The best images from around the world for Oct. 17
Indian labourers work at a firecracker factory on the outskirts of Kolkata. Hindu devotees use firecrackers while celebrating the Diwali festival.Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP / Getty Images
General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, takes questions in front of a screen showing Canada's support against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at a technical briefing on Operation IMPACT in Ottawa.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
Kurdish demonstrators light torches during a demonstration against Islamic State (IS) insurgent attacks on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, in Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood of Aleppo.Ammar Abdullah/Reuters
A pro-democracy protester wearing face protection walks on a street after clashes with police in which they re-took a road that they were occupying in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong.Ed Jones/AFP / Getty Images
A man takes photos while standing on a cliff on Bermuda’s south shore battered by winds from approaching Hurricane Gonzalo, in Astwood Park.Stringer/Reuters
The use of personal protective equipment to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases for healthcare workers was demonstrated at Toronto Western Hospital - a hospital that has extra reason to prepare for Ebola because it has been tapped to treat any Canadian aid worker who may contract the virus in West Africa.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
Supporters of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu state Jayaram Jayalalitha celebrate the news of bail being granted to their leader, outside their party office in Chennai, India.Arun Sankar K/The Associated Press
Artist Sally Lyon of Rhinebeck, N.Y., paints a scene of the Hudson valley in Hudson, N.Y. Thirty artists will auction off their paintings to benefit the Columbia County Council on the Arts and Olana.Mike Groll/The Associated Press
Children, who are displaced from Pakistani tribal area due to security forces' operation against militants in tribal areas, wash their linens and bath in a polluted stream, in Islamabad, Pakistan.B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press
Than Paing of Myanmar (C) is lifted up by fans as they celebrate after Myanmar won their AFC U-19 Championship quarter-final football match against the United Arab Emirates at Thuwanna stadium in Yangon. Myanmar won the match 1-0, securing a place in the U20 world cup.Ye Aung Thu/AFP / Getty Images