TOPSHOT - Women demonstrators protest against the appointment of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the US Capitol in Washington DC, on October 6, 2018. - The US Senate confirmed conservative judge Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court justice on October 6, offering US President Donald Trump a big political win and tilting the nation's high court decidedly to the right. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images
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China's Shan Lin in action during a Diving practice at the Natatorium, Youth Olympic Park during The Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina October 8, 2018. Jed Leicester for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Spray and pray China’s Shan Lin diving at the Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mandatory Credit: Photo by DAI KUROKAWA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9922742a) Kenyan activists raise mock skulls during a protest against the politicians and leaders of war-torn South Sudan, in Nairobi, Kenya, 11 October 2018. Kenyan protesters led by activist Boniface Mwangi were joined by South Sudanese citizens living in Kenya to protest against alleged looting of funds in South Sudan by their leaders and to demand Kenyan government to sanction Kenyan banks allegedly facilitating it. Hundreds of protesters marched to the Foreign Ministry and the Central Bank of Kenya chanting slogans. Kenyan activists protest against South Sudanese leaders, Nairobi, Kenya - 11 Oct 2018
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Skulduggery Kenyan activists in the Nairobi raise mock skulls during a protest against alleged looting of funds in South Sudan by their leaders. They want the government to act against the Kenyan banks allegedly involved

An onlooker is seen watching from a window of a building inside Windsor Castle as guests arrive for the wedding of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday October 12, 2018. See PA story ROYAL Wedding. Photo credit should read: Adrian Dennis/PA Wire
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Royal wedding An onlooker watches from a building inside Windsor Castle as guests arrive for the wedding of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank at St George’s Chapel

A boy sleeps over a pile of recycled clothes at a camp for displaced victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Silva TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DC70CA350
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Disaster relief A boy sleeps on a pile of recycled clothes at a camp for displaced victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh takes his oath during his ceremonial public swearing-in as U.S. President Donald Trump and Kavanaugh's daughters Liza and Margaret look on in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Under oath Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in as associate justice of the US Supreme Court alongside his daughters and President Trump at the White House

10 July 2018, Spain, Tarragona: People take part in the 27th Tarragona Human Tower Competition. The competition takes place every other year and features the main 'Castellers' teams (colles) of Catalonia during a three day event organized by the Tarragona City Hall. Photo: Matthias Oesterle/ZUMA Wire/dpa
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All rise People take part in the 27th Tarragona human tower competition during a three-day event in Spain

A security member of the consulate looks between the entrance doors of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 12, 2018. - Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Britain expressed concern about the fate of a journalist who vanished after entering its Istanbul consulate last week.But Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf al Saud told the BBC he needed to wait for the results of an investigation before commenting further about Jamal Khashoggi's fate. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
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Khashoggi disappearance A security officer between the entrance doors of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing after he visited the consulate on October 2

Mandatory Credit: Photo by ROBERT GHEMENT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9915605a) A Romanian Orthodox nun passes by a graffiti symbolizing the crying face of a LGBT community member one day before the family re-definition referendum planned for this weekend, in downtown Bucharest, Romania, 05 October 2018. The plan for a referendum started as the civil society group named 'Coalition for the Family' managed to collect 3 million signatures in favor of changing the constitutional definition of marriage as a union strictly between a man and a woman from the existing 'spouses'. Romanians will go to polls on October 06 and 07, to approve or not the proposed constitutional changes. Romania doesn't recognize same- sex couples at this moment. The graffiti includes a message (not pictured) that reads: '07 October Referendum #Boicot', asking people that care about LGBT civil right not to go to the referendum. Referendum aimed to block same-sex marriage preview, Draganesti Olt, Romania - 05 Oct 2018
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Voted down A Romanian Orthodox nun passes graffiti symbolising the crying face of an LGBT community member one day before a referendum in Romania on banning same-sex marriage. The referendum failed due to a low turnout

07 October 2018, Munich: Waitress dance with sparklers in the Hofbraeuzelt beer tent on the last day of the Oktoberfest 2018. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa
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Celebration brews Bar attendants dance with sparklers in the Hofbraeuzelt beer tent on the last day of the Oktoberfest 2018

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Orlando Barria/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9919272a) A child receives a vaccine at the Los Alcarrizos Municipal Hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 28 March 2018. Dominicans crowded the health centers seeking vaccination against diphtheria, after the death of a child from Haiti, thought to be from the disease, which led the authorities to issue an epidemiological alert. Dominicans fill vaccination centers over suspected cases of diphtheria, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - 28 Mar 2018
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Booster A child is given a vaccine in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. People crowded into health centres seeking vaccinations against diphtheria after the death of a child from Haiti

TOPSHOT - A woman and her children wain near a destroyed gas station after Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida on October 10, 2018. - Michael slammed into the Florida coast on October 10 as the most powerful storm to hit the southern US state in more than a century as officials warned it could wreak "unimaginable devastation." Michael made landfall as a Category 4 storm near Mexico Beach, a town about 20 miles (32kms) southeast of Panama City, around 1:00 pm Eastern time (1700 GMT), the National Hurricane Center said. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
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Street devastation A family look at the destruction in Panama City, Florida, after Hurricane Michael slammed into the coast of the southern US state on Wednesday

Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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West wing Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington

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