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View a gallery of photos from around the world on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.
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A lemur plays with pumpkin at the zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, 146 kilometers east of Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. The zoo is decorated with the many pumpkin lanterns and other decorations in preparation for Halloween.
Tanecek David Ctk
Hikers take pictures of the yellow banner with the words reading: "I want genuine universal suffrage" in Chinese and "Umbrella Movement" in English hanging on the face of Lion Rock mountain in Hong Kong Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Democracy activists hung the banner on the mountain in support of the protest movement in which thousands of demonstrators have camped out on the streets of the southern Chinese financial center for nearly a month to press their demands for greater democracy.
Kin Cheung Associated Press
A child living in a shanty area jumps as he watches a firecracker light up during Diwali celebrations in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Diwali, the festival of lights, is one of Hinduism's most important festivals dedicated to the worship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth.
Rafiq Maqbool Associated Press
Greenpeace protestors wearing masks of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto pretend to spill oil outside the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Protestors accused the Mexican president of allowing unprecedented environmental destruction, including deforestation and pollution by oil and other toxic substances. They called for an end to impunity for polluters and the creation of more comprehensive laws to protect Mexico's natural resources.
Rebecca Blackwell Associated Press
A Syrian Kurdish refugee woman from Kobani, holds a baby and branches she collected for starting a fire at a refugee camp in Suruc, near the Turkey-Syria border, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.
Vadim Ghirda Associated Press
A man wearing a camouflage uniform smokes a cigarette as he sits in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Ukraine's parliament is something halfway between a wrestling pit and a shady backroom for hatching deals. Optimists believe Sunday's elections will change all that. Voting in a fresh batch of deputies, they hope, could kick-start a nation hobbled by endemic corruption and reliant on creaking Soviet-built industry.
Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
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