Pictures of the day: October 2, 2017

13 photos from events around the world

Artists dressed as Hindu gods Rama and Laxman act as fireworks explode during Vijaya Dashmi, or Dussehra festival celebrations in Chandigarh, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man uses his mobile phone to take photographs of a burning effigy of demon King Ravana during Vijaya Dashmi, or Dussehra festival celebrations, in Ahmedabad, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Shia Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) run and cover themselves from a bomb attack in outside of Hawija, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

An aerial view shows the territory of a military base following recent massive explosions at ammunition depots in the Vynnytsya region, Ukraine. PHOTO: REUTERS

People splash water on a buffalo to prepare it for sacrifice during "Dashain", Hinduism's biggest religious festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. PHOTO: REUTERS

An aerial view shows a combine harvesting wheat in a field of the Iskra farm outside the Siberian village of Kulun, the Uzhursky district of Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

People take photos of giant pandas born in 2017, during a public appearance, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

Men use bamboo ladders to open doors to burial chambers near Rantepao, North Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Workers are reflected on a mirror as they work inside a collapsed house, after an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico. PHOTO: REUTERS

Bangladeshi men help Rohingya Muslim refugees to disembark from a boat on the Bangladeshi shoreline of the Naf river after crossing the border from Myanmar in Teknaf. PHOTO: AFP

People practise yoga at the aquarium of Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirate. PHOTO: AFP

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray along the Mediterranean Sea in the Israeli city of Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. PHOTO: AFP

The British Royal Air Force's (RAF) aerobatic team, the "Red Arrows", performs aerial manoeuvres during an airshow in Kuwait City. PHOTO: AFP

A student memorises the Quran at a madrassa in Murree, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS