Today in Pictures, Oct 27, 2020

Safety netting erected at Changi Jurassic Mile, tree-planting exercise on Jurong Island, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Oct 27, 2020, 11:52 AM

A safety net was erected on top of the fence at a Changi Jurassic Mile as seen in a photo taken on Oct 26, 2020, after a woman was hit by a stray golf ball from the adjacent Tanah Merah Country Club (TMCC). PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ARIFFIN JAMAR

People taking part in a tree-planting exercise on Jurong Island on Oct 26, 2020. Participants included residents from West Coast GRC’s Boon Lay ward as well as representatives of 32 corporations from Jurong Island – the largest number of companies that have participated in such an activity on the island. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/MARK CHEONG

Pro-democracy protest leaders Patsaravalee "Mind" Tanakitvibulpon (L) addresses an anti-government rally in Bangkok on October 26, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Demonstrators supporting the reform of the Chilean constitution celebrate while waiting for the referendum official results at Plaza Italia in Santiago on October 25, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Iraqi protesters clash with security forces amid clashes following a demonstration on the Sinak bridge in the capital Baghdad on October 25, 2020, marking the first anniversary of a mass anti-government movement. PHOTO: AFP

People watch Ramlila, an re-enactment of the life of Hindu Lord Rama, during Dussehra festival celebrations amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease in New Delhi, October 25, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

People run from a tear gas shot by Nigerian police officers during a mass looting of a warehouse that have Covid-19 food palliatives that were not given during lockdown to relieve people of hunger, in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 26, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A Hindu priest stands in front of a fire at the Baramahini Temple during the tenth day of Dashain festival in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on October 26, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Hindu devotees submerge a clay idol of the Hindu goddess Durga on the Buriganga River during the final day of the Durga Puja festival, in Dhaka on October 26, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

In this picture taken on October 25, 2020, people wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the coronavirus travel through the Bund sightseeing tunnel which crosses below the Huangpu River in Shanghai. PHOTO: AFP

A cargo plane on its final approach into Long Beach Airport passes in front a hazy sun caused by smoke from the nearby Silverado Fire on October 26, 2020 in Huntington Beach, California. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

The Pacaya volcano, seen from Rodeo village in San Vicente Pacaya municipality about 45 km (28 miles) south of Guatemala City, erupts on October 25, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

An aerial view shows cars and a bus driving on a street at an autumnal forest near Hattingen, western Germany, on October 26, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A photo issued on Oct 26, 2020, shows an aerial view of a giant land art fresco by French-Swiss artist Saype, painted for the 8th step of his worldwide "Beyond Walls" project on a floating barge in the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey October 24, 2020. PHOTO: VALENTIN FLAURAUD FOR SAYPE VIA REUTERS

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