Today in Pictures, Nov 8, 2017

Sperm whales off Dominica, President Trump in China, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Nov 08, 2017, 03:26 PM

Sperm whales off Dominica. While tourism recovers on Dominica, a popular Caribbean destination for adventure seekers, Natural World Safaris will focus on one of its offshore attractions, the annual return of sperm whales. PHOTO: NYT

A security agent takes his position as U.S. and China's flags flutter over the Forbidden City ahead of the visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing, China November 8, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

The Martyrs' Bridge, known as the Bosphorus Bridge, and the Bosphorus Strait are covered by fog in Istanbul, Turkey, November 7, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A model presents a creation by Hu Sheguang at China Fashion Week in Beijing, China November 7, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS

A Rohingya refugee girl is weighed at the emergency nutrition treatment center in Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 8, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of the media run under the rain at the International Media Center (IMC) in Da Nang, Vietnam, November 8, 2017. The APEC Vietnam 2017 summit brings together world leaders from 21 member nations. It is Vietnam's second time hosting the APEC summit, the first was in 2006. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Indian commuters drive amid heavy smog in New Delhi on November 8, 2017. Delhi shut all primary schools on November 8 as pollution levels hit nearly 30 times the World Health Organization safe level, prompting doctors in the Indian capital to warn of a public health emergency. PHOTO: AFP

Mules carry goods along the restored trails in Dhading, some 100km northwest of Kathmandu. Lapa, a village in Dhading, was once a bustling trading point for the communities of the remote area in northern central Nepal. The only access to the area is on foot and the trails were severely damaged in the 2015 earthquake. Villages were totally cut off, food prices soared by 50 percent and leaving the area on the brink of famine. The lifeline trails have now been restored and goods are slowly beginning to return to the villages. PHOTO: AFP

A power line tower downed by the passing of Hurricane Maria lies on top of a house in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 7, 2017. The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York estimated in a report released last month that about 114,000 to 213,000 Puerto Rican residents will leave the island annually "as a result of Hurricane Maria." PHOTO: AFP

A anti-Trump protester spray defaces a statue depicting US President Donald Trump during a rally outside the National Assembly in Seoul on November 8, 2017. US President Donald Trump offered North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un what he called "a path towards a much better future" as tensions soar over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. PHOTO: AFP

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