Today in Pictures, Oct 21, 2020

Outdoor dining domes at Capitol Singapore, police thwart an attempted jailbreak by a convicted killer in Albertslund, Denmark, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Oct 21, 2020, 03:18 PM

Customers are seen in a socially distanced dining dome at Capitol Singapore’s Outdoor Plaza on Oct 20, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KUA CHEE SIONG

A police marksman and his dog observes convicted killer Peter Madsen threatening police with detonating a bomb while attempting to break out of jail in Albertslund, Denmark on 20 October 2020 . Madsen is serving a life sentence for the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall on board his submarine, UC3 Nautilus. PHOTO: RITZAU SCANPIX VIA AFP

Flood-affected residents search for their belongings in a flooded housing colony following heavy rains on the outskirts of Hyderabad on October 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A child reaches out of a vehicle to pet a police horse at a drive-thru version of the South Carolina State Fair in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Raindrops are seen on outdoor protective plastic sheeting surrounding a woman on her phone at a cafe dining area as the government announced the country is moving to its highest level of restrictions, Level 5, for six weeks as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues, in Galway, Ireland, October 20, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A photo released on October 21, 2020, show a male western lowland gorilla baby resting after being delivered by Cesarean section from his mother Kiki at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. October 14, 2020. PHOTO: FRANKLIN PARK ZOO VIA REUTERS

US actor Tom Cruise (C) jumps between two taxiboats during the shooting of the film "Mission Impossible: Lybra" in Venice on October 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Undated handout picture released by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, showing a giant cat figure etched into a slope at the Unesco world heritage site in the desert near the town of Nasca in southern Peru, after its was discovered by archaeologists and the area was cleaned as the geoglyph was barely visible and about to disappear due to erosion. PHOTO: PERUVIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE VIA AFP

Pedestrians walk past an art installation entitled "Out of Order" by artist David Mach, in Kingston, south of London on October 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A man watches a curious swan swim past as he wades into Lake Geneva for a sunrise swim on October 20, 2020 in Geneva. PHOTO: AFP

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