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Judge Amy Coney Barrett during the first day of her Senate confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, Oct. 12, 2020.
President Donald Trump takes part in a live one-hour NBC News town hall forum with a group of Florida voters in Miami, Oct. 15, 2020.
President Trump addresses a rally on the White House's South Lawn, Oct. 10, 2020.
Lee Keltner sprays Mace moments before he is fatally shot by security guard Matthew Dolloff at a "Patriot Rally" event in Denver, Oct. 10, 2020.
Deirdre Barrett wears a protective face mask as she waits in line to cast her ballot for the upcoming presidential election as early voting begins in Houston, Oct. 13, 2020.
Early voters wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling location in Durham, North Carolina, Oct. 15, 2020.
A home is seen destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Delta in Creole, Louisiana, Oct. 10, 2020.
A portrait of King Maha Vajiralongkorn towers over pro-democracy demonstrators who give a three-finger salute while marching during a Thai anti-government mass protest in Bangkok, Oct. 14, 2020.
Pro-democracy protesters march toward the Government House during an anti-government rally in Bangkok, Oct.14, 2020.
Pro-democracy protesters hold up their cellphones as they gather for an anti-government rally in Bangkok, Oct. 16, 2020.
Security guards from a Muslim organization stand by barbed wire separating them from police guarding the area around the presidential palace during a demonstration against Indonesia's recently passed omnibus law on Oct. 13, 2020, in Jakarta.
An overhead view shows a field hospital known as an "alternate care facility" set up at the state fairground near Milwaukee as cases of COVID-19 spike in Wisconsin, Oct. 12, 2020.
Medical staffers transport a patient at the intensive care unit of a hospital in Paris, Oct. 14, 2020.
Detained Filipino activist Reina Mae Nasino holds a flower during the burial of her 3-month-old baby River, who died while she was in jail, at the Manila North Cemetery, Philippines, Oct. 16, 2020.
Mexican wrestler Mister Jerry floats with a boatful of marigold flowers in the famous floating gardens of Xochimilco, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Oct. 14, 2020.
Balloons and flowers decorate a memorial site for George Floyd as people prepare to celebrate his birthday in Minneapolis, Oct. 14, 2020.
Residents of Kibera form a human chain as they pass water to extinguish a fire that gutted homes in Nairobi, Oct. 14, 2020. About 50 families were left homeless by the inferno.
A wounded soldier is getting treatment at a medical center outside the city of Stepanakert, Artsakh, Oct. 14, 2020, during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region.
Aybeniz Khasanova, the mother of a 29-year-old soldier who was killed during clashes with Armenia, cries next to his grave during the military conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, in the city of Agdam, Azerbaijan, Oct. 15, 2020.
Men fish from a sandbank on the Paraguay River, taking advantage of the drop of the water level, in San Antonio, Paraguay, Oct. 15, 2020.
An aerial view shows a dried-up pond on farmland outside Senekal, South Africa, Oct. 15, 2020.
Passengers onboard a flight over Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia take pictures through the windows, Oct. 10, 2020. With border closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic putting a halt on travel, the Qantas Great Southern Land scenic flight will take 150 passengers on an aerial tour over iconic Australian destinations.
A trainer plays ball with a white lion at the Al Buqaish private zoo in the Emirate of Sharjah, Oct. 15, 2020.
A supporter for Guinean President Alpha Condé reacts during a campaign rally in Conakry, Oct. 15, 2020.
A dog sniffs out COVID-19 during a training at a veterinary school in Paris, Oct. 15. Researchers around the world are training canines to detect COVID-19.
Schoolchildren joke around and play at the Olympic Primary School in Kibera, Kenya, Oct. 12, 2020.
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