Pictures of the day: October 13, 2017

13 photos from events around the world

A Swiss Air Force F/A 18 Hornet fighter jet releases flares during a flight demonstration of the Swiss Air Force over the Axalp in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. PHOTO: REUTERS

Shia clerics study at al-Gharawiya school run by al-Hawza al-Ilmiyya in Najaf, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS

People watch as Hoa Binh hydroelectric power plant opens the flood gates after a heavy rainfall caused by a tropical depression in Hoa Binh province, outside Hanoi, Vietnam. PHOTO: REUTERS

Men collect recyclables at the landfill in Islamabad, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Boys watch atop the roof of their house on the Turkish-Syrian border line in Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey. PHOTO: REUTERS

In this aerial view, a burned neighbourhood is seen in Santa Rosa, California. PHOTO: AFP

An image of a map of China and the words "welcoming the 19th Party Congress" created by different kinds of rice in a paddy in Shanghai. PHOTO: AFP

A Palestinian shepherd herds his sheep on a hill near the Palestinian village of Duma in the West Bank. PHOTO: AFP

A worker cleans the windows of a building in Nantes. PHOTO: AFP

Syrian Fashion Designer Manal Ajaj (C) poses on the catwalk with male models wearing Syrian Army uniforms at the end of her fashion show "Jasmin Godess" in Beirut. PHOTO: AFP

The cremation site for Thailand's late king Bhumibol Adulayadej's is reflected on a lotus pool. PHOTO: AFP

A boat is seen at sunset on Lake Geneva from Chexbres, western Switzerland. PHOTO: AFP

A just married couple from Asia pose for their photographer on the Charles Bridge on the early morning in Prague. PHOTO: AFP

A Pakistani painter gives the finishing touches to the bodywork of a truck at a workshop in Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP