Best pictures from October 16
Hindu devotees with earthen oil lamps pray inside a temple during the Navratri festival in Chandigarh, India.AJAY VERMA/Reuters
A girl dressed as a Hindu Goddess sits on the banks of river Ganga during the Navratri festival in Allahabad, India.JITENDRA PRAKASH/Reuters
Hindu devotees offer prayers while taking a holy dip in the Ganges River on the first day of Navratri festival, in Allahabad, India.Rajesh Kumar Singh/The Associated Press
A man jumps from one boat to another on the river Buriganga in Dhaka, Bangladesh.ANDREW BIRAJ/Reuters
Boys sit on the stoop of their home as a police officer patrols nearby with a sniffer dog during an operation in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Jacarezinho slum will now become part of a state program that establishes so-called "peacekeeping police units," in shantytowns previously held by drug traffickers.Felipe Dana/The Associated Press
Costume characters including the yet to be named armadillo mascot, center right, for the Brazil 2014 World soccer Cup pose for a group photograph after parading round the Brand Licensing Europe 2012 exposition at Olympia in London.Matt Dunham/The Associated Press
Members of the Free Syrian Army check for snipers in the old part of Aleppo, Syria.ASMAA WAGUIH/Reuters
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, left, arrives with Assistant Commissioner Bill Daly, right, for collective bargaining talks in Toronto. Negotiations continue between the NHL and the NHLPA to end the current lockout.Chris Young/The Canadian Press
A police truck leaves a building located on Hopkins St., Whitby, in the middle of an ongoing police investigation.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
A giant "I Love Lucy" mural is shown painted on the side of a building in Jamestown, N.Y.David Duprey/The Associated Press
The legislature at Queens Park remains empty on Tuesday after Premier Dalton McGuinty announced his resignation Monday.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
Arnold Peralta (L) of Honduras controls the ball past Canada's Ricketts Tosaint during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Olimpico stadium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.Jorge Cabrera/Reuters
U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney (rear) looks on during the second presidential debate in Hempstead, New York.MIKE SEGAR/Reuters