Today in Pictures, Oct 15, 2020

Faulty power cable disrupts train services in Singapore, torrential rain lashes Hyderabad, India, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures

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Oct 15, 2020, 03:18 PM

The scene outside Queenstown MRT station on Oct 14, 2020, as train commuters waited to board free bus services. There were no train services on parts of the North-South and East-West lines at about 7pm, and later on the Circle Line at 7.30pm, in what was one of the worst power-related disruptions on the train network in recent years. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/DESMOND WEE

The 31/2-hour breakdown along parts of the North-South, East-West and Circle MRT lines caused by a faulty power cable led to blackouts at stations such as Jurong East as seen in a photo taken on Oct 14, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GAVIN FOO

A resident shows the level of water in his cellar area at an apartment following heavy rains in Hyderabad, India, on October 14, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Pro-democracy protesters give the three-finger salute as they hold up their mobile phones with lights while gathering outside the Government House in an anti-government rally in Bangkok on October 14, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A man sits in a car full of bread to distribute to other people near Agdam city during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region, in the city of Terter on October 14, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A man lights flares as Nationalist movements' activists shout anti-Russian slogans demonstrate in front of President Volodymyr Zelensky's offices in Kiev on October 14, 2020, a day considered as symbolic for Ukrainian nationalists and also Ukraine's Defender’s Day. PHOTO: AFP

This Blue Origin handout photo shows New Shepard landing on the pad in West Texas on October 13, 2020, with the NASA Lunar Landing Sensor Demo onboard. Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, succeeded in its latest test flight of its rocket aimed at one day taking tourists to space. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA AFP

Dancers from "LA Dance Project" perform, wearing a mask, during the drive-in show "Solo at Dusk" in Los Angeles, California, on October 13, 2020, amid the Coronavirus pandemic. PHOTO: AFP

In this photo taken on October 14, 2020, a member of Teamlab poses at the "Forest of Lamps" digital installation room with hanging lamps which illuminate as a visitor nears them, in the TeamLab Borderless exhibition at Mori Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo. PHOTO: AFP

Norwegian rider August Jensen of Riwal Readynez Cycling Team falls as he competes in the final sprint during the 108h edition of the "Scheldeprijs" (Grand Prix de L'Escaut), a one day cycling race from Schoten to Schoten, on October 14, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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