Top images from around the world

News in pictures: A selection of the best images from around the world.

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A view of a mangled dumpster at the site of an explosion that occurred on Saturday night in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, USA, September 18, 2016. Reuters
Performers take part in the closing ceremony. Reuters
A woman exercises with wooden dumbbells during a health promotion event to mark Japan's "Respect for the Aged Day" at a temple in Tokyo's Sugamo district, an area popular among the Japanese elderly, Japan, September 19, 2016. Reuters
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Marine police officers dive to search for survivors near a capsized boat on the Chao Phraya river, in the ancient tourist city of Ayutthaya, Thailand September 19, 2016. Reuters
FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, better known by his nom de guerre Timochenko(C), gesture during an cultural event at a camp where they prepare to ratify a peace deal with the government, near El Diamante in Yari Plains, Colombia, September 18, 2016. Reuters
Takashi Tayama, 35, takes part in an "Ikumen" course, or child-rearing course for men, organized by Osaka-based company Ikumen University, in Tokyo, Japan September 18, 2016. Picture taken September 18, 2016. Reuters
An Israeli police dog sniffs a Palestinian man as a border policeman performs a body search on him near the area following a stabbing attack on two Israeli police officers on September 19, 2016. Reuters
In this photograph taken on September 16, 2016, a Buddhist monk walks through the Naro palace during the Naropa festival, popularly known as the 'Kumbh Mela of the Himalaya', a Buddhist gathering that takes place once every twelve years at Hemis village in Leh. AFP
Mexican architect Javier Senosiain poses for a photo in an indoor garden of his project, the “Nest of Quetzalcoatl,” on the outskirts of Mexico City. At Senosiain's Nest, enormous snakes are conformed into passageways, bridges, fountains and walls. AP
French President Francois Hollande arrives to preside a France's national tribute to victims of terrorism at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris on September 19, 2016. AFP
A Syrian man stands in the rubble of destroyed buildings following an air strike in Aleppo's rebel-controlled neighbourhood of Karm al-Jabal on September 18, 2016. AFP
Participants of the 60th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett World Long Distance Gas Balloon Championship prepare their balloons for the competition in Gladbeck, western Germany, on September 18, 2016. AFP
Sahara Force India F1 Team's German driver Nico Hulkenberg crashes during the Singapore Grand Prix night race on September 18, 2016. AFP
British athlete Alistair Brownlee (L) helps his brother Jonathan Brownlee (R) before crossing the line in second and third place during the ITU World Triathlon Championships 2016 in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico on September 18, 2016. AFP

Published: Mon 19 Sep 2016, 2:27 PM

Last updated: Mon 19 Sep 2016, 5:21 PM

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