Today in Pictures, Oct 11, 2016

Fire breaks out in Jurong market in the morning, building collapse kills at least 17 people in China, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Oct 11, 2016, 11:15 AM

A huge fire engulfed the wet market and coffee shop at Block 493 Jurong West Street 41 early on Tuesday morning, forcing the evacuation of 300 residents from the surrounding area. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ALPHONSUS CHERN.

Rescuers search for survivors after four buildings caved in during the early hours in Wenzhou, eastern China's Zhejiang province, killing at least 17 people, on Oct 10, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission officers search a submerged road for those in need of rescue as river waters rise dangerously after Hurricane Matthew hit Lumberton on Oct 10, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man cuts a piece of wood in a street of Les Cayes, Haiti on Oct 10, 2016. Haiti faces a humanitarian crisis following last week's battering from Hurricane Matthew, with at least 1.4 million people needing emergency aid. PHOTO: AFP

Michael Pierce, 35, holds his three-year-old daughter Evelyn as they listen to U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak at a rally at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. October 10, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Students demanding free education react as they are fired at by riot police officers during a protest outside the University of the Witwatersrand at Braamfontein, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct 10,2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Revellers dressed as Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Ann Lincoln take part in the 72nd Annual Columbus Day Parade in New York on Oct 10, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray along the Mediterranean Sea in the Israeli city of Herzliya, near Tel Aviv, during the "Tashlich" ritual on Oct 10, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A man dressed as Spiderman jokes with patient Matheus at Hospital Infantil Sabara in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Oct 10, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Tourists walk over a sandbank at the beach in Timmendorf, northern Germany, on Oct 10, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, her husband Prince William, and his brother Prince Harry taking in the views from the London Eye with members of the mental health charity Heads Together during an event to celebrate World Mental Health Day in London on Oct 10, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

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