Today in Pictures, Nov 1, 2019

Berlin's two-month-old giant panda cubs at the Zoologischer Garten zoo, a nine-night festival of light, colour and spectacle in Liverpool, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Nov 01, 2019, 07:15 PM

This handout picture released on November 1, 2019 by the Zoo Berlin shows Berlin's two-month-old giant panda cubs at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin. They are the first giant panda offspring in Germany. The Berlin panda Meng Meng gave birth to twins on August 31, 2019. On loan from China, Meng Meng and male panda Jiao Qing arrived in Berlin in June 2017. While the cubs are born in Berlin, they remain Chinese and must be returned to China within four years after they have been weaned. PHOTO: AFP

A worker prepares an installation made up of thousands of ribbons, near the Brandenburg gate in Berlin on October 31, 2019, ahead of festivities marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. PHOTO: AFP

'Whole Hole', an artwork by Light Art Collection - Artist Vendel and de Wolf, is displayed during a press preview of the 'River of Light 2019', a nine-night festival of light, colour and spectacle created by international artists at Wapping Wall in Liverpool, on October 31, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A woman takes photographs in an installation called 'submergence' which forms part of the River of Light festival in Liverpool, Britain, October 31, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Media members report on a burning home as a firefighter douses flames (right) during the Hillside fire in the North Park neighborhood of San Bernardino, California on October 31, 2019. Firefighters battled new wildfires on in California including a fierce blaze in the city of San Bernardino that forced some residents to flee their homes overnight. The Hillside fire broke out after midnight in San Bernardino, a city of more than 200,000 people some 100km east of Los Angeles, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said. PHOTO: AFP

People wear a mask of pro-Beijing establishment lawmaker Regina Ip (left) and Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam (centre) join a march to Central district during Halloween, in Hong Kong on October 31, 2019. Hong Kong democracy activists donned Halloween masks lampooning the city's pro-Beijing leaders on October 31, defying an emergency law that bans face coverings and sparking renewed clashes with police. Tear gas was fired in multiple locations, including near a popular nightclub district where thousands of protesters had gatecrashed Halloween celebrations. PHOTO: AFP

A man wearing a costume depicting a “Lennon Wall” takes part in a Halloween themed run in Hong Kong on October 30, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

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