Surfing in Portugal, baby lion cubs, eyes on Kobane, Syria | Oct. 20
The day in pictures around the world.
- Barcelona forward Neymar da Silva Santos Junior takes part in training session at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona on October 20, 2014 on the eve of their UEFA Champions league football match FC Barcelona vs Ajax. (LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images)
- A street seller peddles novelty goods along the Blackpool Illuminations in Blackpool, north west England on October, 19, 2014. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
- Two three-week-old white lion cubs play with a stuffed donkey toy at Belgrade Zoo on October 20, 2014. The two white lion cubs, an extremely rare subspecies of the African lion, were born at the Belgrade Zoo. They are being bottle fed by zoo keepers after they were rejected by their mother after birth. (ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Yemeni policeman walks on motorcycles that were seized after their owners violated a ban on motorcycles on October 20, 2014, at the police headquarters in the capital Sanaa. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)
- Kurdish people watch jet fighters fly over the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, from the Turkish border in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province, on October 19, 2014. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
- Hawaiian surfer John John Florence competes during his quarterfinal heat of the Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal at Supertubos Beach in Peniche on October 20, 2014. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP/Getty Images)
- Smoke and flames rise following an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, as seen from the southeastern Turkish village of Mursitpinar in the Sanliurfa province on October 20, 2014. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
- A French-made “Long Ma,” a mechanical dragon horse, spews fire during a performance between the Bird’s Nest National Stadium and Water Cube (at rear) in Beijing on October 19, 2014. (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
- Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic poses with the trophy on October 19, 2014 during an award ceremony after defeating Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria at the ATP Stockholm Open tennis tournament final match in Stockholm. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)
- Brazilian presidential candidate for the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), Aecio Neves, gestures at supporters during his campaign at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 19, 2014. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
- A pro-democracy protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask stands at a barricade during a stand-off with police in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong on October 19, 2014. (Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Palestinian man walks through a neighborhood destroyed during the 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City on October 19, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
- Kurdish people watch the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, at sunset from the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province, on October 19, 2014. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
- Kurdish people walk in a refugee camp early in the morning in the town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on October 19, 2014. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
- Inter Milan Hernanes (left) celebrates his goal with teammate Brazil Dodo during the Italian Serie A football match vs. Naples on October 19, 2014 at the San Siro Stadium stadium in Milan. (OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)