Photos of the Day for Oct. 6

Published October 6, 2015

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Canadian physicist Arthur B McDonald, co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2015, is displayed on a screen during a press conference to announce the winners in Stockholm, Sweden.

Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images

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People walk through 200 crosses made with charred trees after a wildfire in Sant Salvador de Guardiola, near Igualada, Spain.

Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

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Sand artist Katsuhiko Chaen creates a promotion for the film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in Tottori, Japan.

Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images

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Palestinian youths throw rocks at an Israeli military vehicle during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Majdi Mohammed/Associated Press

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The Dutch freighter Flinterstar sinks after colliding with a tanker in the North Sea off the Belgian coast. All aboard were rescued from the frigid waters.

Reuters

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An Egyptian waves a national flag near the memorial of the Unknown Soldier in Cairo on the 42th anniversary of the Oct. 6 Arab-Israeli war in 1973.

Amr Nabil/Associated Press

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A vehicle and a home are swamped with floodwater from nearby Black Creek in Florence, S.C.

Gerry Broome/Associated Press

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Dolakh Dangi, nephew of the world's shortest man Chandra Bahadur Dangi, sits next to his body in Kathmandu, Nepal. According to Guinness World Records He was 54.6 cm tall.

Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

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Malaysian youths cool off in a river in Hulu Langat as schools remain closed due to hazy conditions from fires on Indonesian plantations that are being illegally cleared by burning.

Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images

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The Amazon rain forest (R), bordered by deforested land prepared for the planting of soybeans, is shown in Mato Grosso state in western Brazil. Brazil will produce a record 97.8 million tonnes of soybeans in 2015/16.

Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

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