Today in Pictures, Sept 22, 2017

David Beckham attends a cookout contest in Singapore, floods in Puerto Rico, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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September 22, 2017 at 12:25 PM

David Beckham, the former England captain and Manchester United superstar was kept busy taking wefies and signing autographs at Clifford Square on September 21, 2017, where he was a guest at insurer AIA’s Vitality Healthy Cookout contest, in which participants vied to create healthier versions of local dishes such as nasi lemak. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

A man uses a stand up paddle board to row down a street flooded by Hurricane Maria in Juana Matos, Catano, Puerto Rico, on September 21, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un makes a statement regarding U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the U.N. general assembly, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 22, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS/KCNA/HANDOUT

Varis Sinthopruangchai (in white), a 20-year-old exchange student from Thailand, was the first in the preorder queue and to buy an iPhone 8 and 8 plus as presents for his parents back home in Thailand, at Apple Orchard on Sept 22, 2017. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KEVIN LIM

Firefighters stand next to the wreckage of a private jet after it crashed at Ataturk airport in Istanbul, Turkey, September 21, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A disaster management officer walks towards a brush fire as other firefighters (not pictured) attempt to extinguish it near Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia September 21, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. PHOTO: REUTERS/ANTARA FOTO/HANDOUT

Visitors try Konami's Love Plus Every game at Tokyo Game Show 2017 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

A view of the Brussels' Atomium building, a metal structure built in the form of a crystal of iron, at the opening of the exhibition on Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte, Belgium September 21, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

An undated handout photo received on September 21, 2017, shows three meerkat pups born at Canberra's National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra. Born last month, the pups weigh just 150 grams and have spent three weeks in their burrow where they were looked after by their family. PHOTO: AFP PHOTO/NATIONAL ZOO AND AQUARIUM/HANDOUT

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