Day in Photos: Housing Protests in Spain, Flooding in Senegal, and Girl with a Pearl Earring Returns

Day in Photos: Housing Protests in Spain, Flooding in Senegal, and Girl with a Pearl Earring Returns

A glimpse into the world through the lens of photography.

Afghan Kochi nomad women carry canisters on a donkey cart along a street in the Dand district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, on Oct. 5, 2026. Sanaullah Seiam/AFP via Getty Images

A Kosovo policeman kicks away a smoke flare outside the parliament in Pristina, Kosovo, on Oct. 5, 2026. Kosovo’s parliament is limiting a Hague tribunal’s jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes committed in the 1990s Balkans War, following convictions of former guerrilla leaders. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images

A horse-pulled cart transports passengers through a flooded street in Dakar, Senegal, on Oct. 5, 2026. Seyllou/AFP via Getty Images

Firefighters extinguish a fire outside Jean-Louis Cyffle high school during a nationwide student protest over learning conditions in Nancy, France, on Oct. 5, 2026. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP via Getty Images

An Afghan boy sells bread along a street in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, on Oct. 5, 2026. Sanaullah Seiam/AFP via Getty Images

Villagers swim above coral reefs off Nadir Beach, Fiji, on Oct. 5, 2026. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (R) attends the opening ceremony of an extraordinary session at the upper house of the Diet in Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2026. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

A woman walks across the Marina beach early morning in Chennai, India, on Oct. 5, 2026. R. Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images

Shida Bazyar reacts after winning the German Book Prize at Römer City Hall in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Oct. 5, 2026. The prize is awarded annually to the best German-language novel shortly before the Frankfurt Book Fair. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

A man carrying a child walks along the Ampera Bridge in Palembang, Indonesia, on Oct. 5, 2026, as haze from forest and land fires blankets the area. Al Zulkifli/AFP via Getty Images

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch reacts next to the satirical “Birmingham Tapestry” during the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, England, on Oct. 5, 2026. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin (C) speaks ahead of testimony from AI researcher Jacob Coxon during a hearing in New York City on Oct. 5, 2026. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

A man works at a ration store in Havana, Cuba, on Oct. 5, 2026. The government is replacing ration stores with new Neighbourhood Markets. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

Employees hang Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” after its return from Japan at the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, Netherlands, on Oct. 5, 2026. The painting was exhibited in Osaka for five weeks. Lina Selg/ANP/AFP via Getty Images

Mexican wildlife photographer, conservationist, marine biologist and author Cristina Mittermeier laughs during the opening of an exhibition featuring her photographs outside Chapultepec Park in Mexico City on Oct. 5, 2026. Carl de Souza/AFP via Getty Images

A Kashmiri farmer harvests cockscomb flowers on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on Oct. 5, 2026. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images