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REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

We bring you a presentation of the best photos in the last 24 hours from around the world.

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Philadelphia Phillies' Raul Ibanez breaks his bat as he lines out to third base against the San Francisco Giants in the fourth innings during Game 5 of their Major League Baseball NLCS playoff series in San Francisco

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A couple relaxes in an infinity pool overlooking the haze-covered skyline in Singapore on October 22. Singapore, blanketed under a smoky haze for days, beseeched neighbouring Indonesia on Friday to douse fires lit for illegal clearing of forests that are causing the worst air pollution in the region since 2006. Malaysia has also blamed poor air quality in some of its southern towns on fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island.

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A Lolita dressed in a maid's uniform rides an escalator in Tokyo. Lolita fashion, which has many sub-styles, is a popular form of fashion in Tokyo among the youth

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A Palestinian-owned house is seen shrouded in the morning mist on Mount Gerizim near the West Bank town of Nablus

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

French high school students kiss on the road in front of the police at the end of a demonstration over pension reform in Paris. France faced another day of strikes and confrontation on its streets as the government grappled to restore fuel supply with senators just a few days away from voting on pension reform

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Lightning flashes over Strip casinos as a thunderstorm passes through the Las Vegas Valley in Las Vegas, Nevada

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Italy's Member of the European Parliament Licia Ronzulli raises her hand to speak as she takes part with her baby in a voting session on the working conditions of women at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A displaced girl from the south carries her brother in the Mandela Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Khartoum. Sudan is less than three months away from the scheduled start of two votes -- one on whether its south should declare independence and the other on whether the contested oil-producing area of Abyei should join the south or the north.

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

An army soldier lies as he takes his position during a gunbattle with terrorists in Maloora on the outskirts of Srinagar. Three Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists were killed in the gunbattle that broke out on Thursday

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

An army soldier kicks the door of a residential house during a search operation near the site of a gun battle with terrorists in Maloora on the outskirts of Srinagar. Three Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists were killed in the gunbattle that broke out on Thursday.