A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 3, 2016

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Migrants wait to be rescued as they drift in the Mediterranean Sea some 20 nautical miles north off the coast of Libya.
!["The Park People Series" by artist Nathan Sawaya is seen on the South Lawn of the White House during the "South By South Lawn" [SXSL] Festival in Washington, D.C.](https://d1fpay102bflj3.cloudfront.net/d699bb76-c57e-4923-8dcc-6afb1432b65e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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"The Park People Series" by artist Nathan Sawaya is seen on the South Lawn of the White House during the "South By South Lawn" [SXSL] Festival in Washington, D.C.

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Bavarian riflemen and riflewomen in traditional costumes fire their muzzle loaders in front of the 'Bavaria' statue on the last day at the 183rd Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, Oct. 3, 2016.

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Women demonstrate Panasonic's Human Body Communication Device, which changed the color of the LEDs on a cloth to same color of the wrist device, at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) JAPAN 2016, at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.