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Las Pinas, Philippines
Residents cross a swelling dam, due to rising waters brought about by Typhoon Koppu, in Las Pinas city, metro Manila, Oct. 19. Typhoon Koppu swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters spread far from riverbeds. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated in time.
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Chiapas state, Mexico
The remains of a mid-16th century church known as the Temple of Santiago is visible from the surface of the Grijalva River, which feeds the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir, due to the lack of rain near the town of Nueva Quechula, in Chiapas state, Oct. 16. The temple, built by Dominican friars in the region inhabited by the Zoque people, was submerged in 1966 when the Nezahualcoyotl dam was built.
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Quito, Ecuador
The Cotopaxi volcano spews ash and vapor, seen from Quito on Oct. 19.
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Seoul, South Korea
Members of the South Korean honor guard throw their guns in the air during the honor guard ceremony for the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2015 on Oct. 20.
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Sydney
Lighting strikes over the city as seen from Nielsen Point on Oct. 20.
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St. Petersburg, Russia
Security guards stand near a burning warehouse on Oct. 17.
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Sikaminias, Greece
A mother and son rejoice after arriving on a raft moments before from Turkey to the island of Lesbos on Oct. 17.
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Zakany, Hungary
Hungarian soldiers walk along the border fence between Hungary and Croatia, on Oct. 16. Hungary declared its southern border with Croatia closed to migrants, diverting them into tiny Slovenia in a measure of Europe's disjointed response to the flow of people reaching its shores in flight from war and poverty
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Mafraq, Jordan
A Syrian refugee offers evening prayers inside a tent at an informal settlement near the Syrian border on Oct. 20.
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Jiaozuo, China
Participants perform Tai Chi at a square on Oct. 18. |