Week in pictures: 5-11 October 2024 - BBC News

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Tesla founder and the owner of X, Elon Musk, jumps on stage as he joins former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, during a campaign rally at the site of his assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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A dog stands on furniture stacked inside a flooded house in Batabano, Cuba. Hurricane Milton passed close to the Cuban coast before heading towards the USA.

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Marie Cook reacts to the damage to her home after a tornado formed by Hurricane Milton struck buildings in Wellington, Florida. The storm brought winds of more than 100mph. As much as 18 inches fell in some parts of Florida's west coast.

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A woman watches as a police officer wades through the flood waters in front of her house in Tresmes, Seine-et-Marne department, Ile-de-France, following heavy rainfall due to the passing of Storm Kirk. What started out as Hurricane Kirk, over the Atlantic, was later downgraded to a tropical storm as it headed to Europe.

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A model prepares backstage for the show of the Russian brand, Barbino Maison, during Moscow Fashion Week at the Manezh exhibition hall, Moscow.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives at the San Damaso courtyard ahead of a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican.

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Britain's Prince Michael of Kent, the Duke of Kent, the Duchess of Kent and Lord Nicholas Windsor watch as three pipers from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards play outside Wren House, Kensington Palace, London, to mark the Duke of Kent's 89th birthday. The Duke is Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

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A woman looks at Triptych May-June 1973, by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon, during a preview for the National Portrait Gallery’s Francis Bacon: Human Presence exhibition in London.

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The sky was tinged with pink, green and blue tones as the aurora borealis were seen from the Castelltallat astronomical observatory in Sant Mateu de Bages, Barcelona.

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A farmer dries corn in Liaocheng, eastern China.

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A participant looks through a curtain during a talent show at the Parow Civic Centre, in Cape Town, South Africa, on World Homeless Day.

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When Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at 10 Downing Street, Larry the Cat took a stroll on the red carpet.