Today in Pictures, Nov 18, 2016

Eagle intercepts a drone in France, rocket launch in in Kourou, French Guiana, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

Updated
Nov 18, 2016, 12:20 PM
Published
Nov 18, 2016, 10:50 AM
A handout photo released on November 17, 2016 by the French Air Force shows an eagle trained in intercepting drones grasping a drone in its claws during an exercise on October 25, 2016 at an unnamed airbase in France. PHOTO: AFP/FRENCH AIR FORCE
A handout photo released on November 17, 2016 shows the Ariane 5 rocket with a payload of four Galileo satellites lifting off from ESA's European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. PHOTO: AFP/ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE/S. MARTIN
People take photos as an Ariane 5 space rocket with a payload of four Galileo satellites lifts off from ESA's European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on November 17, 2016. PHOTO: AFP
Firefighters on the scene after an explosion of a house in Bagno a Ripoli, near Florence, Italy, November 17, 2016. Two girls and their father are alive, but the search for the mother is still ongiong. PHOTO: EPA
A petrol bomb explodes among riot policemen during clashes following a rally marking the 43nd anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against the military dictatorship that was ruling Greece, in Athens, Greece, November 17, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
People run in panic after a coalition airstrike hit Islamic State fighters positions in Tahrir neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq, November 17, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
A man pours 2016 Beaujolais Nouveau wine on the hand of a woman in a colored hot water 'wine bath' at Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot spring resort in Hakone, Kanagawa prefecture, west of Tokyo, Japan, November 17, 2016, on the day of the official release of Beaujolais Nouveau. PHOTO: EPA
Avril Garcia of Mexico City rides the Staten Island Ferry in New York, U.S., November 17, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS
Two Carolina Panthers fans prowl the sidelines during pregame warm ups between the Carolina Panthers and the New Orleans Saints at Bank of America Stadium on November 17, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP
British musician Robbie Williams performs on stage at the 68th Bambi Award media awards ceremony in Berlin, Germany, November 17, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

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