October 23: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers



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A priestess releases a dove as actress Katerina Lehou as high priestess, holds the Olympic Torch after it was lit from the sun’s rays, during the final dress rehearsal for the lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia, southwestern Greece on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. The flame will be transported by torch relay to Pyeongchang, South Korea, which will host the Feb. 9-25, 2018 Winter Olympics.


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People march in the Grand Procession of the “Catrinas,” part of upcoming Day of the Dead celebrations, in Mexico City, The figure of a skeleton wearing an elegant broad-brimmed hat was first done as a satirical engraving by artist Jose Guadalupe Posada sometime between 1910 and his death in 1913. 



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Rajsthan Congress Chief Sachin Pilot with Congress workers protesting the tabling of Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2017, in Rajasthan Assembly, in Jaipur 


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A man carries winnowing baskets ahead of Chhath Puja



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Women devotees offering prayers after taking holy dip in the Yamuna river during holy month of Kartik, at Gaughat in Allahabad


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Devotees perform ‘Mahamastakabhishek’ of the Nandi idol at Chamundi Hills in Mysore



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Preparation for the Vidhan Soudha Vajra Mahotsav celebration (Diamond Jubilee Celebration) underway in front of Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru


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Aaganwadi workers stage a demonstration to press for their demands in Lucknow



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Tourists enjoy the scenery of ginkgo trees in Shenyang Agricultural University in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province. A path sided with ginkgo trees in the campus attracted many tourists in the season of autumn. 


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Rohingya Muslim men, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, carry their mother in a cloth tied to bamboo stick at Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. U.N. humanitarian officials, high-level government envoys and advocacy group leaders on Monday opened a one-day conference aimed at drumming up funds to help ethnic Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as the influx from Myanmar has topped 600,000 since late August. 



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Supporters of Congress party and Thakor community people attend a public meeting where OBC leader Alpesh Thakor joined Congress party in Gandhinagar, Gujarat 

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