Week in pictures: 17-23 October 2020 - BBC News

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A man transports geese on the roof of his car in Azerbaijan
UMIT BEKTAS / REUTERS

A man transports geese on the roof of his car, as he drives towards the city of Ganja,. At least 12 people were killed in missile strikes in Ganja, Azerbaijan's second-biggest city, earlier this week, as fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued.

Military veteran Michael Stanley in the Tintanic
TOBY MELVILLE / REUTERS

Military veteran Michael Stanley, known as Major Mick, rows his homemade boat, Tintanic, along a canal as part of a challenge to raise funds for St Wilfrid's Hospice, in Chichester.

US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden
MIKE SEGAR / REUTERS

US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are reflected in the plexiglass, put in place to protect TV camera crews, as the election rivals participated in their second presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

HC Vardar 1961 vs FC Porto, EHF Champions League
GEORGI LICOVSKI /EPA

Porto's Andre Gomes, in action, during the men's handball EHF Champions League. The Portuguese champions clinched their first win of the season in the group phase match against HC Vardar 1961, played away in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.

The Palm Fountain, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
RULA ROHANA / REUTERS

image captionProjecting water 105m (344.5ft) into the air, the new fountain located at The Pointe on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai recently broke records as the largest of its kind in the world. The waterfront attraction features more than 3000 multi-coloured lights.

A demonstrator takes part in a protest against the fossil fuel industry in Frankfurt, Germany
KAI PFAFFENBACH / REUTERS

A person uses a fire extinguisher to put out a burning paper globe during a demonstration against the fossil fuel industry outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.

Members of the public pay their respects to teacher Samuel Paty
YOAN VALATA/ EPA

People gather to pay their respects to Samuel Paty outside Paris's Sorbonne University during a national memorial held by French President Emmanuel Macron. The 47-year-old teacher was beheaded close to the school where he worked after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students.

A man chases away locusts from his crops
TIKSA NEGERI / REUTERS

Jemal Ahmed chases away a swarm of locusts, after the locusts stormed his sorghum and sweet cane farm in Jawaha, Ethiopia.

Surfers returns to the sea in Melbourne, Australia
JAMES ROSS / EPA

Urban Surf has reopened to the public following its closure because of stage four coronavirus restrictions in Melbourne, Australia.

Larry the cat outside his home in Downing Street
SIMON DAWSON / REUTERS

Larry the cat yawns outside Downing Street in London. The 13-year-old cat, formerly a stray rescued by Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, is known as the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office.