Day in Photos: Unrest in South Africa, NATO Exercise, and NYC Transit’s Annual Pop-Up Sale

Day in Photos: Unrest in South Africa, NATO Exercise, and NYC Transit’s Annual Pop-Up Sale

A glimpse into the world through the lens of photography.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party leans over to greet supporters during a campaign motorcade in Ceilandia, Brazil, on Oct. 9, 2026. Lula da Silva is heading to a runoff election against right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro on Oct. 25. Evaristo SA/AFP via Getty Images

The Motor Oil refinery in Agioi Theodoroi near Corinth, west of Athens, Greece, on Oct. 9, 2026. At least two people were seriously hurt in an accident at one of Greece's biggest refineries, the company and media reports said. Valerie Gache/AFP via Getty Images

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party take part in a protest march demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in Peshawar on Oct. 9, 2026. Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images

Cable cars travel to Sentosa island as haze shrouds Singapore on Oct. 9, 2026. Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images

A man carries a sign from New York City's transportation system during NYC Transit's annual pop-up sale in New York on Oct. 9, 2026. The sale features items collected from subway stations being rehabilitated or renovated. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

A rabbit clears an obstacle during the straight-course competition at the European Rabbit Jumping Championship in Lysekil, Sweden, on Oct. 9, 2026. The three-day championship features several disciplines, including straight-course jumping and high jump. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

Property damage after a demonstration against the federal government's budgetary measures, organized by trade unions in Brussels on Oct. 9, 2026. Emile Windal/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images

Rémi Cabanac, scientific director at the Pic du Midi, gestures as he speaks to visitors, beneath a telescope at an observatory of the Pic du Midi, France, on Oct. 9, 2026. France's highest hotel, the newly opened Hôtellerie des Laquets, sits at an altitude of 2,620 meters in the Pyrenees. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

People gather at the river bank of Banpo Hangang Park in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 9, 2026. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images

An excavator clears debris at the site of a reported overnight Saudi airstrike on a foam factory in Sanaa's Al-Rawda neighbourhood, Yemen, on Oct. 9, 2026. The conflict between the Houthis and Yemen's Saudi-backed government has widened. Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. soldiers work in the Combined Operations and Intelligence Center during the NATO exercise "Avenger Triad 26" at Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany, on Oct. 9, 2026. Hannes P. Albert/AFP via Getty Images

A circular display bearing the logo of the IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings 2026 is pictured in the water outside the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok on Oct. 9, 2026. Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP via Getty Images

Tourists use smartphones standing on a hill overlooking Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake, near the Siberian settlement of Listvyanka in the Irkutsk region, Russia, on Oct. 9, 2026. Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images

Four Paws International veterinarian Amir Khalil examines an African elephant Madhubala at the Safari Park in Karachi on Oct. 9, 2026. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli flags cover the facade of a coffee shop, obscuring its entrance, after Israeli settlers installed scores of flags to obstruct access to the Palestinian business in Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya near Nablus, West Bank, on Oct. 9, 2026. Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Getty Images

A man visits the beach as winds pick up ahead of Hurricane Isaias, in Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Oct. 9, 2026. Hurricane Isaias is in the Gulf as the season's first Atlantic hurricane. Joe Raedle/Getty Images