A buried car and a dancing politician: photos of the day – Wednesday

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  • Avignon, France

    Giséle Pelicot leaves the criminal court where her ex-husband stands trial. Dominique Pelicot is accused of drugging and raping his then-wife Giséle Pelicot. He is also accused of inviting dozens of men to rape her while she was unconscious at their home in Mazan, France, between 2011 and 2020. Fifty other men are facing trial for their alleged involvement. Dominique Pelicot could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if convicted

    An older woman walks towards the camera
  • Beirut, Lebanon

    A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet falls towards a building in the suburb of Ghobeiry. The building was destroyed

    A bomb in the air, just metres above a multistorey apartment building
  • Detroit, US

    An attendee holds a sign during a campaign event with Barack Obama as he continues to support the Democratic presidential nominee and US vice-president, Kamala Harris, during the first week of early voting in Michigan

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  • Greensboro, US

    A supporter holds a sign as Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks during a campaign rally in New Carolina. Trump is vying to become the 47th US president

    A man holds a placard with the number 47 on it in front of a wall of '47' placards
  • North Korea

    The country’s leader Kim Jong-un visits a strategic missile base at an undisclosed location

    Kim Jong-un and a military officer stand between two missiles
  • Madrid, Spain

    The minister for youth and childhood, Sira Rego (left), and the health minister, Monica Garcia, talk before the weekly question time session at the Congress of Deputies in the lower house of parliament

    Two women talking
  • Lokoja, Nigeria

    A health worker gives medicine to a woman in St Luke school, which is used as a shelter for internally displaced persons from the floods

    A woman selects medicines from a table to give to another woman who watches and waits
  • Guinobatan, Philippines

    Residents look at a car buried by volcanic ash, which cascaded into a village triggered by heavy rains brought about by Tropical Storm Trami. Torrential rains driven by the storm have turned streets into rivers, submerged entire villages and buried some vehicles up to their door handles in volcanic sediment knocked loose by the downpour

    A child crouches and peers to look through the window of a car half-buried in volcanic ash as other children look on
  • South Aceh, Indonesia

    Locals on a boat distribute aid in the form of food and used clothes for Rohingya refugees stranded and adrift in the Labuhan Haji sea area. More than 100 Rohingya people are adrift in the coastal region of Labuhan Haji port, South Aceh. Local authorities have not yet given their craft permission to land owing to a wave of rejection from residents

    People in one boat hand bags of food and clothes to people in another
  • San Andrés Larráinzar, Mexico

    Hundreds of people attend the funeral of the priest Marcelo Pérez in the state of Chiapas. The alleged murderer of the priest was arrested on 22 October, according to the governor of Chiapas, Rutilio Escandón

    A man, carrying a portrait painting of another man, walks in front of a coffin surrounded by people and flowers
  • Rome, Italy

    A newly married couple attend Pope Francis’s weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican

    A bride in her wedding dress and a groom in a suit sit under an umbrella
  • Cali, Colombia

    A woman sings during the parade for life, biodiversity and peace at Cop16

    A woman sings into a microphone
  • Las Piedras, Uruguay

    Valeria Ripoll, running mate of the centre-right presidential candidate Álvaro Delgado, dances during their closing campaign rally

    A woman dances in a conference hall
  • Faleolo, Samoa

    A worker prepares for the arrival of King Charles and Queen Camilla at Faleolo international airport

    A woman hoovers a red carpet on a runway
  • Bangkok, Thailand

    A woman takes a selfie with a worker dressed in a Halloween costume at a cafe

    A woman takes a selfie with a man in Thai ceremonial dress and black and white face makeup
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