8, 2026.

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A Russian jet-powered drone strikes a bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 2, 2026.

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Servicemen of the 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces drive a vehicle on a road covered with anti-drone nets near the front line in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on October 2, 2026.

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Pedestrians and cars move along Broadway in the Manhattan borough of New York City on October 7, 2026.

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A woman looks out at the Petronas Twin Towers from a high-rise building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 6, 2026.

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Participants with traditional handheld tezutsu fireworks during the annual festival at Hada Hachimangu Shrine on October 3, 2026, in Toyohashi, Japan.

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A person walks past burning trash cans in Barcelona, Spain, set ablaze by protesters after clashes with police during a demonstration over the country’s housing crisis, on October 5, 2026.

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Waitstaff celebrate with sparklers at the Oktoberfest closing party in the Hofbräu Festzelt tent at the Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany, on October 4, 2026.

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Iran’s Amirsina Bakhtiari (left) competes against Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Jaysunov in the mixed individual virtual taekwondo round of 16 at the 2026 Asian Games in Toyohashi, Japan, on October 2, 2026.

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EngineAI T800 robots fight during the ARC League’s humanoid combat competition in Singapore on October 7, 2026.

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Army soldiers provide security at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the presidential election on October 4, 2026.

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A regional train passes foggy valleys in Wehrheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, on October 2, 2026.

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The Thuringia Plastic-Model-Building Club’s booth at a hobby fair in Leipzig, Germany, features a miniature display on everyday life in the former East Germany (including a Trabant parked next to a gas station) on October 2, 2026.

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A person dressed as an electronic voting machine holds a placard at a protest in Mumbai, India, demanding the resignation of the country’s chief election commissioner, on October 4, 2026.

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A drone carries a yellow takeout-food-delivery bag above residential buildings in Shenzhen, China, on October 4, 2026.

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Jon Armstrong competes in his Ford Puma Rally1 at Rally Italia Sardegna, FIA World Rally Championship, on October 4, 2026, in Olbia, Italy.

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A man watches a storm sweep across Narrabeen Beach in Sydney, Australia, on October 3, 2026.

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Wildfires spread near the municipality of Iranduba, in Brazil’s Amazonas state, on October 2, 2026.

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Firefighting vehicles at a fire on the Costa Verde cliffs, in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru, on October 4, 2026.

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An Arabian sand gazelle walks through dunes in the Dubai suburbs on October 3, 2026.

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Tourists view blooming pink grass at Sanhewan Park on October 7, 2026, in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China.

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Contestants at a sleep competition on October 5, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan. Participants’ sleep quality, depth, and stability were monitored during a 90-minute challenge, with the winner receiving 2.22 million yen ($14,100).