October 18, 2021

Protesters holding a Tibetan flag and a banner reading "No genocide games" enter the grounds during the lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southwestern Greece.

A mother reacts after her daughter, left, was released from Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's government announced an amnesty for more than 5,600 people arrested for taking part in anti-coup protests. Over 1,000 people were freed from prisons around the country and charges against more than 4,000 others were suspended. 

Illegal migrants are brought to land after being stopped by the Libyan coast guard on the Mediterranean Sea, in Garaboli Libya.

Bananas are placed at the base of Arturo Di Modica's "Charging Bull" in New York's Financial District to protest against wealth differences by Sapien.Network.

First-year students of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland take part in the yearly Raisin Monday shaving foam fight on the Lower College Lawn in St. Andrews.

A hot air balloon flies over the city of Torres, in the south of Brazil, during the 34th Brazilian Ballooning Championship, Oct. 17, 2021.

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the part of the High Priestess, lights the torch during the flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the Ancient Olympia archeological site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece.