Today in Pictures, Oct 16, 2019

Composer Eric James Watson is recipient of Singapore's highest art awards, NASA unveils their advanced space suit in Washington, U.S., and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Oct 16, 2019, 11:56 AM

Cultural Medallion winner, composer Mr Eric James Watson (second from right), poses with Young Artist Award recipients, from left, film director Mr He Shuming, lighting designer Mr Gabriel Chan, composer Ms Emily Koh, visual artist/ printmaker Ms Weixin Quek Chong, and animation artist Tan Wei Keong at the Istana on Oct 15, 2019. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/DESMOND WEE

Visitors take pictures of Advanced Space Suit Engineer at NASA Kristine Davis as she wears the xEMU prototype space suit for the next astronaut to the moon by 2024, during its presentation at NASA headquarters in Washington, U.S., October 15, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

A photo issued on Oct 16, 2019, shows a robot hand holding a Rubik's Cube in San Francisco on Oct. 11, 2019. Researchers at the OpenAI lab in San Francisco spent months training their robotic hand to solve the cube. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

An undated photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, riding a white horse through the first snow of Paektu Mountain, in Ryanggang, North Korea. PHOTO: KCNA VIA EPA-EFE

Protesters in Hong Kong flying the American flag in Chater Garden near government headquarters on Oct 14, 2019. It was the first approved rally since a face mask ban came into effect on Oct 5. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/CHONG JUN LIANG

Firefighters search among the debris of the seven-floor residential building collapsed earlier today in Fortaleza, Ceara state, northeast of Brazil, on October 15, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

A riot police officer runs towards separatist demonstrators during clashes after a verdict in a trial over a banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, October 15, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

Afghan women wearing burqas from a polio immunisation team walk together during a vaccination campaign in Kandahar on October 15, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Aircrafts leave trails in colours of Russian flag during a visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates October 15, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man walks past the 'Geode', a steel sphere housing a screening room at the Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie ( City of Science and Industry), on October 14, 2019 in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

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