Refugee prayers, Cyprus Independence Day, campus shooting in Oregon | Oct. 1
The day in photos around the world.
- Homeless Bangladeshi boys sleep on an overpass early morning in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Despite the government’s banning of several radical Islamic groups, intelligence sources have confirmed that several hard-line groups are active in Bangladesh where almost 90 percent of its 160 million people are Muslim. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)
- A Bangladeshi laborer carries a basket on his head and enters an underpass in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Despite the government’s banning of several radical Islamic groups, intelligence sources have confirmed that several hard-line groups are active in Bangladesh where almost 90 percent of its 160 million people are Muslim. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)
- A woman and child eat in front of a deserted food stand in a tent camp for refugees in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Civil organizations, city services and NGO’s dismantled the tent camp in which several 100 refugees have lived for some weeks as they apply for asylum in Belgium, but volunteers have decided it was no longer suitable for refugees to live outside and have found local families to host the migrant families. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
- Chicago Cubs’ Javier Baez breaks his bat on a foul tip off Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher John Lamb in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- Cypriot soldiers in silhouettes stand on an armored military vehicle during the annual Cyprus Independence Day military parade in the divided capital of Nicosia, Thursday, Oct.1, 2015. Divided Cyprus is celebrating 55 years of independence amid peace talks to decide whether rival Greek and Turkish communities will herald the birth of a future unified state. The island of Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded in response to a coup aimed at uniting the island with Greece. Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
- Asteras’ Braian Lluy watches Schalke’s Benedikt Hoewedes, right, jumping for the ball during the Europa League group K soccer match between FC Schalke 04 and Asteras Tripolis FC in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
- A refugee prays shortly after he and other migrants arrived on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 The International Organization for Migration says a record number of people have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year, now topping a half a million as some 388,000 have entered via Greece. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
- A man bathes in the River Yamuna, blackened by pollution, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Thursday marks one year since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan” or “Clean India Mission.” (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
- A fisherman prepares his net on the shores of the Arabian Sea, littered with plastic bags, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Thursday marks one year since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan” or “Clean India Mission.” (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
- Family members of the crews of U.S. navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan wave upon arrival at the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. The USS Ronald Reagan has entered its new home in Japan’s Yokosuka naval port, replacing its predecessor USS George Washington. The arrival Thursday comes as Tokyo tries to deepen defense ties with the U.S. under new security law that expand the role of Japan’s military. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
- Evangelical Christians from various countries wave flags to show their support for Israel during a march in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Thousands of evangelical Christians from more than 80 countries descended upon Jerusalem this week to show their support for the Jewish state, including pilgrims and politicians from countries with a history of hostility toward Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
- In this image made from video provided by Hadi Al-Abdallah, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, smoke rises after airstrikes in Kafr Nabel of the Idlib province, western Syria, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Russian jets carried out a second day of airstrikes in Syria Thursday, but there were conflicting claims about whether they were targeting Islamic State and al-Qaeda militants or trying to shore up the defenses of President Bashar Assad. (Hadi Al-Abdallah via AP)
- Fighters against Shiite rebels known as Houthis gather on a road leading to the strategic Strait of Bab al-Mandab off Aden, Yemen, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Military and security officials said fierce battles are ongoing between military units loyal to Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and pro-Hadi fighters against Shiite Houthi rebels and allied military units in Bab al-Mandab, the strategic southern entrance to the Red Sea. (AP Photo/Wael Qubady)
- A fighter against Shiite rebels known as Houthis holds a weapon on a road leading to the strategic strait of Bab al-Mandab off Aden, Yemen, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Military and security officials said fierce battles are ongoing between military units loyal to Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and pro-Hadi fighters against Shiite Houthi rebels and allied military units in Bab al-Mandab, the strategic southern entrance to the Red Sea. (AP Photo/Wael Qubady)
- A customer holds a sample bud of marijuana at Amazon Organics, a pot dispensary in Eugene, Ore., on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Oregon marijuana shops began selling marijuana Thursday for the first time to recreational users who are at least 21 years old, marking a big day for the budding pot industry. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)
- Friends and family are reunited with students at the local fairgrounds after a deadly shooting at Umpqua Community College, in Roseburg, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)
- A model wears a creation for Lanvin as part of his Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection, presented during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
- Fashion lovers pose along the Seine river before the start of Indian designer Manish Arora’s Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection, presented during the Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
- Shamans hold up a statue of baby Jesus, or “El Nino” in Spanish, as they play drums and maracas during a ritual asking for protection from the natural phenomenon known as El Nino, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Peruvian sailors named the formation El Ninothe (Christ) Childbecause it was most noticeable around Christmas. Every few years, the winds shift and the water in the Pacific Ocean gets warmer than usual. That water sloshes back and forth around the equator in the Pacific, interacts with the winds above and then changes weather worldwide. In Peru, they’ve already declared a pre-emptive emergency to prepare for devastating flooding. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)