October 18, 2019

A man holds balloons as he crosses the Buriganga River on a boat in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Demonstrators walk under an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) as they march on Diagonal Avenue during Catalonia's general strike in Barcelona, Spain.

Women buy artificial jewelry and decorative items at a market ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ahmedabad, India.

Lebanese demonstrators burn tires during a protest against dire economic conditions in the northern port city of Tripoli.

People use a cable car with La Paz and the Illimani mountain in the background in El Alto, Bolivia, Oct. 17, 2019.

Visitors watch a tournament of robot footballers at the 7th edition of the Maker Faire 2019, the greatest European event on innovation, in Rome.

An Israeli soldier escorts a detained Spanish activist during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces in the village of Kfar Qaddum, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

People light oil lamps during the three-day annual festival of saint Al-Sheikh Ali Bin Usman Al-Hajveri known as Data Ganjbaksh, at his shrine, in Lahore, Pakistan.

A man wearing a mask attends an anti-government protest in Hong Kong, China.