Today in Pictures, Oct 6, 2016

A building, which was under construction, collapses in India, South Carolina prepares for Hurricane Matthew, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Oct 06, 2016, 09:45 AM

Police and rescue workers look for survivors after a building, which was under construction, collapsed in Bengaluru, India, on Oct 5, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Mr Brent Scurry installing window shutters at an oceanfront home in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew in Garden City Beach, South Carolina, on Oct 5, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man is carried across the river La Digue in Petit Goave, south-west of Port-au-Prince, where a bridge collapsed after Hurricane Matthew struck on Oct 5, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

The Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from the Ariane Launchpad Area at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Oct 5, 2016. The rocket successfully launched a pair of communications satellites, the Australian SKY Muster II and the Indian GSAT-18. PHOTO: AFP

A photo released on Oct 6, 2016, shows children who fled from Islamic State-controlled areas riding in a pick-up truck to the northern Syrian rebel-held town of al-Rai on Oct 3, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

An Albanian fisherman running away from a big wave on a windy day at the Shengjin beach near Lezhe ciy on Oct 5, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

An view of the Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library on Oct 5, 2016. The reading room had been closed for two years for a US$12 million (S$16.4 million) restoration and reopened on Wednesday to the public. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

A Palestinian man broils corn at the beach in Gaza on Oct 5, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Visitors sit on an interactive art piece by Canadian Jon Rafman entitled Trans Dimensional Serpent, at the Frieze Art Fair in London on Oct 5, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Visitors look at artwork during the opening of the Art in Motion exhibition in Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct 5, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

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