Today in Pictures, Oct 17, 2018

Youth Olympics Games action in Argentina, derailed train in Morocco and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Oct 17, 2018, 09:53 AM

Aino Yamada of Japan competes in the Ball routine during the Gymnastics Rhythmic Women's Rhythmic Individual All-Around during the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 16th Oct, 2018. PHOTO:REUTERS

Martina La Piana of Italy (L) receiving a punch from Heaven Destiny Garcia of the USA in the Boxing Womens Fly (48 to 51kg) Semi-final during the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 16 Oct, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-EFE/

Members of the Moroccan civil defence are seen at the scene of a rail accident in the town of Bouknadel in Morocco on Oct 16, 2018. A derailed train resulted in at least six deaths including its driver and more than 70 others injured on Oct 16. PHOTO:AFP

The Callanish standing stones on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides island. Lewis is the birthplace of Donald Trump’s mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, who left the place for America in 1929. PHOTO: NYT

A woman and child interact with the 'New Nature' exhibition by Polish-born San Fransisco based digital artist Mateusz 'Marpi' Marcinowski, at ARTECHOUSE in Washington, DC, USA on 16 Oct, 2018. The newly-opened interactive exhibit, which 'offers new ways of interpreting the ecosystems and organic proccesses all around us', runs through 13 Jan, 2019. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Artists from the dance company Recirquel perform during the dress rehearsal for 'My Land' in Budapest, Hungary on Oct 15, 2018. PHOTO:REUTERS

Geoff Notkin, CEO of Aerolite Meteorites Inc., poses with a lunar meteorite known as NWA 11789, unofficially known as "Buagaba" or "The Moon Puzzle", and comprised of six fragments that fit together, puzzle-like, ahead of the auction of the meteorite in New York, U.S. PHOTO:REUTERS

A model presents a creation by Russian designer Daria Fedunova of 'Contradiction' project during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in Moscow, Russia on 16 Oct, 2018. The presentation of the Spring/Summer 2019 collections runs from 13 to 17 Oct. PHOTO:EPA-EFE

An Indian labourer worker walks on a temporary pond on the bank of River Ganga using plastic sheeting, into which idols of the Hindu Goddess Durga will be immersed after 'Durga Puja' as part of the 'Navaratri' festival, in Allahabad, India on Oct 16, 2018. PHOTO:AFP

A picture of the 'Villa del Giardino' unhearthed in the same area where a charcoal inscription was uncovered during new excavations at Pompeii backs the theory that the Mount Vesuvius eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city took place in October of 79 AD, not August. PHOTO:EPA-EFE

A man begs for money in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral in Red Square in Moscow, Russia on 16 Oct, 2018. PHOTO:EPA-EFE

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