A partially destroyed block of flats are seen after an explosion in Bucharest, Romania, on Oct. 17, 2025. Three people have died and 13 were hospitalized in Romania's capital Bucharest following a strong explosion, according to rescue services. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images
Students from various universities and organizations take part in an anti-corruption protest in Manila, Philippines, on Oct. 17, 2025. Jamillah STA. Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
Police officers escort Ukrainian defendant Volodymyr Zhuravlyov (C) from the courtroom at Warsaw's Regional Court after a hearing on his extradition to Germany as he is suspected of unconstitutional sabotage, destruction of property, and destruction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline infrastructure, in Warsaw, Poland, on Oct. 17, 2025. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
Mourners read the Quran while sitting around the grave of a paramilitary personnel of the Frontier Corps who was killed during the Afghanistan-Pakistan border clashes, in Kohat, Pakistan, on Oct. 17, 2025. A cease-fire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan is holding, officials on both sides said, after dozens of troops and civilians were killed in cross-border clashes. Syed Basit/AFP via Getty Images
Curator Katherine Gazzard poses for photographers in front of JMW Turner's painting titled “The Battle of Trafalgar,” at the National Maritime Museum in London, on Oct. 17, 2025. The National Maritime Museum will celebrate the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner's birth and the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar by placing Turner's only royal commission on permanent display in the Queen's House. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Customers wait for their order at a street stall next to a wall with a graffiti in support of Bolivia's presidential candidate Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, running with the Alianza Libre (Free Alliance) coalition, in El Alto, Bolivia, on Oct. 17, 2025. Bolivia will hold the runoff presidential election on Oct. 19. Aizar Raldes/AFP via Getty Images
A Japanese couple takes wedding photographs at the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, one of Kyoto’s most popular tourist destinations as tourists walk among in Kyoto, Japan, on Oct. 17, 2025. Graffiti damage has been escalating along the famed Bamboo Forest Walking Path in Kyoto's Arashiyama district, as record numbers of foreign tourists visit Japan this year. Local officials say about 350 carvings have been etched into bamboo stalks using knives or keys, leaving some trees so scarred they may need to be cut down for safety reasons. Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images
A boy wrapped in an Israeli national flag sits on the shoulders of a man as the crowd gathers for the arrival of former Israeli-Hungarian hostage Omri Miran at his family's temporary home in Kramim kibbutz, Israel, on Oct. 17, 2025. Maya Levin/AFP via Getty Images
Women prepare peppers to make the traditional popular dipping sauce Ajvar at the agricultural cooperative “Krusha” in the village of Krusha e Madhe, Kosovo, on Oct. 17, 2025. Traditionally, Ajvar is prepared in autumn, when the peppers are most abundant, conserved in glass jars and consumed during the year. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico pose with other delegation members for a group photo in Kosice, Slovakia, on Oct. 17, 2025. Peter Lazar/AFP via Getty Images
Agents of the French Penitentiary administration escort Cedric Jubillar (C), after he was found guilty of the murder of his wife Delphine, at the Tarn Assize Court in Albi, France, on Oct. 17, 2025. Jubillar was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of his wife, whose body has not been found since her disappearance near Albi at the end of 2020. Lionel Bonventure/AFP via Getty Images
Army colonel Michael Randrianirina (C) signs the documents of his oath as Head of State during his swearing in ceremony in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Oct. 17, 2025. Randrianirina was sworn in as Madagascar's president just days after a military power grab that sent ex-president Andry Rajoelina fleeing and raised international alarm about a new coup on the island. Randrianirina led the army unit that mutinied and joined anti-government protesters before announcing the military had taken over after Rajoelina was impeached for desertion of duty. Mamyrael/AFP via Getty Images
South Korean soldiers watch from the tarmac as the Black Eagles, the aerobatic team of T-50 jets belonging to South Korea's Air Force, fly in formation during the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition at a military airport in Seongnam, South Korea, on Oct. 17, 2025. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images
Passengers bound for their hometowns board a train ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a railway station in Chennai on Oct. 17, 2025. R.Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images
Crew on the Donau supply ship watch as their ship approaches the much larger Frankfurt am Main task force supply ship at Harstad port during a military exercise by the German Navy in the North Sea in Harstad, Norway, on Oct. 17, 2025. Nine ships and one submarine of the German Navy are participating in the live-fire exercise, during which they will launch anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles as well as anti-submarine torpedoes. The exercise is taking place from Oct. 6-30 and is the biggest live-fire missile exercise of the German Navy in 30 years. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Muhammad Yunus (front C), chief adviser of Bangladesh's Interim Government and head of the National Consensus Commission, signs the July National Charter as representatives of various political parties look on at the South Plaza of the National Parliament in Dhaka on Oct. 17, 2025. Bangladesh's most powerful political parties signed a charter aimed at ensuring democratic reform after next year's elections, following a mass uprising that toppled the previous government. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images
An Army soldier walks past the backdrop of Mt. Ruapehu during a training exercise at Waiouru Military Training Area in Waiouru, New Zealand, on Oct. 17, 2025. The facility hosts training exercises for New Zealand Defense Force personnel from around the country and includes live fire training areas, weapons ranges, and an urban training facility. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
Police clash with demonstrators in the street outside of a “Free Speech Zone” near the immigrant processing and detention center in Broadview, Ill., on Oct. 17, 2025. Demonstrations have been taking place outside of the facility for several weeks as the Trump administration's Operation Midway Blitz has been underway, arresting and detaining immigrants in the Chicago area. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Flamingos take flight over the Tagus River with the Vasco da Gama Bridge in the background, as seen from Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon, Portugal, on Oct. 17, 2025. Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images
German astronaut Alexander Gerst (L-R), Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, and German astronaut Matthias Maurer receive certificates after completing an European Space Agency partial training for the ARTEMIS III moon mission in 2027 at the International Helicopter Training Centre in Bueckeburg, Germany, on Oct. 17, 2025. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
