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Minnesota farmer Paul Fritsche can no
longer afford health insurance as he
struggles to sustain a dairy farm that
has been in his family for nearly a
century.
With U.S. milk prices in the fourth year
of a slump due to chronic oversupply,
Fritsche, 58, is unsure whether he will
be able to pass his 30-cow farm onto his
sons and grandsons.
"Do you pull the plug? We've been at it
for 90 years," he said. "I'd hate to lose
that."
Miss USA (center) and two other dairy cows eat their breakfast
after their morning milking at EMMA Acres dairy farm in Exeter.
7 APR 2018. EXETER, UNITED STATES. REUTERS/OLIVER DOYLE
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2018

The dairy industry was a sticking point
in the contentious renegotiations of the
free trade deal between the U.S.,
Canada and Mexico that concluded last
month.
U.S. President Donald Trump demanded
concessions from the protected
Canadian dairy industry and said on
Twitter that Canada was hurting U.S.
farmers with high tariffs. After Canada
gave some ground, Trump claimed a
big victory and said farmers would have
more export options.
But Canada opened less than 4 percent
of its dairy market to U.S. farmers - a
concessions unlikely to make much of a
dent in U.S. oversupply or improve the
lot of farmers such as Fritsche,
producers on both sides of the border
say.
An old Rhody Fresh sign sits in the overgrowth behind
the recently closed Cottrell Homestead dairy farm.
15 JUL 2018. WEST KINGSTON, UNITED STATES. REUTERS/OLIVER DOYLE
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2018

The U.S. Trade Representative - which
negotiated the new deal that replaced the
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) with Mexico and Canada - declined
to comment. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny
Perdue said in a statement Friday that the
deal will "crack open" additional dairy access
and cited "significant victories" for U.S.
agriculture.
In Canada, the dairy industry is faring much
better and continues to be among the
nation's most profitable farm sectors,
allowing most farmers to absorb the
concessions' impact. In addition, Ottawa has
promised to compensate dairy farmers for
losses stemming from opening up the
industry.
Third-generation Canadian farmers Alain
Philippot and Henry Holtmann are each
preparing to bring their children into the
business. They say the concessions sting and
will limit growth. But the country's
protectionist system with its higher prices
remains intact.
"I don't think there will be a mass exodus" of
farmers, Holtmann said. "There will be some
leaving, but that's because their business
models weren't flexible enough."
Cynthia LaPrise and Scooter LaPrise, owners of EMMA Acres dairy farm,
milk their cows. Scooter and Cynthia are a married couple and have four
children. They have been producing milk at their dairy farm for 10 years.
Their smaller sized milk parlour holds up to 10 cows at a time.
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2018

With Wisconsin alone producing more
milk than is consumed in all of
Canada, the additional market access
provides little comfort.
The average price that dairy plants
pay U.S. farmers for milk fell from a
peak of $25 per hundred pounds
(45.36 kilograms) in 2014 to about $16
now, according to the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA).
“The only thing that will help us is less
milk or more consumption of milk,”
said Scooter LaPrise, 53, who with his
wife has about 30 cows on one of
eight remaining dairy farms in Rhode
Island.
“It’s not going to fix anything,” he said
of the revamped trade agreement.
“It’s just something to catch votes.”
The AgriMark truck collects milk from EMMA Acres dairy farm
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2018

While the more than 40,000 U.S. dairy
farms have endured slumps before, the
current price slide has been unusually
drawn-out as milk production increased in
recent years despite falling prices. Per
capita consumption of U.S. fluid milk has
been falling steadily since the 1970s,
although total dairy consumption has
increased as Americans eat more yogurt,
butter and cheese, according to the USDA.
The new arrangement with Canada likely
won't pull U.S. dairy farmers out of the
ditch, said Mark Stephenson, director of
dairy policy and analysis at the University
of Wisconsin.
"It does provide a bit more access to
Canada," he said. "But it's pretty
incremental change."
A barn of a dairy farm that has long been out of operation belonging
to former dairy farmer Rodney Bailey and his sister Gladys, is seen in
East Greenwich.
12 APR 2018. EAST GREENWICH, UNITED STATES. REUTERS/OLIVER DOYLE
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2018

Canada has been an island of stability in an otherwise volatile global industry. In July, farmers in
the Canadian province of Ontario received the equivalent of $24.20 per hundred pounds of milk,
about 50 percent more than U.S. farmers collect, according to data published by Dairy Farmers of
Ontario.
That's because Canada manages oversupply by issuing production quotas to farmers based on
domestic consumption, setting prices according to a formula that factors in farm costs and
imposing high tariffs to keep most imports out.
In 35 years of farming, St. Claude, Manitoba farmer Philippot has lost money only "a handful" of
times.
Since Holtmann and his brother took over the family dairy farm near Rosser, Manitoba in 1995,
they have expanded nine-fold, to 600 cows, which required them to spend about C$14 million to
purchase the right to produce more milk. The system allows farmers to buy and sell units of
production quota - based on 1 kilogram of butterfat per day, or nearly the output of one cow -
which currently fetch close to C$30,000 each at auction in Manitoba.
In a Statistics Canada profitability measure, dairy farmers' operating expenses were 77 percent of
gross farm receipts in 2015, the latest data available, the healthiest level of 11 farm sectors.

Dairy cows are seen in their stalls before their daily milking at EMMA Acres dairy farm
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2018

That statistic does not include debt, however. Canadian dairy farmers in 2015 held the second-
highest liabilities on average among Canadian farm sectors as well as the third-highest net worth,
according to Statistics Canada.
Farmers say concessions in recent trade deals will strain their profits and leverage.
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) estimates that the market share ceded to the United States, as well
as in trade deals with the European Union and Pacific nations, will add up to 18 percent by 2024,
worth C$1.3 billion.
"Is it impossible to get over that? No. But it's like losing a finger, and then another one," said
Philippot at his small 68-cow farm.
Canada also agreed in trade talks with the United States to dismantle a pricing system for the
lower-value skim portion of milk that previously allowed Canadian skim to displace U.S. ingredients
in the production of cheese and yogurt. Philippot says that move will reduce the prices farmers
receive for milk.
Canada's combined concessions could mean reductions to Canadian dairy farmers' quotas, since
production is matched to domestic consumption, less imports.

Scooter LaPrise and Cynthia LaPrise gather in the milk storage
room preparing for the truck that picks up the milk to arrive.
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2018

Domestic consumption growth,
however, estimated at 2 percent
annually by DFC for the next six
years, offsets some of the lost
share to imports and mitigates
any reduced quotas.
LaPrise expressed admiration for
Canada's "really good milk
system."
"When a Canadian dairy farmer
wants to retire he sells his quota
and he can retire on that," he
said.
Recently closed dairy farm Cottrell Homestead at its peak was
home to over 80 cows. Today, the farm houses less than 20,
some of which are just being boarded there by their owners.
They milk what they need to feed the calves, and dump the rest.
14 JUL 2018. WEST KINGSTON, UNITED STATES. REUTERS/OLIVER DOYLE
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2018

U.S. dairy farmers have sought
additional revenue with second jobs,
harvesting grain and dabbling in
genetics by selling cows, bulls and
embryos.
Many farmers couldn't get by without
such side jobs, said Julie Brodeur of West
Kingston, Rhode Island. Brodeur and her
brothers, fourth-generation dairy
farmers, quit the business in March after
their 70-cow operation stopped
generating enough income to keep the
cows fed.
"You borrow some more and then you
pay everything off," Brodeur said. "And
you think everything is going good. And
then you're back in the hole."
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A woman exits a taxi during rush hour in central
Damascus, Syria. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
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Some people in the Syrian capital
Damascus have been able to enjoy
a semblance of normality since
fighting in the area ended in May,
but in the rubble of shattered,
destitute towns nearby, life could
not be more different.
Central Damascus was held by the
government throughout the war
and suffered much less damage
than opposition-held areas -
evidence of the huge gulf in fire
power between the two sides.
A man walks past a banner depicting Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Douma. 17 SEP 2018. DAMASCUS, SYRIA. REUTERS/MARKO DJURICA
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2018

13 SEP 2018. DAMASCUS, SYRIA. REUTERS/MARKO DJURICA
Parts of the eastern Ghouta
region just outside Damascus
were all but flattened during a
government offensive this
spring to retake it from rebels.
When the area surrendered,
tens of thousands of its people,
both fighters and civilians,
chose to leave eastern Ghouta
under safe passage for
opposition areas in northern
Syria rather than come back
under government rule. Others
decided to stay.
People celebrate friend's birthday in
Marionette bar in the Old City of Damascus.
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Sept 13
2018

The risk of being hit by bullets or
shellfire near the capital has now ended,
but conditions in central Damascus, with
its relaxed nightlife and bustling
business district, seem a world away
from the hardship of eastern Ghouta.
Russian soldiers pray inside the
Umayyad mosque in Damascus
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Sept 14
2018

President Bashar al-Assad's success in the
war owes much to Russia, which entered the
war on his side in 2015, and whose soldiers
are now a common sight in government-held
areas.
Even during the fighting, people in Damascus
would go out in the evenings to eat, drink
and dance, but this summer, the bars and
restaurants of the Old City were much busier.
Dana pours a drink inside a bar in the Old City of Damascus
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Sept 13
2018

"During the war, when bombs
were falling, it could be days
without customers, but we never
stopped working," said Dana, a
24-year-old bar tender, mixing a
blue moon cocktail in a shaker.
Barber shops do good business
and cafes spill out onto the
cobbled streets of the Old City on
weekend evenings.
Antoun is carried by his friends during his
wedding to Ruba outside Damascus.
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Sept 14
2018

This was the first summer since 2011
without the sound of fighting in
Damascus. At a wedding outside the
city, the noise came rather from
student rock band Kibreet - a
drummer, two guitarists and a
singer.
The groom was carried on the
shoulders of his friends and family,
as people clapped around him. He
swung his bride in his arms, her
white dress billowing out behind.
Women wait to be examined in a hospital in Douma.
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Sept 17
2018

Only a few miles away, in the eastern
Ghouta city of Douma, rubble is all
around. In one bulletpocked building,
a young man on the fifth floor was
shovelling debris from a balcony,
preparing the flat for re-use.
Entire streets seem destroyed. At one
of the area's biggest hospitals, where
huge shell holes are blown into the
walls, medics are still operating out of
the basement.
A woman held up a small boy on a
bed, grimacing as he waited for the
doctor to give an injection. In the
ravaged streets, a small boy pushed a
cart selling cooked sweetcorn cobs
between ruined buildings.
A child pushes a cart selling
cooked sweetcorn in Douma.
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Sept 17
2018

The fighting in Douma only ended a few
months ago, but any significant
reconstruction might be very distant.
Syria cannot afford a major rebuilding
programme. Its closest allies, Russia and
Iran, seem unlikely to foot the bill.
Western nations will pay no cash without
a political transition.
In al-Khalidiya district of Homs, retaken
by the government in 2013, the slow
nature of recovery is clear. Much of it is a
ghost town, uninhabited and closed by
the army.
Children play soccer in al-Khalidiya area, in the
government-controlled part of Homs.
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2018

In one area, boys played soccer near buildings so
pancaked by bombs that the floors and ceilings hung
down closely on top of each other. Their goal was
made of two rusting oil drums with posts sticking up
and a wire tied between them as the crossbar.
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2018

"The covered souk used to be
chockablock but now very few
people come to this area," said
Abu Fares, a shop owner in the
Old City of Homs.
Even among the young people
enjoying the nightlife in
Damascus the challenge of the
long, slow economic recovery
ahead means many people are
thinking of leaving.
Rasha poses for a photograph in
the Old City of Damascus.
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"I like my job. I like bars and night life
here. But in the end I would like to move
out of Syria. I don't see a future here,"
said Rasha, a 30-year bar owner.
"When there was war here and we had
bombs falling every day I never wanted to
leave. But now, yes," she said.
WRITING BY ANGUS MCDOWALL
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Sept 12
2018

Every time Ammar Ahmed heads out to
sea, he thinks about the helicopter.
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Sept 29
2018

Earlier this month, after three days
without a catch, he and eight other
Yemeni fishermen decided to take
their small boat into deeper waters,
closer to the invisible boundary off
the Red Sea coast enforced by the
Saudi-led coalition at war with
Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
In this Sept. 29, 2018 photo, Yemeni fishermen load their
nets on to a boat before a fishing trip at the main fishing
port, in Hodeida, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Sept 29
2018

That’s when the Apache helicopter
swooped in over the waves, its heavy
guns causing a frenzy in the churning
waters.
“The Apache attacked, firing
everywhere,” the 70-year-old father
of three told The Associated Press in
his small port town of Mahwa.
“Everyone jumped in the water.”
The men treaded water for more than
20 minutes as the Apache continued
to hover overhead. When it flew off,
they returned to their boat and sailed
back to port empty-handed. Ahmed
was so traumatized by the experience
he couldn’t go near the water for two
weeks.
But then a new fear took hold —
hunger.
In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, a boy holds the catch
of the day on a boat at the main fishing port, in
Hodeida, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Sept 29
2018

The three-and-a-half-year war in Yemen
has caused the world’s worst humanitarian
crisis, with two thirds of the population —
some 18 million people — relying on
humanitarian aid. International aid
agencies say 8 million Yemenis don’t know
where their next meal is coming from.
So an estimated 300,000 fishermen still ply
the waters of Yemen’s Red Sea coast,
where heavy fighting has been underway
for months as the coalition tries to pry the
port city of Hodeida — a crucial lifeline for
aid — from the Iran-aligned rebels.
The fishermen try to avoid the coalition
warships, which are on the lookout for
weapons smugglers and rebels armed with
rockets and explosives. The Houthis have
carried out several attacks on ships off
Yemen’s coast.
In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, fishermen work on their
nets before a fishing trip at the main fishing port, in
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2018

The fishermen share advice on Facebook,
warning each other to avoid international
waters, to stay 5 kilometers (3 miles) from any
ships, and to wave white flags or fish in the air
if one approaches them.
It doesn’t always work.
Just days before Ahmed’s encounter with the
Apache, a frigate opened fire on a fishing boat,
killing 18 fishermen from a small village near
the port of Khokha and leaving just one
survivor. In October 2015, coalition ships and
Apaches killed 48 fishermen who were heading
to an island some 30 miles (48 kilometers)
offshore to rest.
The governing body in charge of Red Sea
fishing in Yemen, which is currently controlled
by the Houthis, says more than 220 fishermen
have been killed in more than 70 attacks since
the fighting broke out in March 2015.
In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, fishermen head out to sea
for a fishing trip as the sun sets near the fishing port, in
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2018

The fishermen used to stay out at
sea for 15 days at a time, but now
the trips are much shorter, and the
catches smaller. The price of fish
has gone up as a result, making it
too expensive for many Yemenis
and further squeezing the
fishermen.
“Hunger is harder than fear,”
Ahmed said. “It’s scary for me to
go out because I don’t know if I
will return or not, but how do I live
seeing my family not able to feed
itself?”
In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, fishermen rest on their
boats before working at the main fishing port, in
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In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, 71-year-old Yemeni
fisherman Ammar Ahmed prepares his nets before a
fishing trip at the main fishing port, in Hodeida,
Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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2018

In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, a
fisherman holds fish at the main
fishing port in Hodeida, Yemen.
(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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2018

In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, Yemeni
fishermen work on their boat at the
main fishing port, in Hodeida, Yemen.
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2018

In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo,
Yemeni fishermen fix their nets
before a fishing trip at the main
fishing port, in Hodeida, Yemen.
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2018

In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, 71 year-old
Yemeni fisherman Ammar Ahmed, center,
prepares his net before a fishing trip at the
main fishing port, in Hodeida, Yemen. (AP
Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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2018

In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, fishermen rest on
their boats before fishing at the main fishing
port, in Hodeida, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani
Mohammed)
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2018

In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, fishermen take a
break and chew Qat, an amphetamine-like
stimulant, on a boat at the main fishing port, in
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2018

In this Sept. 29, 2018, photo, fishermen fix their
nets before a fishing trip at the main fishing port,
in Hodeida, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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2018

This Sept. 29, 2018, photo, shows fishing boats
docked at the main fishing port, in Hodeida,
Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY,
AP PHOTOS: FISHERMEN RISK
DEATH IN YEMEN’S VIOLENT
WATERS, BY HANI MOHAMMED.
PHOTOS BY HANI MOHAMMED
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October 2018

Oct.10, 2018

Ferreira's advocacy for Bolsonaro —
in his parish and around the town —
highlights one of the candidate's
hidden strengths: the evangelical
establishment has provided a
grassroots army of volunteers for
the lawmaker's threadbare
campaign.
In Maranhao, evangelical pastors
and their parishes have provided an
opening for Bolsonaro in otherwise-
unfertile ground.
A poster depicting former Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva hangs on a wall of family
house of Maria da Luz and Raimundo Ferreira.
11 OCT 2018. MORRO DO VERIDIANO, BRAZIL. REUTERS/NACHO DOCE
Oct.11, 2018

While wide swathes of Brazil's wealthy south and
southeast are expected to vote for the congressman,
much of the country's hardscrabble north and
northeast is still likely to break hard for the Workers
Party, or PT.
That loyalty to the leftists springs from deep
gratitude for the generous social welfare programs
the PT expanded, especially during the 2003-2011
presidency of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Asked about the 12-year prison sentence Lula is
serving for corruption, most in the region were
unfazed. Indeed, many weren't even familiar with the
name of Fernando Haddad, Lula's last-minute stand-
in and a former Sao Paulo mayor, though they
planned to vote for him.
Maria da Luz cooks chicken inside her house.
11 OCT 2018. MORRO DO VERIDIANO, BRAZIL. REUTERS/NACHO DOCE
Oct.11, 2018

"I'll probably vote for Papa Lula,
for his candidate. The boss has
always helped us," said Maria
da Luz, a 54-year-old mother of
ten, when asked whom she
would vote for.
Luz and her husband, Raimundo
Domingo Ferreira Pires, 74, live
in Belagua, one of the poorest
towns in Brazil, according to
government statistics.
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The home of Crenilton Santos
Ferreira and his wife, Claudia
Adriana, sits at the end of a sandy
path in the scorched northeast
Brazilian state of Maranhao, the
poorest in the nation.
Maranhenses, as locals are
known, cast almost 80 percent of
their ballots for the leftist
Workers Party (PT) in Brazil's
presidential election in 2014. This
month, they re-elected their
governor, a member of the
Brazilian Communist Party, with
almost 60 percent of the vote.
Ferreira wears a T-shirt with the image of Bolsonaro.
14 OCT 2018. PALMEIRA DOS REIS, BRAZIL. REUTERS/NACHO DOCE
Oct.14, 2018

As Brazil's presidential election nears an
Oct. 28 run-off, however, Ferreira plans
to vote for Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right
congressional firebrand from the distant
city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Oct.14, 2018

Despite years of offensive comments
about women and blacks, the former
army captain is on the verge of
winning the presidency with his law-
and-order rhetoric, conservative social
views and vows to fight political
corruption.
"My vote is for Bolsonaro because he
defends the value of family, Christian
values," said Ferreira, a pastor in the
outback town of Barreirinhas. "He
doesn't defend a party, he defends a
nation: Brazil."
Ferreira talks with a man outside Assembleia
de Deus Cristo para Todos Church.
Oct.14, 2018

Ferreira's enthusiasm for Bolsonaro, in
this corner of Brazil that lacks
televisions and cellular signals, is a
testament to the politician's appeal to
a range of voters, even in places
where conservative candidates have
been weak or non-existent.
With only a tiny party behind him and
almost no TV advertising until this
month, Bolsonaro is on track for a
resounding victory, even as his
chances were dismissed by many
political analysts just months ago.
Ferreira leads prayers at Assembleia
de Deus Cristo para Todos Church.
Oct.14, 2018

She receives about 500 reais ($135) a
month from a welfare program known
as Bolsa Familia, while Pires receives
another 650 reais in pension benefits.
That money, Pires said, has helped the
family buy clothing, pencils and
notebooks that their children need to
attend school.
Even Ferreira, the Bolsonaro-
supporting pastor, relies on the Bolsa
Familia program to make ends meet.
He gets 163 reais per month to
support his two children,
complementing his salary of 800 reais.
Claudia Adriana arranges Ferreira's tie before he leads prayers
Oct.14, 2018

Yet, conversations with fellow church members
helped turn him sharply against the PT, which
upset many evangelicals by supporting gay
rights and sex education in school.
Ferreira talks politics via satellite radio with
Pedro Aldi Damasceno, a senior pastor in the
state capital of Sao Luis, who does not shy away
from the subject on the pulpit.
"We're Christians, we defend real Christianity
with ardor and zeal," Damasceno told Reuters
in an interview.
"There's no peace between us and Haddad. He's
the enemy, the enemy of the believers."
WRITING BY GRAM SLATTERY
A writing "Jesus loves you" on a wall of Ferreira's house.
Oct.14, 2018

Followers of the ancient
Mandaean religious sect
perform their rituals along the
strip of embankment of the
Tigris River reserved for them,
in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday,
Oct. 14, 2018. Mandaeanism
follows the teachings of John
the Baptist, a saint in both the
Christian and Islamic traditions,
and their rituals revolve around
water. Iraq's soaring water
pollution is threatening the
religious rites of the tight-knit
community, already devastated
by 15 years of war. (AP
Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Oct.14, 2018

A resident walks past a shattered window of
a room at a damaged motel, Tuesday, Oct.
16, 2018, in Panama City, Fla., where guests
continue to stay in the aftermath of
Hurricane Michael. (AP Photo/David
Goldman)
Oct.16, 2018

A polar bear blows
bubbles as he swims
through the water in an
enclosure during warm
late summer weather at
the zoo in Gelsenkirchen,
Germany, Tuesday, Oct.
16, 2018. (AP
Photo/Martin Meissner)
Oct.16, 2018

Dozens of glistening competitors
took the stage for an annual
body building and fitness
competition in Tel Aviv last
week. But behind the scenes,
machismo made way for
cooperation.

Just short of 80 contestants
participated in 14 categories at
this year's Israel's National
Amateur Body Builders'
Association competition.
Backstage, the mood was one of
camaraderie. In the run up to the
flex-off, Jews and Arabs, male and
female, young and old from
around the country, worked
together ahead of the big show.
Contestants get ready backstage during the National Amateur Body Builders'
Association competition in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded
Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

"There is no politics whatsoever in the sport," said Yoni Hanna, president of the Israeli
chapter of the National Amateur Body Builders' Association.
Exhausted from weeks of strict dieting and last-minute exertions, the muscle-bound
athletes primped, painted and prepped before taking the stage. Some waited over
eight hours for their chance to strut their stuff before the panel of judges.
This year's men's winner, 25-year-old Or Magdasi of Tel Aviv, beamed, veins bulging,
as he lifted his trophy. Isabell Svatovich was awarded her second consecutive
championship in the competition.
Magdasi will get a shot at representing Israel at the 2019 Mr. Universe competition in
the United Kingdom.
Hanna, also a former Mr. Israel, says there has been growing interest in fitness and
body building in Israel in recent years, and that turnout at this year's competition far
exceeded expectations.
A contestant flexes for the judges during the National
Amateur Body Builders' Association competition in Tel
Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants have their body painted
backstage during the National Amateur Body
Builders' Association competition in Tel Aviv,
Israel on Oct. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded
Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

A contestant has his body painted backstage
during the National Amateur Body Builders'
Association competition in Tel Aviv, Israel on
Oct. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants get ready backstage during the National
Amateur Body Builders' Association competition in
Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded
Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants participate in the final round
during the National Amateur Body
Builders' Association competition in Tel
Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2018. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

A contestant exercises backstage during the
National Amateur Body Builders' Association
competition in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2018.
(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants wait for their performance
Israel on Oct. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants participate in the final round
Association competition in Tel Aviv, Israel on
Oct. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants participate in the National
Amateur Body Builders' Association
competition in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18,
2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants participate in the final round during
the National Amateur Body Builders' Association
competition in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2018. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants wait for their performance
Israel on Oct. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded
Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants participate in the final round during the
competition in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2018. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

A contestant exercises backstage during the
competition in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2018.
(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Contestants wait for their performance backstage
Association competition in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct.
18, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Oct.18, 2018

Or Magdasi of Tel Aviv, holds
his trophy after winning the
National Amateur Body
Builders' Association
competition in the mens
category, in Tel Aviv, Israel on
Oct. 18, 2018. (AP
Photo/Oded Balilty)
ISRAELI BODYBUILDERS COMPETE IN
ANNUAL FLEX-OFF, BY ODED BALILTY.
Oct.18, 2018

October 19, 2018

Blanket of spider webs
The sun rises as spider webs blanket
bushes at the banks of Lake
Vistonida, Greece, October 19, 2018.
REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
Oct.19, 2018

Spider webs blanket trees and bushes at the banks
of Lake Vistonida. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
Oct.19, 2018

The sun rises as spiders are seen on their
web at the banks of Lake Vistonida.
Oct.19, 2018

Spider webs blanket shrubs at the
banks of Lake Vistonida.
Oct.19, 2018

Spider webs cover a roadside shrine at
the banks of Lake Vistonida.
Oct.19, 2018

Spider webs blanket shrubs at the banks
of Lake Vistonida. REUTERS/Alexandros
Avramidis
Oct.19, 2018

Spider webs blanket trees and bushes
at the banks of Lake Vistonida.
Oct.19, 2018

'Baby Trump' balloon flies over Los Angeles
In promotion of Politicon, an annual
nonpartisan political convention, the
"Baby Trump" balloon that first debuted
in London this summer is sent aloft in Los
Angeles, California, October 19, 2018.
REUTERS/Mike Blake
Oct.19, 2018

The "Baby Trump" balloon is prepared to be
sent aloft in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Oct.19, 2018

The "Baby Trump" balloon is sent aloft in
Los Angeles. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Oct.19, 2018

The "Baby Trump" balloon is sent aloft
in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Oct.19, 2018

Renewed clashes on Israel-Gaza border
Reuters / Friday, October
19, 2018
A disabled Palestinian tries
to remove Israeli wire
during a protest calling for
lifting the Israeli blockade
on Gaza and demanding the
right to return to their
homeland, at the Israel-
Gaza border fence in Gaza,
October 19, 2018.
REUTERS/Mohammed
Salem
Oct.19, 2018

Smoke can be seen next to the
border fence between Israel and
the Gaza Strip as Palestinians
protest on the Gaza side of the
border. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Oct.19, 2018

A wounded Palestinian is evacuated
during a protest calling for lifting the
Israeli blockade on Gaza and
demanding the right to return to their
homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border
fence in the southern Gaza Strip.
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Oct.19, 2018

Israeli soldiers are seen next to the border
fence on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza
border as Palestinians protest on the Gaza side
of the border. REUTERS/Amir CohenOct.19, 2018

A disabled Palestinian tries to remove Israeli
wire during a protest calling for lifting the
Israeli blockade on Gaza and demanding the
right to return to their homeland, at the
Israel-Gaza border fence in Gaza.
REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Oct.19, 2018

Palestinian demonstrators gather at
the Israel-Gaza border fence during a
protest calling for lifting the Israeli
blockade on Gaza and demanding the
right to return to their homeland, in the
southern Gaza Strip.
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Oct.19, 2018

A Palestinian demonstrator moves a
burning tyre during a protest calling for
lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza and
demanding the right to return to their
homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border fence
in Gaza. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Oct.19, 2018

Reuters / Friday, October 19, 2018
A masked Palestinian demonstrator gestures as
others hold tires during a protest calling for lifting the
Israeli blockade on Gaza and demanding the right to
return to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border
fence in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem
Abu Mustafa
Oct.19, 2018

Kashmiri protesters run for cover from
a tear gas shell fired at them by Indian
security forces in Srinagar, India,
Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. Government
forces fired tear gas and pellets on
Kashmiris who gathered after Friday
afternoon prayers on a protest call
given by separatists against the killing
two rebels and a civilian during a gun
battle in Srinagar on Wednesday. (AP
Photo/Dar Yasin)
Oct.19, 2018

A visitor dressed in traditional
South Korean "Hanbok" clothing
walks along a wall outside the
Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal
palace during the Joseon Dynasty
and one of South Korea's well
known landmarks in Seoul, South
Korea, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP
Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Oct.19, 2018

Guatemalan police agents block the
border crossing where hundreds of
Honduran migrants have arrived, in Agua
Caliente, Guatemala, Monday, Oct. 15,
2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Oct.15, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

An elderly Honduran migrant woman talks
with Guatemalan police who temporarily block
the road to keep her and her caravan from
advancing, in Esquipulas, Guatemala, Monday,
Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Oct.15, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Honduran migrant Omar Orella pushes
fellow migrant Nery Maldonado Tejeda in a
wheelchair, as they travel with hundreds
of other Honduran migrants making their
way the U.S., near Chiquimula, Guatemala,
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises
Castillo)
Oct.16, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Honduran migrants bound to the U.S
border climb into the bed of a truck in
Zacapa, Guatemala, Wednesday, Oct.
17, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Oct.17, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Honduran migrants walking to the U.S. climb on to
the space between the cab and bed of a trailer in
Zacapa, Guatemala, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. (AP
Photo/Moises Castillo)
Oct.17, 2018
GALLLERY PHOTOS

Thousands of Honduran
migrants gather at a fence as
some climb towards Mexico in
Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday,
Oct. 19, 2018. Migrants broke
down the gates at the border
crossing and began streaming
toward a bridge into Mexico.
After arriving at the tall, yellow
metal fence some clambered
atop it and on U.S.-donated
military jeeps. Young men
began violently tugging on the
barrier and succeeded in
tearing it down. (AP
Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Oct.19, 2018

A boy cries as he is brought back
down after an unsuccessful attempt
to lift him over a border fence, in
Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday, Oct.
19, 2018. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Oct.19, 2018

Thousands of Honduran migrants rush across
the border towards Mexico, in Tecun Uman,
Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP
Oct.19, 2018

Migrants bound for the U.S.-Mexico border
wait on a bridge that stretches over the
Suchiate River, connecting Guatemala and
Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday,
Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Oct.19, 2018

A youth calls for calm as he stands in from of a
phalanx of Mexican Federal Police in riot gear,
after Central American migrants rushed the gate
at the border crossing in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico,
Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Oct.19, 2018

Men attempt to grab a tear gas canister thrown
by the Mexican Federal Police, after Central
American migrants rushed the gate at the border
crossing in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Friday, Oct.
Oct.19, 2018

A Honduran migrant mother and child cower
in fear as they are surrounded by Mexican
Federal Police in riot gear, at the border
crossing in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Friday,
Oct.19, 2018

Migrants rush to the aide of a man injured by a
rock thrown by an unidentified person at the
border bridge in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday,
Oct. 19, 2018, as migrants broke down the gates at
the Guatemala-Mexico border crossing. (AP
Oct.19, 2018

A wounded man grimaces in pain after
clashes with the Mexican Federal
Police at the border crossing in Ciudad
Hidalgo, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018.
(AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Oct.19, 2018

Migrants bound for the U.S.-Mexico border
wait on a bridge that stretches over the
Suchiate River, connecting Guatemala and
Mexico, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday,
Oct.19, 2018

Migrants tired of waiting to cross into Mexico,
jumped from a border bridge fence into the
Suchiate River, in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Friday,
Oct.19, 2018

October 20, 2018

Mexican paramedics help a
Honduras migrant woman who
fainted after crossing the border
between Guatemala and Mexico, in
Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Saturday,
Oct. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Oliver de
Ros)
Oct.20, 2018

A group of Central American migrants cross
the Suchiate River aboard a raft made out of
tractor inner tubes and wooden planks, on
the the border between Guatemala and
Mexico, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Saturday,
Oct.20, 2018

Central American migrants reach the shore
on the Mexican side of the Suchiate River
after wading across, on the the border
between Guatemala and Mexico, in Ciudad
Hidalgo, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. (AP
Oct.20, 2018

A Honduran migrant child held by a
Mexican immigration worker, cries after
crossing the border between Guatemala
and Honduras with his family, in Ciudad
Hidalgo, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018.
(AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Oct.20, 2018

A Honduras migrant is comforted by a
Mexican paramedic after her mother
fainted while crossing the border
between Guatemala and Mexico, in
Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Saturday, Oct.
20, 2018. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Oct.20, 2018

Reuters / Saturday, October 20, 2018
Activists from the group code Pink dressed as U.S.
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammad bin Salman participate in a
demonstration calling for sanctions against Saudi
Arabia and against the disappearance of Saudi
journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of the U.S. State
Department in Washington. REUTERS/Kevin
Lamarque
Oct.20, 2018

Tailgating at a New Jersey horse race
Two women stand near a deer head and the
American flag during the 98th running of the Far
Hills Race Meeting at Mooreland Farm in Far Hills,
New Jersey, October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Stephanie
Keith
Oct.20, 2018

A person wearing a horse
mask stands with two men.
REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Oct.20, 2018

A woman drinks champagne
from the bottle.
Oct.20, 2018

Horses race. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Oct.20, 2018

People participate in the Far Hills Race
Meeting. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Oct.20, 2018

A woman holds a drink in front
of an elaborate tailgate bar.
Oct.20, 2018

Commuter train runs over crowd in India
Reuters / Saturday, October
20, 2018
People gather at the site of
the accident in Amritsar,
October 20, 2018. Many of the
victims were either on the
railway tracks or near them
and did not hear the
commuter train coming in the
noise of the crackers and giant
effigies burning in the
darkness, witnesses and
officials said. REUTERS/Adnan
Abidi
Oct.20, 2018

A boy who was was injured after a
commuter train traveling at high speed
ran through a crowd of people on the rail
tracks on Friday, sits in a hospital bed in
Amritsar, India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Oct.20, 2018

Reuters / Saturday, October 20,
2018
Police officials search for body
parts next to a railway track in
Amritsar, October 20, 2018.
Relatives of the victims have
turned on the railways for
allowing the train to go through
when there were scores of
people near the tracks. The
railways said they were not
informed about the plans and
that people should not have
been standing near the tracks.
REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Oct.20, 2018

Relatives stand next to the bed of a
victim who was injured, inside a
hospital in Amritsar, October 20,
2018. REUTERS/Munish Sharma
Oct.20, 2018

A woman cries next to the burning
pyre of a family member who died
after a commuter train traveling at
high speed ran through a crowd of
people on the rail tracks on Friday,
at a cremation ground in Amritsar,
India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Oct.20, 2018

People surround the bodies of
victims lying on a railway track after
an accident in Amritsar, October 19,
2018. REUTERS/Munish SharmA
Oct.19, 2018

A man cries next to the burning pyre of a
family member who died after a
commuter train traveling at high speed ran
through a crowd of people on the rail
tracks on Friday, at a cremation ground in
Amritsar, India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Oct.20, 2018

Afghan women cast their votes at a
polling station in Kabul, October 20,
2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Oct.20, 2018
Afghanistan votes

An election official checks voter's
documents with an UV flashlight at a
2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Oct.20, 2018

An Afghan woman leaves after casting
her vote at a polling station in Kabul,
October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Omar
Sobhani
Oct.20, 2018

An Afghan man poses for a picture
after casting his vote at a polling
station in Kabul, October 20, 2018.
REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Oct.20, 2018

Afghan women arrive to cast their vote at
a polling station in Kabul, October 20,
2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Oct.20, 2018

October 21, 2018

People walk in a field of fireweed, or Kochia
scoparia, at the Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka,
Japan. Fireweed is a grass bush that takes on a
bright red color in autumn. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Oct.21, 2018

Sheep replace traffic in the heart of Madrid
Reuters / Sunday, October 21, 2018
A flock of sheep walks past the Bank of Spain
during the annual sheep parade through Madrid.
Shepherds parade the sheep through the city
every year in order to exercise their right to use
traditional routes to migrate their livestock from
northern Spain to winter grazing pasture land in
southern Spain. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Oct.21, 2018

A man tapes a flock of sheep walking by
during the annual sheep parade through
Madrid. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Oct.21, 2018

Reuters / Sunday, October 21,
2018
Women take a selfie next to a
flock of sheep during the annual
sheep parade through Madrid,
Spain. Shepherds parade the
sheep through the city every
year in order to exercise their
right to use traditional routes to
migrate their livestock from
northern Spain to winter grazing
pasture land in southern Spain.
REUTERS/Susana Vera
Oct.21, 2018

Shepherds herd sheep during the annual sheep
parade through Madrid. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Oct.21, 2018

People watch a flock of sheep during the
annual sheep parade through Madrid.
REUTERS/Susana Vera
Oct.21, 2018

People watch a flock of sheep walk
by during the annual sheep parade
through Madrid. REUTERS/Susana
Vera
Oct.21, 2018

A flock of sheep walks past Puerta del Sol, Madrid's
famous landmark, during the annual sheep parade
through Madrid. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Oct.21, 2018

Workers walk around derailed train as
they prepare to clear the accident site,
in Yilan, Taiwan. REUTERS/Lee Kun Han
Oct.21, 2018

Reuters / Sunday, October 21, 2018
A disabled Palestinian is helped as he uses a
sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a
protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade
on Gaza and demanding the right to return
to their homeland, at the Israel-Gaza border
fence in Gaza. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Oct.21, 2018

Protesters participating in an anti-
Brexit demonstration march sit at the
base of Nelson's Column, in Trafalgar
Square, in central London.
REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Oct.21, 2018

An evening view of the Hong Kong-
Zhuhai-Macau bridge and its entrances
to a cross sea tunnel, off Lantau island in
Hong Kong. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Oct.21, 2018

Jockeys fall off their horse during
the Palio of Siena horse race, in
Siena, Italy. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Oct.21, 2018

Military cadets take part in the Trafalgar
Day parade at Trafalgar Square, London.
REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Oct.21, 2018

Riders in action during the Moto2 race
during the Japanese Grand Prix.
REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Oct.21, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump
tours Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Oct.21, 2018

Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez
during practice at the Japanese
Grand Prix. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Oct.21, 2018

Newcastle United's Jonjo Shelvey and
team mates react during their match
against Brighton and Hove Albion. Action
Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
Oct.21, 2018

'March of the Migrant' heads north
Central American migrants walk along
the highway near the border with
Guatemala, as they continue their
journey trying to reach the U.S., in
Tapachula, Mexico October 21, 2018.
REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Oct.21, 2018

A Honduran migrant child, part of a caravan trying
to reach the U.S., looks though the gate on the
bridge that connects Mexico and Guatemala in
Tecun Uman, Guatemala. REUTERS/Ueslei
Marcelino
Oct.21, 2018

Central American migrants look at a helicopter
along the highway near the border with
Guatemala, as they continue their journey trying
to reach the U.S., in Tapachula, Mexico October 21,
2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Oct.21, 2018

Central American migrants walking to
the U.S. start their day departing
Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Sunday, Oct.
Oct.21, 2018 Central American migrants, part of a
caravan trying to reach the U.S., use a
provisional ladder to climb down from
the bridge that connects Mexico and
Guatemala, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico.

A Honduran migrant shows his blistered
feet covered in talcum powder in Tecun
Uman, Guatemala, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018.
(AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
Oct.21, 2018

A Central American migrant making their
way to the U.S. in a large caravan carries his
son after arriving in Tapachula, Mexico,
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises
Castillo)
Oct.21, 2018

Central American migrant, part of a
caravan trying to reach the U.S, is
pictured as he waits to open the gate on
the bridge that connects Mexico and
Guatemala in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico.
REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Oct.21, 2018

A Central American migrant, part of a
caravan trying to reach the U.S., reacts as
he waits to apply for asylum in Mexico at a
checkpoint in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico.
Oct.21, 2018

Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands of migrants
from Central America en route to the United States,
rest along the sidewalks of Tapachula city center,
Mexico. REUTERS/Ueslei MarcelinoOct.21, 2018

A Honduran migrant covers his
face with sunscreen standing
over a bridge that stretches
over the Suchiate River
connecting Guatemala and
Mexico, in Tecun Uman,
Guatemala, Sunday, Oct. 21,
2018. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
GROWING CARAVAN OF
MIGRANTS GROWS AHEAD OF
PUSH INTO MEXICO, BY MARK
STEVENSON.
PHOTOS BY MOISES CASTILLO AND
OLIVER DE ROS
Oct.21, 2018

Afghanistan votes
Election observers watch the counting of
ballots at a polling station in Kabul, October
21, 2018.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Oct.21, 2018

Afghan women wait to cast their votes
during a parliamentary election at a polling
station in Kabul, Afghanistan.
REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Oct.21, 2018

Afghan election workers arrange ballot
boxes before counting at a polling
station in Kabul, October 21, 2018.
REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Oct.21, 2018

An Afghan police officer keeps watch
at a checkpoint during the
parliamentary election in Kabul,
Sobhani
Oct.21, 2018

An Afghan election worker
counts ballot papers at a polling
station in Kabul, October 21,
2018.REUTERS/Mohammad
Ismail
Oct.21, 2018

Election observers watch the counting of
ballots at a polling station in Kabul, October
21, 2018.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Oct.21, 2018

An Afghan man casts his vote at a
2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Oct.21, 2018

Afghan men line up to cast their votes at a
polling station in Kabul, October 21, 2018.
REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Oct.21, 2018

Afghan men line up to cast their votes
at a polling station in Kabul, October
21, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Oct.21, 2018

Afghan women line up to cast their
votes at a polling station in Kabul,
Sobhani
Oct.21, 2018

Afghan police stand guard at a checkpoint
during the parliamentary election in Kabul,
October 21, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Oct.21, 2018

Afghan women line up to cast their votes, as
a policeman keeps watch on the roof at a
polling station in Kabul, October 21, 2018.
REUTERS/Omar SobhaniOct.21, 2018

October 22, 2018

China opens world's longest sea bridge
A general view of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-
Macau bridge. China has opened the
world's longest sea bridge and one of the
world's longest bridges, linking Hong
Kong and Macau to the Chinese
mainland. REUTERS/Aly Song
Oct.22, 2018

At a cost of $120 billion dollars, it will link
Hong Kong and Macau to southern China,
the economic engine that powered Beijing's
rise. REUTERS/Aly SongOct.22, 2018

A general view of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau
bridge before its opening ceremony. The total span
of the bridge is 34 miles, including an undersea
tunnel and access roads. REUTERS/Aly Song
Oct.22, 2018

A Chinese white dolphin jumps out of
the sea in front of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-
Macau bridge off Lantau island in Hong
Kong. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Oct.22, 2018

Reuters / Monday, October 22, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening
ceremony of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau
bridge. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the
rare public appearance on Tuesday to open one
of his country's biggest projects: one of the
world's longest sea bridges. REUTERS/Aly Song
Oct.22, 2018

Macau bridge is seen from a rooftop pool
before its opening ceremony. REUTERS/Aly
Song
Oct.22, 2018

Macau bridge is seen before its opening
ceremony. REUTERS/Aly Song
Oct.22, 2018

A view on the Hong Kong side of the
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge before
its opening. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Oct.22, 2018

A journalist runs on the Hong
Kong side of the Hong Kong-
Zhuhai-Macau bridge before its
opening. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Oct.22, 2018

'March of the Migrant' heads north
Central American migrants, who are part of a caravan of
migrants trying to reach the United States, hitchhike on a
truck along the highway as they continue their journey in
Tapachula, Mexico October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei
Marcelino
Oct.22, 2018

Reuters / Monday, October 22, 2018
Shoppers pass by as Eleana Ramos, a 2-
year-old girl from Honduras, lies on her
mother as they take rest with a caravan
of thousands of migrants from Central
America en route to the United States, in
the Tapachula city center, Mexico.
REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Oct.22, 2018

Central American migrants wait on the
bridge that connects Mexico and
Guatemala to cross into Mexico to
continue their trip, in Ciudad Hidalgo,
Mexico October 22, 2018.
Oct.22, 2018

Medics give assistance to migrants
from Central America en route to the
United States after they arrived in
Huixtla, Mexico October 22, 2018.
REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Oct.22, 2018

A girl sleeps next to bread donated by a
passer-by in Tapachula, Mexico October 22,
2018. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Oct.22, 2018

Central American migrants walk
along the highway near the border
with Guatemala, in Tapachula,
Oct.22, 2018

Central American migrants hitchhike
on a truck along the highway as they
continue their journey in Tapachula,
Oct.22, 2018

Honduran migrants hoping to reach
the U.S. sleep on a sidewalk in the
southern Mexico city of Tapachula,
Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. (AP
Oct.22, 2018

Central American migrants hitchhike on a
truck along the highway as they continue
their journey in Tapachula, Mexico October
22, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Oct.22, 2018

A Central American migrant sits amid a
group of sleeping migrants, in
Tapachula, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 22,
2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Oct.22, 2018

Honduran migrants hoping to
reach the U.S. sleep in the
southern Mexico city of
Tapachula, Monday, Oct. 22,
2018, in a public plaza featuring a
statue of Mexican national hero
Miguel Hidalgo, a priest who
launched Mexico's War of
Independence in 1810. (AP
Oct.22, 2018

Harry and Meghan's first overseas tour
Prince Harry and Meghan,
Duchess of Sussex, receive teddy
bears as they greet members of
the public in Kingfisher Bay on
Fraser Island in Queensland,
Australia October 22, 2018.
REUTERS/Phil Noble
Oct.22, 2018

Reuters / Saturday, October 20, 2018
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan,
Duchess of Sussex, Australia's Prime
Minister Scott Morrison and New South
Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian attend
the opening of the enhanced ANZAC
memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia.
Ian Vogler/Pool via REUTERS
Oct.20, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of
Sussex cheer on sailers on Sydney
harbour during day two of the Invictus
Games in Sydney, Australia, October 21,
2018. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTER
Oct.21, 2018

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of
Sussex, arrive to greet members of the public in
Kingfisher Bay on Fraser Island in Queensland,
Australia. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Oct.22, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of
Sussex, walk along Kingfisher Bay Jetty
during a visit to Fraser Island, Australia,
October 22, 2018. Kirsty
Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS
Oct.22, 2018

Prince Harry is seen with Aboriginal
man Joe Gala at McKenzie's Jetty on
Fraser Island, Australia, October 22,
2018. Stephen Lock/Pool via REUTERS
Oct.22, 2018

October 23, 2018

People rally to protest the Trump administration's
reported transgender proposal to narrow the
definition of gender to male or female at birth, in
Los Angeles, California. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonOct.23, 2018

Girls squat in the Palestinian Bedouin village
of Khan al-Ahmar, in the occupied West
Bank. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Oct.23, 2018

A police officer works at the site of a
road traffic accident after a mobile
crane crashed into passenger vehicles
in Kiev, Ukraine. REUTERS/Valentyn
Ogirenko
Oct.23, 2018

An archaeologist cleans a wooden
mask of the Mochica culture at Chan
Chan archeological complex in Trujillo,
Peru. REUTERS/Douglas Juarez
Oct.23, 2018

A man takes a picture with his smartphone
mounted on a selfie stick during sunny autumn
weather near the peak of Mount Rigi,
Switzerland. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Oct.23, 2018

Models present creations from the Patricia
Viera collection during the Sao Paulo Fashion
Week. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
Oct.23, 2018

Men work on cables connecting power
transmission towers in Zhoushan,
Zhejiang province, China.
REUTERS/Stringer
Oct.23, 2018

A woman works in a plastic bottle
recycling factory in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. REUTERS/Mohammad
Ponir Hossain
Oct.23, 2018

Supporters participate at a campaign rally
while awaiting the arrival of President Donald
Trump and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in Houston,
Texas. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Oct.23, 2018

A farmer cultivates pomegranates
at a farm in Saada, Yemen.
REUTERS/Naif RahmaOct.23, 2018

Surfers are seen during a
sunset on Arpoador beach in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
Oct.23, 2018

Students from St Andrews University are
covered in foam as they take part in the
traditional Raisin Weekend in the Lower
College Lawn, at St Andrews in Scotland.
REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Oct.23, 2018

A still image taken from CCTV video and
obtained by TRT World claims to show Saudi
journalist Jamal Khashoggi, highlighted in a
red circle by the source, as he arrives at
Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Courtesy TRT World/via Reuters
Oct.23, 2018

Turkish police forensic experts arrive at a
car park where a vehicle belonging to
Saudi Arabia's consulate was found, in
Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Huseyin
Aldemir
Oct.23, 2018

Lightning bolts are seen during a
storm over Valletta, Malta.
REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Oct.23, 2018

Firefighters try to douse fire as smoke
billows from the burning garbage at
the Bhalswa landfill site in Delhi,
India. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain
Oct.23, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of
Sussex, attend an official welcome
ceremony in Suva, Fiji October 23, 2018.
Ian Vogler/Pool via REUTERS
Oct.23, 2018

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex waits with
Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama
as a red carpet is laid during a welcome
ceremony in Suva, Fiji October 23,
2018. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via
REUTERS
Oct.23, 2018

Sussex attend an official welcome ceremony
at Albert Park as they arrive in Suva, Fiji
October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Oct.23, 2018

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex,
arrives for a reception and state
dinner hosted by Fiji's President
Jioji Konrote at Grand Pacific
Hotel in Suva, Fiji October 23,
2018. Ian Vogler/Pool via
REUTERS
Oct.23, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess
of Sussex, arrive at Grand Pacific Hotel
in Suva, Fiji October 23, 2018.
REUTERS/Phil Noble /Pool
Oct.23, 2018

Men in traditional attire carry a roasted pig as
Sussex, attend an official welcome ceremony in
Suva, Fiji October 23, 2018. Ian Vogler/Pool via
REUTERS
Oct.23, 2018

Britain's Prince Harry takes a photo with
Butchulla People during a dedication
ceremony of the forests of K'gari to the
Queen's Commonwealth Canopy on Fraser
Island in Queensland, Australia.
REUTERS/Phil Noble/Pool
Oct.23, 2018

Thai buffalo racing
Reuters / Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Jockeys compete in Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival in
Chonburi province, Thailand October 23, 2018. Muddy water
buffalo races mark the end of the monsoon season and the
beginning of the rice harvest, in a tradition that dates back
more than 140 years. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Oct.23, 2018

People walk with water buffaloes owned by
Anan Chalermlarb during a practice session,
October 18, 2018. The races date back to the
1800s when rice farmers wanted to give
thanks to their beasts of burden.
REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Oct.23, 2018

Anan Chalermlarb holds up his trophy during an interview
ahead of Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival, October 18,
2018. "There are about eight to 12 races throughout the year,
but this is by far the most important event in Thai buffalo
racing," Anan Chalermlarb, 63, the owner of this year's
lightweight division winner, told Reuters. REUTERS/Athit
Perawongmetha
Oct.23, 2018

Reuters / Tuesday, October 23,
2018
Yatanyu Yansri rides a water
buffalo owned by Anan
Chalermlarb during a practice
session, Thailand October 18,
2018. Anan has been involved in
water buffalo racing for 45 years,
first as a rider and now as trainer.
"I have to continue with this sport
and my son will take over after I'm
gone," he said. "If we don't do
this, then there is a chance that
these races may disappear."
Oct.23, 2018

A water buffalo, owned by Anan Chalermlarb, has a
shower before a practice session ahead of Chonburi's
annual buffalo race festival in Chonburi province,
Thailand. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Oct.23, 2018

Vatanyu Yansri competes in
Chonburi's annual buffalo race
festival, Thailand October 23, 2018.
Oct.23, 2018

Jockeys compete in Chonburi's annual
buffalo race festival, October 23, 2018.
Oct.23, 2018

Jockeys compete in Chonburi's
annual buffalo race festival, Thailand
October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Athit
Perawongmetha
Oct.23, 2018

Boston Red Sox pinch hitter Eduardo Nunez
(middle) celebrates with outfielder Mookie Betts
(50) and outfielder Andrew Benintendi (16) after
hitting a three-run home run against the Los
Angeles Dodgers in the third inning in game one
of the 2018 World Series at Fenway Park. Bob
DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Oct.232018

A part of the underground escalator
damaged where some of CSKA Moscow
supporters were injured in Rome, Italy. The
escalator in a Rome metro station packed
with CSKA Moscow soccer fans broke on
Tuesday, injuring at least 20 people as they
were flung down the stairs, Italian police
said. Vigili del Fuoco /Handout/via REUTERS
Oct.23, 2018

President Donald Trump leans in to hear something
from U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis after
speaking to the news media as Marine General Joseph
Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sits at
right, during a gathering for a briefing from the
president's senior military leaders in the Cabinet
Room at the White House. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Oct.23, 2018

October 24, 2018

Harry and Meghan's first overseas tour
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,
visit the University of the South Pacific in Suva,
Fiji, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Pool
Oct.24, 2018

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex
arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony
at the Fiji War Memorial in Suva, Fiji
October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Phil
Noble
Oct.24, 2018

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, speaks
to Natasha Manuela, 3, during a visit
the University of the South Pacific in
Suva, Fiji, October 24, 2018.
REUTERS/Phil Noble/Pool
Oct.24, 2018

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attends a
morning tea reception at the British High
Commissioner's Residence in Suva, Fiji,
October 24, 2018. Samir Hussein/Pool via
REUTERSOct.24, 2018
Prince Harry crushes pepper
roots during a demonstration of
kava making at a dedication of
the Colo-i-Suva forest to the
Queen's Commonwealth Canopy
in Suva, Fiji, October 24, 2018.
Dominic Lipinski/Pool via
REUTERS

A member of the New York Police Department
bomb squad is pictured outside the Time
Warner Center in Manhattan after a suspicious
package was found inside the mailroom of
CNN. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
Oct.24, 2018

A street light is seen over the moon in
downtown Rome, Italy. REUTERS/Max Rossi
Oct.24, 2018

A boy flies a kite with friends along the dry bed of
Lyari River in Karachi, Pakistan. REUTERS/Akhtar
SoomroOct.24, 2018

Medics take Angelena Sawyer to the ambulance
for her untreated acute appendicitis during a
wellbeing check by a 50 Star Search and Rescue
team following Hurricane Michael in Fountain,
Florida. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Oct.24, 2018

Buddhist pilgrims light candles
around the Golden Rock or
Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda to celebrate the
full moon festival in Kyaikto, Mon
state, Myanmar. REUTERS/Ann
Wang
Oct.24, 2018

Rescue personnel is seen at the scene
of a scaffolding collapse in Antwerp,
Belgium. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
Oct.24, 2018

A house covered with Virginia creeper
is pictured on an autumn day in
Chateau-Thebaud, near Nantes,
France. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Oct.24, 2018

A still image taken from a video shows
divers exploring a shipwreck at the bottom
of the Black Sea, off the coast of Bulgaria.
BLACK SEA MAP/EEF
EXPEDITIONS/REUTERS TV
Oct.24, 2018

People work during a forest fire that
threatened the animals at Zoologico
de San Martin in Banos de Agua
Santa, Ecuador. Jackson Zamora/via
REUTERS
Oct.24, 2018

People walk inside a house which according to local
media was damaged in a gun battle between Indian
security forces and suspected militants in Nowgam,
on the outskirts of Srinagar. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Oct.24, 2018

People who were evacuated from their
homes are seen in a big room at the
Convention Center being used as a
shelter while Hurricane Willa
approaches the Pacific beach resort,
Mexico. REUTERS/Henry Romero
Oct.24, 2018

Canadian soldiers of the NATO enhanced
Forward Presence battle group look on during
the Iron Tomahawk exercise in Adazi, Latvia.
REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
Oct.24, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks during
a bill signing event for "America's Water
Infrastructure Act of 2018" in the Oval
Office at the White House.
REUTERS/Leah Millis
Oct.24, 2018

Central American migrants cross
the Suchiate river into Mexico on a
raft as they try to reach a migrant
caravan heading to U.S., in Ciudad
Hidalgo, Mexico. REUTERS/Ueslei
Marcelino
Oct.24, 2018
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