Today in Pictures, Oct 19, 2018

Aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Florida,U.S., the world's biggest statue in India, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Oct 19, 2018, 09:48 AM

A piece of art hangs on a tree in a wooded area strewn with debris on Oct 18, 2018 in Mexico Beach, Florida. Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Oct 10, as a category 4 storm causing massive damage and claiming nearly 30 lives. PHOTO:AFP

Indian workers pose at the base of the world's tallest statue dedicated to Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, overlooking the Sardar Sarovar Dam near Vadodara in India's western Gujarat state on Oct 18, 2018. The 182-metre-high (600-foot-high) tribute to independence icon Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel will be the first to dwarf the Spring Temple Buddha in China, currently the world's biggest statue at 128 metres (420 feet) in height. PHOTO:AFP

Reale Avintia Racing's Xavier Simeon (front) and other MotoGP riders ride mini electric bikes at a fan event during the Japanese Grand Prix on 18 Oct, 2018. PHOTO:REUTERS

A visitor talks with the android robot 'totto', which was modeled form Japanese TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, during its demonstration at World Robot Summit in Tokyo, Japan on Oct 17, 2018. PHOTO:REUTERS

The sculpture 'Bank (2017)' by Chinese artist Mu Boyan is exhibited along the Bondi to Tamarama Coastal walk as part of the Sculpture by the Sea 2018 exhibition in Sydney, Australia. PHOTO:EPA-EFE

A visitor walks next to the artwork '15 Siluetas de Zinc de la obra Siguiendo la Estrella' (15 Zinc silhouettes of the work Following the Star) by French artist Henri Riviere during the exhibition 'Toulouse-Lautrec y el espiritu de Montmartre' at CaixaForum in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The exhibition features 350 artworks about the culture from Montmartre neighborhood in France. PHOTO:EPA-EFE

A large flock of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) fly near Sarospatak, 235 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary on 18 Oct, 2018. PHOTO:EPA-EFE

Iranian dancer Rana Gorgani performs during persian traditional Sufi Dance at the Carthage acropolium in Tunis, Tunisia on 18 Oct, 2018. PHOTO:EPA-EFE

Artists from the Circo de los Horrores (Circus of Horrors) perform during a rehearsal of the new show 'Apocalypses' in Valencia, Spain on 18 Oct, 2018. The show will be in Valencia till 4 Nov, 2018, before moving to Madrid and other cities. PHOTO:EPA-EFE

A man walks along s street on Oct 18, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Recent data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Philadelphia's poverty rate remains at roughly 26 percent, making it the poorest of the nation's 10 major cities. PHOTO:AFP

Mateo, a two-year-old boy from Honduras, is led through dense brush by his mother Juana Maria after a group of two dozen families members illegally crossed the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico, in Fronton, Texas on Oct 18, 2018. PHOTO:REUTERS

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