Pictures of the day: October 18, 2016

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shurah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State (IS) group militants. PHOTO: AFP

A woman prepares a stove as children play at a swollen creek under a bridge in Manila. Typhoon Sarika lashed the main Philippine island of Luzon flattening homes and toppling trees and power pylons as more than 12,000 people fled to safer ground, officials said. Shanties built beside a river, under a creek are the usual victims of floodings. PHOTO: AFP

In this photograph Buddhist monks light candles at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, as devotees observe the Thadingyut Festival. Myanmar's festival of Lights, known locally as the Thadingyut Festival, is held during the full moon on the lunar month of Thadingyut and marks the end of the Buddhist lent. PHOTO: AFP

An commuter dressed in black looks out of a bus window as she travels past a picture of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok. PHOTO: AFP

Boca Juniors' defender Gino Peruzzi (R) figths for the ball with Sarmiento's midfielder Kevin Mercado during their Argentina First Division football match, at La Bombonera stadium, in Buenos Aires. PHOTO: AFP

Seagulls fly aver the Vltava river near the Charles Bridge on a foggy morning in Prague, Czech republic. PHOTO: AFP

An Afghan girl looks on as a health worker administers polio vaccine drops to others during a vaccination campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad. PHOTO: AFP

A man cycles past graffiti condemning US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, on a street in Surabaya, Indonesia's east Java. PHOTO: AFP

Indian Sikh devotees pay respects as a 'Jalau' ritual takes place inside the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar. PHOTO: AFP

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters deploy on the top of Mount Zardak, about 25 kilometres east of Mosul, as they take part in an operation against Islamic State (IS) group militants. PHOTO: AFP

The reflection on the ceiling shows Indian Sikh devotees gathering to pay respects as a 'Jalau' ritual takes place inside the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar. PHOTO: AFP

Evangelical Christian pilgrims from Brazil attend a mass baptism ceremony, in the waters of the Jordan River at Yardenit in northern Israel. PHOTO: AFP

A long column of smoke rises from the Chemical plant of the BASF site in Ludwigshafen, western Germany. PHOTO: AFP