Today in Pictures, Oct 14, 2024

Hindu devotees taking part in celebrations at Sri Mariamman Temple in Singapore, a comet is seen over the US, and more images from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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The head priest of Sri Mariamman Temple, Venugopal Thirunavukarasu, 42, and the horse vehicle of Goddess Sri Mariamman, are carried by 20 volunteers as they go on a procession to bless devotees attending the Vijayadashami celebrations at Sri Mariamman Temple on Oct 12, 2024. — Volunteers at Sri Mariamman Temple carrying its head priest and the horse vehicle of the goddess Sri Mariamman during a procession to bless devotees on Oct 12, 2024.
ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG

TOPSHOT - Devotees pray next to votive candles while paying tribute to Our Lady of Aparecida, national patroness of Brazil, at the Basilica of the National Shrine in Aparecida, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on October 12, 2024. (Photo by Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP) — Devotees praying and paying tribute to Our Lady of Aparecida, national patroness of Brazil at the Basilica of the National Shrine in Aparecida, Sao Paulo state, on the feast day.
PHOTO: AFP

Leader of the Opposition and Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh (right) arriving at Singapore's State Courts for a trial over his alleged lies to Parliament, on Oct 14, 2024. — Workers’ Party chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh (right) arriving at the State Courts on Oct 14, 2024. He is fighting two charges of lying to a parliamentary committee.
ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

ST20241014_202469400931/pixflood14/Brian Teo/Visitors to the Merlion Park braving the rain at 11am on Oct 14 , 2024. The National Environment Agency said rain was expected over the southern, eastern and central areas from 8.40am to 10.15am. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO — Visitors to the Merlion Park walking through the rain on Oct 14, 2024, as national water agency PUB issued flood risk alerts across Singapore due to heavy rain in the morning.
ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

A demonstrator clashing with riot police during the march for Mapuche and all indigenous peoples' resistance in Santiago, Chile, on Oct 13, 2024. — A demonstrator clashing with riot police during a march for Mapuche and indigenous people in Santiago, Chile, on Oct 13, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is visible shortly after sunset in the western sky over the Fisherman’s Walk Pier as two men fish, in Tybee Island, Georgia, U.S. October 13, 2024. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) seen shortly after sunset in the western sky over the Fisherman’s Walk Pier as two men fish, in Georgia, the US, on Oct 13, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

An attendee carries a rifle at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival, which the organizers call "the largest open carry rally in America," in Greeley, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — An attendee carrying a rifle at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival, which organisers call “the largest open carry rally in America”, in Pennsylvania, the US, on Oct 13, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

People attempt to extinguish a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, October 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — People trying to extinguish a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip on Oct 14, 2024, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
PHOTO: REUTERS

The opening to a Hezbollah tunnel shaft which Israel's military says is 200 metres away from a UN post and within 1km from Lebanon's border with Israel, in southern Lebanon, October 13, 2024. REUTERS/Artorn Pookasook TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. EDITOR'S NOTE: REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHS WERE REVIEWED BY THE IDF AS PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE EMBED. NO PHOTOS WERE REMOVED. — The opening to a Hezbollah tunnel shaft which the Israeli military says is 200m from a UN post and in Lebanon – within 1km of its border with Israel, seen on Oct 13, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS

TOPSHOT - A woman visits a bookstore in Chengdu, in southwestern China's Sichuan province on October 13, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT — A woman visiting a bookstore in Sichuan, China, on Oct 13, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - A participant (L) in a costume drinks in a cafe during the 'bakeneko' or supernatural cat festival as a pre-Halloween event in the Kagurazaka district of Tokyo on October 13, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) — A participant in a costume drinking in a cafe during the “bakeneko” or supernatural cat festival on Oct 13, 2024. It is a pre-Halloween event in the Kagurazaka district of Tokyo, Japan.
PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - Twins look on as they attend the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12, 2024. Nigeria’s self-proclaimed ‘twins capital of the world’ Igbo-Ora holds its annual festival to celebrate the town’s unusually high incidence of multiple births. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) — Twins attending the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024 in Igbo-Ora on Oct 12, 2024. Nigeria’s self-proclaimed “twins capital of the world” has an unusually high incidence of multiple births.
PHOTO: AFP

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