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Nawami sacrifice day of the Dashain festival in Kathmandu

A Nepalese army soldier prepares to sacrifice a goat during the Nawami, as part of the Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, 18 October 2018. During Dashain, Nepalese Hindu devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga, a mother figure of power and prosperity, offering animal sacrifices, especially goats, buffalos and chicken. The Hindu festival Dashain celebrates the victory of the gods over demons. More than 75,000 male goats, buffalos and sheep was brought to the Kathmandu Valley to be slaughtered during the Dashain festival, according to media reports. EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

October 18, 2018
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A Nepalese army soldier prepares to sacrifice a goat during the Nawami, as part of the Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, 18 October 2018. During Dashain, Nepalese Hindu devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga, a mother figure of power and prosperity, offering animal sacrifices, especially goats, buffalos and chicken. The Hindu festival Dashain celebrates the victory of the gods over demons. More than 75,000 male goats, buffalos and sheep was brought to the Kathmandu Valley to be slaughtered during the Dashain festival, according to media reports. EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

October 18, 2018
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Indian workers at the construction site of the "Statue of Unity" portraying Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, at Kevadia, some 200 kilometers from Ahmadabad, India, 18 October 2018. According to reports, the statue is slated to be the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 metres and is being built as the memorial to Indian freedom fighter Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel also known as 'Iron Man of India'. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the statue on 31 October, birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI

October 18, 2018
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The South Africa surfer Michael February during the heat in the stage of the World Surfing Championship that takes place in Praia dos Super Tubos in Peniche, Portugal, October 17, 2018. EPA-EFE/CARLOS BARROSO

October 18, 2018
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Peruvian politician Keiko Fujimori (C) leaves the National Criminal Chamber after her release was ordered, in Lima, Peru, 17 October 2018. A Peruvian court accepted Fujimori's appeal to her detention and ordered her immediate release, after she was detained on 10 October as part of an investigation into the alleged crime of money laundering in the financing of her campaign for the 2011 presidential elections. EPA-EFE/ERNESTO ARIAS

October 18, 2018
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British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for the European Council summit in Brussels, Belgium, 18 October 2018. The European Council will focus on migration and internal security and also It will be followed by the Euro Summit in an inclusive format. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

October 18, 2018
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A member of the National Palace's music band shelters under a truck as a riot breaks out during the commemoration of the 212 anniversary of the murder of Jean Jacques Dessalins, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 17 October 2018. Several individuals threw stones during a commemoration event of the 212 anniversary of the murder of Jean Jacques Dessalins, founding father of Haiti, chaired by Haitian President Moise, at the Dessalins monument, to which the presidential security responded by shooting. EPA/Jean Marc Herve Abelard EPA-EFE/JEAN MARC HERVE ABELARD

October 18, 2018
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Russian man begs for money in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 16 October 2018. EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY

October 17, 2018
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Frederic Clerc pulls his nets in during the last day of the trout season on Lake Geneva in Allaman, Switzerland, early 14 October 2018 (issued 17 October 2018). The Clerc family, who have been professional fishermen for five generations, work yearlong on Lake Geneva to fish for species such as perch, trout, pike, char, fera or crayfish. EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET

October 17, 2018
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A woman and child interact with the 'New Nature' exhibition by Polish-born San Fransisco based digital artist Mateusz 'Marpi' Marcinowski, at ARTECHOUSE in Washington, DC, USA, 16 October 2018. The newly-opened interactive exhibit, which 'offers new ways of interpreting the ecosystems and organic proccesses all around us', runs through 13 January 2019. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

October 17, 2018
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Patxi Tambourindeguy of France n action during a 'jai alai' match against Spain during Basque pelota World Cup in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 16 October 2018. EPA-EFE/Alejandro Garcia

October 17, 2018
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Iranian women - most of them family of players, federation employees and relatives, arrive as are allowed for the first time to take part at thea friendly soccer match between Iran and Bolivia at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, 16 October 2018. Iranian women are not allowed to take part in the stadiums for soccer matches but this is the first time that the authorities smoothly changed this rule. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

October 17, 2018
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A couple sunbathes and enjoy the nice weather at Malvarrosa beach in Valencia, eastern Spain, 15 October 2018. Authorities activated the yellow alert last 14 October due to the heavy rains and strong winds after Leslie hurricane lashed the country. EPA-EFE/Kai Foersterling

October 16, 2018
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British actress/cast member Olivia Cooke (L) and US director Dan Fogelman arrive at the UK premiere of 'Life Itself' at the BFI London Film Festival 2018, in London, Britain, 15 October 2018. The festival runs from the 10 to 21 October. EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER

October 16, 2018
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Vehicles are piled up after getting caught in floodwaters after heavy rain falls, flash floods and violent storm which hit the Aude department, in Conques-Sur-Orbiel, France, 16 October 2018. According to a recent media report at least thirteen people died. EPA-EFE/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

October 16, 2018
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A Pakistani girl poses for a photograph outside her temporary shelter on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, 16 October 2018. Eradication of Poverty Day is observed on 17 October each year since 1993. It promotes people's awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution worldwide, particularly in developing countries. EPA-EFE/SHAHZAIB AKBER

October 16, 2018
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Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Hernan Perez (R) is tagged out by Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Chris Taylor (L) in the ninth inning of the MLB National League Championship Series baseball game three between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, 15 October 2018. EPA-EFE/MIKE NELSON

October 16, 2018
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Britain's Prince Harry (L), the Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan (C), the Duchess of Sussex meet Ruby, a mother Koala who gave birth to koala joey Meghan, named after Her Royal Highness, with a second joey named Harry after His Royal Highness during a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, 16 October 2018. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on a 3-week tour of Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, and Fiji and are in Sydney to launch the 2018 Invictus Games, an Olympic-style event for disabled and ill service people. EPA-EFE/DEAN LEWINS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

October 16, 2018
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View of a destroyed campers in the Praia do Cabedolo Camping Park after the passage of storm Leslie in Figueira da Foz, central Portugal, 14 October 2018. According to reports, winds gusting reached up to 176kph after the storm hit the country. EPA-EFE/PAULO NOVAIS

October 15, 2018
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A model gets her make up done backstage prior to Dino Alves's runway show during the 51st Lisbon Fashion Week, in Lisbon, Portugal, 14 October 2018. The event ends today. EPA-EFE/JOSE SENA GOULAO

October 15, 2018
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Activists and supporters of Ukrainian nationalist parties burn flares, torches and smoke grenades during their march to mark the 76th anniversary of the creation of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, 14 October 2018. The UPA acted mainly in the west of Ukraine until the beginning of the 1950s and had more than 40,000 soldiers in its strongest period. The UPA fought for Ukrainian independence against the Soviet Red Army and the Nazis during the Second World War. EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

October 15, 2018
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Handcuffed, blindfolded and earmuffs-wearing Moroccan Mounir El Motassadeq (C) is escorted to a helicopter of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei), in Hamburg, Germany, 15 October 2018. The helicopter took off shortly after to an undisclosed destination. The 9/11 terrorists helper, who was jailed in the Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel prison, is reportedly being deported to his birth country Morocco. Motassadeq was arrested in 2001 and later convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for aiding several of the World Trade Center Al-Qaeda terrorists while they were living in Hamburg. Judicial sources reportedly said he is to be deported to Morocco where his wife and two children live. EPA-EFE/JENS SCHLUETER

October 15, 2018
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Participant Sara Berkowitz prepares backstage during the 2018 beauty queen contest during the Holocaust Survivor beauty pageant in Haifa, Israel, 14 October 2018. Some 12 candidates took part in the third annual beauty contest. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN

October 15, 2018
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A mother and her daughters in traditional attire sit behind a voting booth panel as they fill out a ballot during the Bavaria state elections at a polling station in Irschenberg, Germany, 14 October 2018. According to the Bavarian state election commissioner some 9.5 million people are eligible to vote in the regional elections for a new parliament in southern German State of Bavaria. EPA-EFE/PHILIPP GUELLAND

October 14, 2018
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The Victory Lighthouse overlooks hundreds of sailboats as they crowd the Gulf of Trieste at the start of the 50th edition of the traditional Autumn Cup - Barcolana regatta in Trieste, Italy, 14 October 2018. EPA-EFE/CIRO FUSCO

October 14, 2018
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