Today in Photos (Oct.7)

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Wed., Oct. 7, 2015

A demonstrator shouts slogans against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff with a bullhorn outside the headquarters of the the Federal Court of Accounts in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. The Court decides today whether to approve the government accounts of the President Rousseff for 2011-214. Political opposition parties are accusing Rousseff of concealing information about her government's accounts.

Eraldo Peres Associated Press
Prisoners' anthropometric record cards dating from the late 19th century on display making up a mosaic on a table top during a press preview for the Crime Museum Uncovered exhibition at the Museum of London in the City of London, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. Drawn from Scotland Yard's private collection, the show charts more than a century of violence and suffering, from the murders of Jack the Ripper to IRA and al-Qaida bombings. But it also celebrates the brains, bravery and scientific advances that helped catch perpetrators and solve crimes.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
The top of the skyscraper known as the Shard, which stands 1016 feet high(309.6 meters), disappears into the low cloud on a rainy day in London, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015.

Alastair Grant Associated Press
In an echo of the suffragettes' direct-action tactics, protesters from anti-domestic violence group Sisters Uncut got past barriers and lay on the red carpet carrying signs saying "Dead Women Can't Vote," and said on Twitter they were continuing the suffragettes' struggle for women's equality, as they protest at the glitzy festival premiere for the film, Suffragette, in London, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. The film portrayal of women's suffrage, Suffragette is the opening gala of the London film festival.

Joel Ryan Associated Press
Anthony Johnson walks over the floodwaters on E. Main St. in downtown Kingstree, S.C., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. Rivers rose and dams bulged Wednesday as South Carolina faced another anxious day of waiting for the floodwaters to recede.

Mic Smith Associated Press
Bob McNamara of Spillville, Iowa, and others, listen to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop at the Electric Park Ballroom, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, in Waterloo, Iowa.

Charlie Neibergall Associated Press
A refugee woman cries while holding a child shortly after arriving on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, early Wednesday, Oct. 7 , 2015.

Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
A large plume of ash and steam rises from the Popocatepetl volcano as seen from the town of San Nicolas de los Ranchos, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center (CENAPRED) estimated the exhalation reached a height of 3000 meters (9850 feet).

Dario Lopez-Mills Associated Press
A masked woman walks through a street blocked with rocks in El Limon, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, the day after clashes between miners and police. Clashes erupted Tuesday when police tried to remove roadblocks set up all over town by miners who have been on strike for two weeks after the firing of several of their union members by the Canadian mine company B2Gold. According to police, one officer died in the violence.

Esteban Felix Associated Press
South Africas Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu, center, arrives for the fifth annual Desmond Tutu Peace Lecture at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. South Africas Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu marked his 84th birthday on Wednesday with one of his first public appearances since being hospitalized for a persistent infection.

Schalk Van Zuydam Associated Press
Turkish Prime Minister and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ahmet Davutoglu, centre, is surrounded by supporters during a rally, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. Turkey goes to elections on Nov. 1, 2015.

Emrah Gurel Associated Press