October 12, 2021

Spanish troops march during the Spanish National Day military parade in Madrid.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Patron, attends a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of the Royal British Legion at Westminster Abbey, in London.

People wearing protective face coverings are seen in water as they walk across a street in a shopping area in Tokyo, Japan. The country fully came out of a coronavirus state of emergency for the first time in more than six months on October 1.

A person fixes a clay mask while preparing to take part in a deity's procession during the Shikali festival at Khokana, in Lalitpur, Nepal.

A damaged statue of Christopher Columbus is seen in London, Britain.

Rescuers help locals leave their homes near a high river due to heavy rains from Tropical Storm Kompasu in Gonzaga town, Cagayan province, north of Manila, in this image taken October 11, 2021.

A 69-meter-tall Buddha statue stands at the Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple on the outskirts of Bangkok.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right, watches a demonstration flight during the opening ceremony of the defense development show "Self-Defence-2021" in Pyongyang, in this picture taken October 11, 2021, and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 12.