News in Pics, October 24: Best photos from around the world

Artists perform Ramlila, a dramatic re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram, at Laxman Qila in Ayodhya. Credit: PTI Photo

Crosses that represent 65 miners who died during an explosion in 2006 in Pasta de Conchos coal mine, are seen along a highway in San Juan de Sabinas, Mexico. Credit: Reuters Photo

El Paso's downtown has always been reliant on shoppers from neighboring Ciudad Juarez, but the border closure to non-essential traffic from Mexico has hurt businesses, whose main clientele is Mexican shoppers. Credit: AFP Photo

Galapagos National Park registered a record increase in the population of penguins and flightless cormorants, both species endemic to the archipelago. Credit: AFP Photo

Tokyo Aquatics Centre, a venue for swimming, diving and artistic swimming of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Games, prior to its opening ceremony in Tokyo. Credit: AFP Photo

Motorists protect themselves with a scarf while riding a scooter under heavy rain in Bangalore. Credit: AFP Photo

A decision to exclude people from persecuted ethnic minority groups in conflict-plagued regions of Myanmar from voting during the November 8 national elections -- ostensibly over security concerns -- has filled them with anger and despair, with nearly two million people disenfranchised. Credit: AFP Photo