November 1

Participants in costume perform during the annual International Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City, Mexico on October 27, 2019. Thousands of people from Mexico City took to the streets to enjoy the Day of the Dead parade in which hundreds of artists participated.(Getty)

A displaced Syrian boy cries at a school turned into a shelter for people displaced by the war, in the northeastern Syrian town of Hasakeh, on October 24, 2019.(Getty)

An artist applies colours on earthenware oil pots or diyas locally known as "Donthulu" at a workshop ahead of the Diwali festival in Hyderabad on October 22, 2019. (Getty)

A Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) supporter holds up a poster during an election campaign rally in Mokgweetsi Masisi's, President of Botswana and leader of the BDP, home village in Moshupa, on October 22, 2019. (Getty)

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako (R) depart Akasaka Palace for the court banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on October 22, 2019.(Getty)

Adam Lowe, founder of the Factum Arte foundation, prepares a replica of a "lamassu", an Assyrian protective deity depicted with a human head, the body of a lion, and bird wings, ahead of its unveiling at the University of Mosul in the northern Iraqi city on October 23, 2019. (Getty)