8-ми октомври 2013

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Artisan Rintu Das applies finishing touches to an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga inside a marquee, ahead of the Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata, India. The festival, which will be celebrated from Oct. 11 to 14, is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus. Hindus believe that the goddess Durga symbolises power and the triumph of good over evil.

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Taiwanese children cover their heads to keep from the sun during a rehearsal for National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan. National Day is known as Double-Ten, because it falls on October 10, the tenth day of the tenth month of the year. It commemorates the Republican Revolution, which broke out in Wuhan, China, on Oct. 10, 1911, and brought about the end of China's Qing dynasty.

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An Indonesian worker cleans a river in Jakarta. According to the Indonesian Environmental Status report published in June 2013 by the Ministry, 82 percent of the 52 rivers surveyed are polluted with domestic and industrial waste.

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A demonstrator from the group called Black Bloc runs outside the Municipal Assembly during a protest supporting a teachers' strike in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 7, 2013. The protest is to demand changes in the public state and municipal education system.