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Supporters of US President Donald Trump watch a video of their candidate during a campaign rally in Lansing, capital of Michigan.
There are only a few days left until the election on November 3, and the incumbent rushes from rally to rally in the last few meters to avert an impending defeat against Joe Biden.
The Democratic candidate is up to ten percentage points ahead of Trump in the polls.
What the polls are worth will be shown on election day.
You can find out which numbers are important here.
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2/24
Another campaign event, this time in Lititz, Pennsylvania.
Like Michigan, the state is one of the so-called swing states, in which a close election result is to be expected, which cannot be clearly forecast.
In 2016, Trump narrowly won in Pennsylvania as the first Republican candidate since George HW Bush in 1988, this time the polls for the state see a slight lead over Joe Biden.
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3/24
The record forest fire season in California is still not over, traditionally October and November are even the worst months.
This year over 8,000 fires have already burned an area of 16,000 square kilometers, 9,000 buildings were destroyed, 31 people died.
Photo: Noah Berger / AP
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22 fires are currently raging in the most populous US state.
One of them is the so-called Blue Ridge Fire, which is observed here by residents of the small town of Yorba Linda in Orange County.
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Currently, however, the so-called Silverado fire occupies the fire departments in California most.
Of the roughly 4,000 emergency services currently doing fire fighting in the state, 500 are fighting the fire that broke out last Monday near Irvine, about 60 kilometers from Los Angeles, and which has already forced 60,000 people to leave their homes.
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6/24
Again, police officers and demonstrators in the USA face each other because a young black man died in police shots; again it is questionable whether the use of force was justified.
The family of the killed Walter Wallace had wanted to call an ambulance because Wallace was in a mental crisis, instead the police came and the situation escalated.
When Wallace, armed with a knife, pushed his mother away and approached the police officers, they opened fire.
In Philadelphia, where the incident took place, rioting and looting ensued.
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7/24
Protesters block a street in the center of Warsaw, the woman pictured is standing on a car.
A ruling by the Constitutional Court, which effectively abolished the already strict abortion law, polarized Polish society.
There were 1,100 abortions officially in Poland last year, and estimates assume that the number of those who had abortions illegally or abroad is around a factor of a hundred higher.
The judgment is understood as a political step by the ruling PiS to secure the support of the Catholic Church.
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8/24
In the Plaza Italia in the center of Chile's capital Santiago, where the mass protests against the government had been concentrated a year ago, demonstrators are waiting for the outcome of the constitutional referendum.
Their persistence should be rewarded: Almost 80 percent of the voters voted for the abolition of the constitution, which originated from the Pinochet era, and a new constitution should now lay the foundation for a fair and solidarity country.
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9/24
An Armenian artillery soldier fires at enemy positions.
Unsurprisingly, the recent ceasefire brokered by the United States did not bring an end to the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The belief on the Azerbaijani side that the conflict over the region can be resolved militarily is still too strong.
After Armenia had recently repeatedly denied Azerbaijan's land gains, the case of the strategically important city of Kubadli on the Iranian border had to be conceded.
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10/24
To protect themselves from artillery fire, surgeons operate in the basement of a hospital in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh.
So far there are no reliable figures on the death toll from the conflict.
The Ministry of Defense of the Nagorno-Karabakh region puts the number of its own dead soldiers at around 1,000, while the Azerbaijani side does not provide any information on military losses.
Last week, Russian President Putin said that, according to Russian estimates, there have been around 5,000 deaths on both sides.
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11/24
A doctor takes a smear test to test people for the coronavirus in an underground bunker in Stepanakert.
The narrowness of the bunker systems and the inability to isolate the sick offer the virus the best conditions to spread.
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12/24
After the official final result was announced, supporters of the Bolivian presidential candidate Luis Arce gather at his election party in El Alto and wait for his appearance.
Arce was elected the new president of the Latin American country with 55 percent of the vote.
After the left-wing MAS won the election, the court overturned the arrest warrant for Acres, ex-President Evo Morales, who was exiled after his overthrow a year ago.
He then announced his return to Bolivia.
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13/24
In Masaya, Nicaragua, a participant is being made up for the festival "Los Aguizotes".
At this time of the year there are many regionally slightly different customs in Latin America, which are mostly associated with Christian All Saints' Day or All Souls Day, but often also refer to pre-Christian traditions.
"Los Aguizotes", however, has only been celebrated since 1976 and in honor of St. Jerome, the patron saint of Masaya.
The name of the festival is made up of the indigenous Nahuatl words for "water" and "horror" or "fear", freely translated as: "the horror of the water" or "the horror that comes from the water".
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Spectators watch a performance of the Ramlila in New Delhi.
The Ramlila is on the UNESCO list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
The fight between the Hindu deity Rama and the demon Ravana is re-enacted in a series of scenes, often lasting several days, including song, narration, recitation and dialogue.
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15/24
Always these mandatory dates!
The Brazilian Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo is apparently struggling intensely with an attack of tiredness or boredom.
Who can blame him?
On Aviation Day, which is held in honor of the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, the Minister of Defense and President Bolsonaro are visiting an air force base in Brasilia.
The boss hugs, shakes hands - as usual without a mask - baptizes fighter planes and sits behind the controls of a machine in a publicly effective manner, which can sometimes give you the feeling that you prefer to be somewhere else.
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This year's Halloween decoration is ready.
A homeowner in San Francisco found his motto: reduced but appropriate.
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17/24
Speaking of the motto: Even at the China Fashion Week in Beijing, the creation by designer Xiong Yin seems to refer to the current situation.
Here the form may follow the function, but whether the latter is really fulfilled is doubtful.
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18/24
The effectiveness of this Corona protective measure is also more than questionable: Boys in the Iraqi Kerbala are sprayed with disinfectant by the employee of an aid organization before they enter the organization's swimming pool.
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Faiza Haider is the first woman in Egypt to coach a male professional football team.
The 36-year-old former captain and current coach of the Egyptian women's national team has now also signed a contract with the fourth division club "Ideal Goldi".
Haider is a graduate of the Premier League and the British Council's "Premier Skills" program, which aims to help young people develop social skills with the help of football.
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20/24
A boy in a flooded cemetery in the Philippine city of Masantol tries to protect candles on a family member's grave from going out.
The Philippine government has ordered the closure of all cemeteries in the capital Manila between October 28 and November 4 in order to prevent the already high number of corona cases from increasing further due to the expected number of visitors to All Saints 'Day and All Souls' Day.
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Car collector Sayed Sima in the midst of his exhibits: The 70-year-old Egyptian has a shop in the small town of Abu Rawash, not far from the capital Cairo, where he sells classic cars.
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22/24
A billboard for a nightclub lights up the twilight in Japan's capital, Tokyo.
Japan has come through the pandemic comparatively well so far: Around a third of the 100,000 or so corona cases in Japan occurred in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world with 35.5 million inhabitants.
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With his victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton now has 92 Grand Prix victories to his credit, more than any other driver in the history of Formula 1. The previous record holder, Michael Schumacher, achieved 91 victories.
Another Schumacher record is within reach for Hamilton: Should the Briton win the World Cup, both drivers would have won a total of seven World Championship titles.
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Sometimes you wonder if there is any other event that is not suitable as a backdrop for a selfie.
Perhaps you are doing the Israeli soldier an injustice with this allegation, perhaps he is documenting the Palestinian protests in the West Bank with his smartphone camera for another reason.
Photo: JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP
