News in Pics, September 28: Best photos from around the world

Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal addresses a gathering of party workers and farmers to mobilise them for October 1 Kisan March, which would commence from all three Sikh religious Takhts in the state to Mohali, in Ropar district, Punjab. Credit: PTI Photo

Cleveland sports mascots pose at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse where a voter registration event took place in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland sports teams the Browns of the NFL, Cavaliers of the NBA and Indians of MLB, partnered on the voter registration to encourage Ohio voters to cast their ballot on election day. The group

Women take part in a demonstration to mark the International Safe Abortion Day in Monterrey, Mexico. Credit: Reuters Photo

Members of Paraguay's highway patrol and locals try to extinguish a fire in San Bernardino, east of Asuncion, Paraguay, where thousands hectares have already been affected by fires, following extreme droughts. Credit: AFP Photo

Relatives and friends of Juliana Giraldo attend her funeral in Jamundi municipality, Valle del Cauca department, on September 27, 2020. Giraldo, a transsexual woman, was shot dead by a soldier while travelling in a car with her partner on a highway in southwest Colombia, on September 24, an action the army recognised and regretted. 

Joachim Lobo, a schoolteacher, stands in his makeshift shelter in the Loda IDP camp near Fataki, in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He was forced to flee his village in June after an attack by armed men. Fataki and surrounding villages have been targeted by recurring armed attacks by militiamen that have driven tens of thousands of people from their villages. Since the end of 2017, the conflict in Ituri has left several hundred people dead and more than one and a half million displaced. Most of the massacres are attributed to armed militias belonging to the Lendu community and claiming to defend themselves against the Congolese army and the Hema community. Credit: AFP Photo