Australian Minister for tourism tries to get a selfie with a quokka, 245 people attempt to set a new world record for "rope jumping" in Brazil, people pay final respects to the late Thai King in Bangkok and other photographs of the week. The world in pictures in a photo gallery by TASS
This week in photos: Quokka selfie, Brazilian bridge jump and Thai king laid to rest
The world in pictures in a photo gallery by TASS
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Chinese stewardesses throw their hats at Tiananmen Square before the closing ceremony of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 24
© EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY Costumed participants attend the 2017 Fantasy Fest parade, an annual ten-day-long street party in Key West, Florida, USA, October 22
© EPA-EFE/CRISTOBAL HERRERA Actors dressed up sit in the streets of Leadenhall Market in London, Britain, October 24
© AP Photo/Frank Augstein A man falls from his motorbike as he tries to pass through a burning barricade set up by supporters of the opposition coalition the National Super Alliance and its presidential candidate Raila Odinga in Kibera slum, one of the opposition strongholds in Nairobi, Kenya, October 25
© EPA-EFE/DAI KUROKAWA Thai and foreign visitors come by the 'Flowers for Father' exhibition at the flower market in Bangkok, Thailand, October 24. About 400 meters of a flower tunnel are on display to pay final respects to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej
© EPA-EFE/Pongmanat Tasiri Orthodox believers hold photographs and drawings of Nicholas II of Russia in protest against Matilda, a film directed by Alexei Uchitel and premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 23
© Alexander Demianchuk/TASS Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits HMS Sutherland in the West India Dock, London, Britain, October 23
© REUTERS/Arthur Edwards/Pool Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte and Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a ceremony to receive a batch of Russian military goods including firearms and army trucks, aboard the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer of the Russian Pacific Fleet, in the port of Manila, Philippines, October 25
© Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defence Ministry Press Office/TASS Magdeburg fans display a banner and let flares off at Magdeburg vs. Borussia Dortmund football match, Magdeburg, Germany, October 24
© REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke Former US President George H.W. Bush is helped off the stage by George W. Bush as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama follow close behind during a concert at Texas A&M University where the five former US Presidents including Jimmy Carter attended a concert benefiting hurricane relief efforts in College Station, Texas, US, October 21
© REUTERS/Richard Carson Western Australian Tourism Minister, Paul Papalia, tries to take a selfie with a quokka during a visit to the holiday island, Rottnest off the West Australian Coast, October 24
© EPA-EFE/Tony McDonough US President Donald Trump calls on a reporter before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, USA, October 25
© AP Photo/Andrew Harnik A woman in her costume of the region salutes with liqueur as she sits in a horse-drawn carriage during the traditional Leonhardi pilgrimage for horses and livestock in Warngau, Germany, October 22
© AP Photo/Matthias Schrader A newly born eastern black rhino runs in its enclosure at the zoo in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic, October 25
© AP Photo/Petr David Josek Daredevils jump off a 30-meter high bridge, in Hortolandia, Brazil, on October 22. According to the organizers, 245 people were attempting set a new world record for "rope jumping", in which people, tied to a safety cord, jump off a bridge
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