• An Indonesian Navy ship patrols as a fishing vessel from Vietnam caught fishing illegally in Indonesian sea starts to sink after it was blown up by the Navy, on the water of Pontianak, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia. According to media reports, Indonesia has sunk foreign boats across the country, as part of an ongoing push to stop illegal fishing in its waters. Yohanes Kurnia Irawan / EPA
    An Indonesian Navy ship patrols as a fishing vessel from Vietnam caught fishing illegally in Indonesian sea starts to sink after it was blown up by the Navy, on the water of Pontianak, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia. According to media reports, Indonesia has sunk foreign boats across the country, as part of an ongoing push to stop illegal fishing in its waters. Yohanes Kurnia Irawan / EPA
  • An Indian homeless man covers himself with a plastic sheet to protect from rain as he sits at a roadside in Jammu, India. Many areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall Monday while the plains, including Srinagar, experienced rains, with the Meteorological Department predicting more showers over the next two days, according to reports. Channi Anand / AP
    An Indian homeless man covers himself with a plastic sheet to protect from rain as he sits at a roadside in Jammu, India. Many areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall Monday while the plains, including Srinagar, experienced rains, with the Meteorological Department predicting more showers over the next two days, according to reports. Channi Anand / AP
  • Two baby orangutans play with each other at the wildlife department in Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia. The Malaysian wildlife department in July seized two baby Sumatran orangutans, found in duffel bags, from traffickers who were attempting to sell them to buyers in Malaysia. According to local media, the orangutans will be returned to Medan, Indonesia on Tuesday. The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be $8 billion a year worldwide, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network. Olivia Harris / Reuters
    Two baby orangutans play with each other at the wildlife department in Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia. The Malaysian wildlife department in July seized two baby Sumatran orangutans, found in duffel bags, from traffickers who were attempting to sell them to buyers in Malaysia. According to local media, the orangutans will be returned to Medan, Indonesia on Tuesday. The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be $8 billion a year worldwide, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network. Olivia Harris / Reuters
  • Alex Pons of Spain and the AGR team crashes during Moto2 warm up ahead of the 2015 MotoGP of Australia at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island, Australia. Cameron Spencer / Getty Images
    Alex Pons of Spain and the AGR team crashes during Moto2 warm up ahead of the 2015 MotoGP of Australia at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island, Australia. Cameron Spencer / Getty Images
  • Robbie Henshaw of Ireland jumps for the ball with Pablo Matera of Argentina during the 2015 Rugby World Cup Quarter Final match between Ireland and Argentina at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
    Robbie Henshaw of Ireland jumps for the ball with Pablo Matera of Argentina during the 2015 Rugby World Cup Quarter Final match between Ireland and Argentina at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
  • An undated picture released by Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the state-run North Korean newspaper of the ruling Workers Party of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju posing for a photo with the members of the State Merited Chorus, on the occasion of a concert given to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. It was not reported when or where the photo was taken. Rodong Sinmun / EPA
    An undated picture released by Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the state-run North Korean newspaper of the ruling Workers Party of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju posing for a photo with the members of the State Merited Chorus, on the occasion of a concert given to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. It was not reported when or where the photo was taken. Rodong Sinmun / EPA
  • Residents push a tricycle on a flooded highway in Santa Rosa town, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, a day after typhoon Koppu hit Aurora province. Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops and animals floated down fast-rising rivers, as deadly Typhoon Koppu dumped more intense rain. Ted Aljibe / AFP
    Residents push a tricycle on a flooded highway in Santa Rosa town, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, a day after typhoon Koppu hit Aurora province. Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops and animals floated down fast-rising rivers, as deadly Typhoon Koppu dumped more intense rain. Ted Aljibe / AFP
  • Migrants protect themselves from the rain as they wait to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia. Thousands of migrants clamoured to enter European Union member Croatia from Serbia on Monday after a night spent in the cold and mud of no-man’s land, their passage west slowed by a Slovenian effort to impose limits on the flow to western Europe. Marko Djurica / Reuters
    Migrants protect themselves from the rain as they wait to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia. Thousands of migrants clamoured to enter European Union member Croatia from Serbia on Monday after a night spent in the cold and mud of no-man’s land, their passage west slowed by a Slovenian effort to impose limits on the flow to western Europe. Marko Djurica / Reuters

World in focus — best photos for October 19, 2015


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