October 14, 2021

Lebanese army special forces soldiers assist teachers as they flee their school after deadly fighting broke out nearby along a former 1975-90 civil war front-line between Muslim Shiite and Christian areas at Ain el-Remaneh neighborhood, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Women share a light moment as visitors wearing face coverings take pictures under colorful umbrellas on display along a hutong alley near Qianmen Avenue, a popular place for visitors in Beijing, China.

Sebastian Kurz, bottom right, leader of Austria's People's party and the party's parliamentary group leader, who recently resigned as Austrian Chancellor over a media corruption scandal, arrives to attend the parliamentary session at the Austrian Parliament in Vienna, Austria.

A woman's image is seen on rain water as she walks inside the modern Agora walkway at the main Olympic complex in Athens, Greece.

Lawmakers walk out after the lower house was dissolved at an extraordinary Diet session at the lower house of parliament, in Tokyo.

A child looks up at fish at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium on the venue's first day of reopening, following an extended closure due to COVID-19 restrictions, in Sydney, Australia.

Artist Emma Meehan finishes a new waxwork of the Queen, in Blackpool, Britain.

Taliban militants drive along a road in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Firefighters put out hot spots from the Alisal fire near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County, California, October 13, 2021.