Today in Pictures, October 24, 2017

PM Lee Hsien Loong meets President Trump in the US, preparations under way for the royal cremation of King Bhumibol in Thailand, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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October 24, 2017 at 10:44 AM

PM Lee and US President Trump deliver their joint statement at the Rose Garden on Oct 23, 2017. PHOTO: ST/SEAH KWANG PENG

Thai artists perform the Khon dance, the traditional Thai masked performance drama based on the Hindu epic Ramayana or Ramakien in Thai, for their final farewell to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's cremation ceremony, in the area of Royal Crematorium in Bangkok, Thailand, October 23, 2017. The royal cremation of King Bhumibol is scheduled on 26 October 2017, and the funeral will consist of five days of rites. King Bhumibol died at the age of 88 in Siriraj hospital on October 13, 2016 after 70 years on the throne. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The Empire State Buiding is surrounded in the morning fog as the sun comes in New York October 23, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Dr. Michael Belfort and his team make use of an experimental surgical technique in which the uterus is lifted from a woman’s body to operate upon a fetus with spina bifida, at the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Sept. 26, 2017. Fetal surgeries to repair spina bifida can lessen the degree of disability; this new technique has split opinions in the medical community. PHOTO: NYT

A severely malnourished child rests on his bed inside a feeding and rehabilitation centre on October 23, 2017 in Tshikapa. Conflict in the Kasai Provinces between the local militia, Kamwina Nsapu and Government troops have displaced 1.4 million people since August, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Taxi drivers stage a protest against the private hire company Uber in Bogota, on Ocotober 23, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Police use water canon trying to disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators as they block the entrance to the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem, Israel, October 23, 2017. The Ultra-Orthodox community in Israel is holding ongoing protest against army recruitment. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Paramilitary police march past the Great Hall of the People before the start of the closing session of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, October 24, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

The top of five of U.S. President Donald Trump's eight border wall prototypes are shown near completion along U.S.- Mexico border near San Diego, California, U.S., October 23, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ashrita Furman, the record holder for the most Guinness world records, smashes a pumpkin during an attempt to break the record for the most pumpkins smashed in one minute, in Queens borough of New York, U.S., October 23, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

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