Best of the World in Pictures

A blaze engulfs a medical center in the Jabreyya district of Kuwait city in the early hours of October 9, 2013, with no injuries or deaths were reported. AFP

A Syrian refugee girl washes rice outside her tent at a temporary refugee camp, in the eastern Lebanese Town of Al-Faour, Bekaa valley near the border with Syria, Lebanon. (AP)

The Governor-General Quentin Bryce observes Navy personnel from the  Town Hall steps as they march down George St on October 9, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Over 4,000 personnel paraded through the streets of Sydney just one day before the end of International Fleet Review in Sydney. (GETTY)
 

A beggar stands in an underground walkway in Moscow October 8, 2013. (REUTERS)

Wall of Luton tackles Chris Barker of Aldershot during the Skrill Conference Premier match between Aldershot Town and Luton Town at Electrical Servies Stadium on October 8, 2013 in Aldershot, England. (GETTY)

Brazil's National Congress headquarters is illuminated with pink lights as lightning is seen in Brasilia October 8, 2013. The main buildings of Brasilia are illuminated in pink as part of 'Pink October', a campaign that recognises and celebrates October as International Breast Cancer Awareness Month. (REUTERS)
 

Darius Morris of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on during the NBA pre season match between Oklahoma City Thunder and Philadelphia 76ers at Phones 4 U Arena on October 8, 2013 in Manchester, England. (GETTY)
 

A band performs while marching past the Sydney Town Hall  during a combined navies parade on George Street in the central business district of Sydney on October 9, 2013. The parade was part of the International Fleet Review events, celebrating the centenary of the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy?s fleet into Sydney Harbour on 4 October 1913. Sydney plays host to a week of maritime celebrations, including aircraft fly-pasts, helicopter display teams, marching bands and firework displays, with many of the visiting warships here, from countries including Britain, Singapore, Japan and the United States, open to the public. (AFP)
 

People watch the sunset over Port Darwin from Bicentennial Park on October 6, 2013 in Darwin, Australia. Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory and the northernmost capital city in Australia. Located on the Timor Sea, Dawrin is Australias gateway to South East Asia. (GETTY)
 

Afghan schoolchildren sit outdoors at an open classroom in Ghazni on October 8, 2013. Afghanistan has had only rare moments of peace over the past 30 years, its education system being undermined by the Soviet invasion of 1979, a civil war in the 1990s and five years of Taliban rule. (AFP)

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