Pictures of the day: October 15, 2016
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
Moroccan horsemen perform during the 9th edition of the "Salon du Cheval" in the port city of El Jadida. PHOTO: AFP
An Indian skilled worker dries the material to be used in preparing fire crackers ahead of Diwali "The Festival Of Lights", in Ahmedabad. PHOTO: AFP A general view shows the UNESCO world heritage sites of the Dome of the Rock (R) and the al-Aqsa Mosque (L) at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. PHOTO: AFP The Thai Royal Guard stand in formation in honour of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej inside the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP Refugee families swim in the sea by the Souda municipality-run refugee camp on the island of Chios. PHOTO: AFP An elderly woman (L) walks past unwanted statues of deities, gathered and repaired after their owners discarded them, on a rocky slope running down to the sea in Hong Kong. PHOTO: AFP A couple of dragonflies are seen at a water reservoir in Mishmar HaSharon north of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. PHOTO: AFP US President Barack Obama speaks at a Hillary for America campaign event in Cleveland, Ohio. PHOTO: AFP Great white pelicans fly before they land to catch food at a water reservoir in Mishmar HaSharon north of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. PHOTO: AFP Irish driver Craig Breen and British co-driver Scott Martin steer their Citroen DS3 WRC as they compete during the second day of the 52nd Rally de Catalunya in Caseres, near Tarragona. PHOTO: AFP France's Alize Cornet serves against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic during their women's singles quarter-final match at the Hong Kong Open tennis tournament. PHOTO: AFP A model presents a creation during the Russian Art Heritage Collective Show at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Moscow. PHOTO: AFP A technician of California-based robotics company Zipline launches a drone in Muhanga, 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of the capital Kigali. PHOTO: AFP A mourner clutches a picture of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej after the hearse carrying the body of the late monarch passes the Grand Palace in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP
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