Today in Pictures, Oct 31, 2023
An installation of 230 beds in Jerusalem, a Halloween celebration at the White House in Washington and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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People looking at mattresses and beds as part of the Empty Beds installation at a public square in Jerusalem on Oct 30, 2023. It is initiated by survivors of Kibbutz Nir Oz and the families of hostages held in Gaza, following a deadly infiltration into southern Israel by Hamas gunmen.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Palestinian children playing on a damaged street at the Jenin refugee camp, following an Israeli raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Oct 30, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Hezbollah member Mounir Youssef Achour's son Nazih lying on top of his father's coffin as he mourns him during his funeral in Chaqra, Lebanon, on Oct 30, 2023. His father was killed in southern Lebanon amid tension between Israel and Hezbollah.
PHOTO: REUTERS
An injured Palestinian being assisted at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct 30, 2023.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Participants dressed as Catrinas dancing during a procession, as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Monterrey, Mexico, on Oct 29, 2023.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A woman looking at a screen displaying images of former Argentinian president Raul Alfonsin, who served from 1983 to 1989, during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the return of democracy and his election on Oct 30, 2023, in Buenos Aires.
PHOTO: AFP
Drivers queueing to fill their tanks at a gas station in Buenos Aires on Oct 30, 2023. Long lines of cars to load fuel and gas stations with “sold out” signs have been part of the landscape for several days in Argentina.
PHOTO: AFP
Afghan refugees arriving in trucks from Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on Oct 30, 2023. Islamabad has issued an order to 1.7 million Afghans, who it says are living in the country illegally, to leave by Nov 1 or be deported.
PHOTO: AFP
People playing at a playground in China's south-western Chongqing municipality on Oct 29, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
Sikh devotees lighting candles at the illuminated Golden Temple on the birth anniversary of Guru Ram Das in Amritsar, India, on Oct 30, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
United States President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden handing out candy to children during a Halloween celebration on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct 30, 2023.
PHOTO: AFP
