October 22, 2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after a European Union meeting in Brussels, Belgium. 

A city worker sprays disinfectant as mask-wearing Iranians gather in a religious building in the capital Tehran to perform the Friday prayers, for the first time since officials eased some restrictions put in place for over a year in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.

A potter makes lamps ahead of Diwali, the festival of lights, in Ahmedabad, India.

Graves and crosses are seen at the Yastrebkovskoe cemetery, which serves as one of the burial grounds for those who died of COVID-19, outside Moscow, Russia.

A child plays with a piano as people pick pumpkins at The Pop Up Farm ahead of Halloween, in Flamstead, St Albans, Britain.

A Palestinian protester waves a national flag, as others perform the Friday prayers during a demonstration against the establishment of Israeli outposts on their lands, in Beit Dajan, east of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Farmers work in a rice field in Krueng Seunong village, North Aceh, Indonesia.

Magician Cassandra "Songstress of Magic" performs at The Magic Castle in Los Angeles, California, October 21, 2021.