Day in Photos: Medieval Tower Collapse, Shein Protest, and Earthquake in Afghanistan
Dust rises due to a second collapse of part of the medieval tower "Torre dei Conti" near the Roman Forum in the historic center of Rome on Nov. 3, 2025. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images
Dust rises due to a second collapse of part of the medieval tower "Torre dei Conti" near the Roman Forum in the historic center of Rome on Nov. 3, 2025. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Medieval Tower Collapse, Shein Protest, and Earthquake in Afghanistan

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French Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanin (C) visits the historical site of the former Clairvaux penitentiary in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, France, on Nov. 3, 2025. Arnaud Finistre/AFP via Getty Images
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Demonstrators hold up banners and photographs of victims during a protest demanding justice for the victims of last year's devastating floods in Valencia, Spain, on Nov. 3, 2025. The leader of Spain's flood-hit Valencia region, Carlos Mazon, who has faced fierce scrutiny over his handling of the October 2024 catastrophe that killed more than 230 people, announced his resignation on Nov. 3. Jose Jordan/AFP via Getty Images
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (front) takes part in a handover ceremony of one of two Airbus A-400M military transport aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force at Halim air base in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 3, 2025. Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images
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Afghan earthquake survivors search through the remains of a damaged house at a village in Tashqurghan, Afghanistan, on Nov. 3, 2025. A 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck overnight killed at least 20 people in northern Afghanistan, just months after another deadly tremor that left the country reeling. Atif Aryan/AFP via Getty Images
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People walk during a wedding ceremony at the Meiji Shrine, coinciding with the Autumn Festival on the Culture Day public holiday in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2025. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
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The LNER Azuma train on which a mass stabbing took place is driven away from Huntingdon Station in Huntingdon, England, on Nov. 3, 2025. The stabbing on the London-bound train left nine people in the hospital with life-threatening wounds. Chris Radburn/AFP via Getty Images
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A child rests on a bed as floodwaters reach the bedroom of a house during heavy rain in Hue, Vietnam, on Nov. 3, 2025. Central Vietnam has been hit by heavy rains that triggered flooding since Oct. 26, killing at least 35 people. Thanh Hue/Getty Images
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Cranes fly over trees that are hosts to mistletoe after the trees have shed their autumn leaves outside the village of Neuhardenberg, Germany, on Nov. 3, 2025. Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images
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People protest against the Shein brand for the sale of a doll resembling a young girl for sexual acts, in front of the BHV department store, which is hosting the Shein brand in Paris on Nov. 3, 2025. Magali Cohen/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
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Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears makes pancakes at Shorty’s Diner in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 3, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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A bulldozer removes the wreckage of a vehicle targeted by an Israeli drone strike in the southern Lebanese village of Ad Douwayr on Nov. 3, 2025. Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage walks to the stage to deliver a speech during a press conference about his party's economic policies in London on Nov. 3, 2025. Farage emphasized deregulation and a pro-entrepreneurship approach in laying out Reform's economic agenda, should they wind up in government after the next election. Carl Court/Getty Images
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Guests stand at the booth of the ARAMCO (officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company), during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 3, 2025. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images
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A man and a woman chip wood inside a tent at a makeshift shelter during a cease-fire in the two-year-long Israel-Hamas war, in Gaza City on Nov. 3, 2025. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
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Sugarloaf Mountain and Guanabara Bay ahead of the COP30 Brazil Amazonia 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, on Nov. 3, 2025. The Conference of the Parties (COP) meets annually to discuss and negotiate climate policies. Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images
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Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger poses for photographs with supporters during a rally at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 3, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Female Sudanese Students hold signs during a protest over allegations of rape and other violence by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against the people of El-Fasher, in Khartoum, Sudan, on Nov. 3, 2025. After 18 months of siege, bombardment, and starvation, the paramilitary RSF seized control of the city of El-Fasher, dislodging the army's last stronghold in Sudan's western Darfur region. Ebrahim Hamid/AFP via Getty Images
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Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), participates in a television interview outside the White House on Nov. 3, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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People play with their dogs among the fallen leaves in Ravenscourt Park, west London, on Nov. 3, 2025. Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images