Today in Pictures, Oct 2, 2015

Kuala Lumpur Tower International Jump and a candlelight vigil for victims of the fatal shootings in Oregon. These and more from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Oct 02, 2015, 03:54 PM

A Base jumper in action at the Kuala Lumpur Tower International Jump in hazy conditions, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct 2, 2015. More than 100 Base (Building, Antenna, Span and Earth) jumpers are taking part in this extreme sport event, which is in its 15th year. PHOTO: EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL

Kristin Sterner (centre), a freshman at Umpqua Community College, at a vigil in Roseburg, Oregon, on Oct 1, 2015, for the 10 people killed and seven others wounded in a shooting at a community college in the western US state. The 26-year-old gunman, identified by US media as Chris Harper Mercer, was killed following a shoot-out with police. PHOTO: AFP/JOSH EDELSON

Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong addressing attendees at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York, on Oct 1, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS/EDUARDO MUNOZ

President Vladimir Putin chairing a meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights at the Kremlin in Moscow on Oct 1, 2015. PHOTO: AFP/YURI KOCHETKOV

Judges making their way to the Palace of Westminster in central London as part of a tradition to mark the start of the new legal year, on Oct 1, 2015. The British legal year, which traditionally begins in October, is marked by a procession of judges from Temple Bar to Westminster Abbey, followed by a "breakfast" reception. PHOTO: AFP/JUSTIN TALLIS

Models presenting creations from the Spring/Summer 2016 Ready to Wear collection by US designer Rick Owens during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, on Oct 1 2015. PHOTO: EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT

Farmers collecting corn for a cargo at a farm in Gaocheng, Hebei province, China. The world's biggest makers of tractors are finding a rare opportunity for growth in China despite a sharp slowdown in the world's second-largest economy, with big farm machines in demand as the rural labour force shrinks and plot sizes grow. PHOTO: REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON

Indian police charging at Communist Party of India (Marxist) activists blocking a road near a police barricade during a march demanding the implementation of law and order in Calcutta, India, on Oct 1, 2015. PHOTO: EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY

People looking at a painting by the late American artist Andy Warhol entitled Mao on the opening day of the exhibition Warhol Unlimited at the Musee d’Art Moderne de Paris, in Paris, on Oct 1, 2015. PHOTO: AFP/THOMAS SAMSON

Six-year-old Mohammed Al Za-aneen looking from the window of his family's temporary housing next to their house which was damaged during the Israeli war against Gaza in 2014, in the east of Beit Hanun town in the northern Gaza Strip. More than 100,000 Palestinians remain homeless one year after the 2014 summer Israel-Gaza war. PHOTO: EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

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