Today in Pictures, October 20, 2017

Singapore's first 38-metre tall wind turbine on Semakau Island, the official opening of Downtown Line 3, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Oct 20, 2017, 03:26 PM

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore will be hoisting up Singapore's first 38-metre tall, wind turbine on Semakau Island this Friday (Oct 20), which will be part of the region's first offshore microgrid. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

Official opening of Downtown Line 3 by Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR

This file photo taken last year shows an Indian cyclist riding along a street as smog envelops a monument in New Delhi. Pollution had claimed the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report published on Oct 20, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Doves fly over life-size images of killed and missing members of the Patriotic Union (UP), displayed during a tribute to the victims of Colombia's armed conflict at Bolivar Square in Bogota on Oct 19, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

A 25-day-old spider monkey is cared for by veterinarians at the zoo clinic in Cali, Colombia, October 19, 2017. The offspring fell from the arms of its mother from a considerable height, which caused injuries in the toes of one of its feet. The primate named Olivia is stable and out of danger. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Rohingya refugees, who crossed the border from Myanmar two days before, walk after they received permission from the Bangladeshi army to continue on to the refugee camps, in Palang Khali, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on Oct 19, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

General view of the fog during the Europa League - FC Fastav Zlin vs F.C. Copenhagen at Andruv Stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic on Oct 19, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II inspects The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery during the The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery 70th parade in Hyde Park in London, Britain, Oct 19, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Police survey the area from atop a building before the speech by Richard Spencer, an avowed white nationalist and spokesperson for the so-called alt-right movement, on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, US on Oct 19, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Moto3 riders Spanish Juanfran Guevara of RBA Racing Team, Argentinian Gabriel Rodrigo of RBA BOE Racing and Japanese Ayumu Sasaki of SIC Racing Team pull around Lukey Heights during the Moto3 free practice session of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2017 on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia, on Oct 20, 2017. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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