Pictures of the day: October 27, 2017

13 photos from events around the world

Tom Morgan, from Bristol-based company The Adventurists, flies in a chair with large party balloons tied to it near Johannesburg, South Africa. PHOTO: REUTERS

Hindu devotees worship the Sun god in the waters of the Ganges River during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Kolkata, India. PHOTO: REUTERS


Two-and-a-half year old Hala al-Nufi, who suffers from a metabolic disorder which is worsening due to the siege and food shortages in the eastern Ghouta, reacts as she sits on a bed in the Saqba area, in the eastern Damascus, Syria. PHOTO: REUTERS


A Rohingya refugee carries her baby through Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS


A tear gas canister explodes in the hand of an opposition supporter as he tries to return it at police during clashes in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO: REUTERS


A woman walks with her dog on the Boa Viagem beach in Recife, northeastern Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS


A worker stands on a scaffold set for repairing the facade of a hotel in Athens, Greece. PHOTO: REUTERS


Mourners shield themselves from the sun as they wait for the Royal Cremation ceremony of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej to begin near the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand PHOTO: REUTERS



The Royal Urn of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is carried during the Royal Cremation ceremony at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. PHOTO: REUTERS


Tiger "Maruschka" (not pictured) and her four cubs meet the cubs' father "Yasha" for the first time in Hagenbecks zoo in Hamburg, Germany. PHOTO: REUTERS


Tom Morgan, from Bristol-based company The Adventurists, flies in a chair with large party balloons tied to it near Johannesburg, South Africa. PHOTO: REUTERS


The Bloodhound supersonic car, driven by Andy Green, Royal Air Force Wing Commander, makes a test run at the airport in Newquay. The Bloodhound SSC aims to break the world land speed record in South Africa in 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS


An opposition supporter reacts under the heavy rain in front of a burning barricade in Mathare district, in Nairobi. PHOTO: AFP


Syrian children play as they sit on the tip of an abandoned missile at the Ash'ari camp for the displaced in the rebel-held eastern Ghouta area outside the capital Damascus. PHOTO: AFP


US President Donald Trump receives high-fives from students as he arrives at Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas. PHOTO: AFP
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