A Russian fighter jet flies above a railway junction on fire following recent shelling in the town of Shakhtarsk, near Donetsk, in Russian-controlled Ukraine.
A lion statue built from Lego bricks is unveiled at the Pest bridgehead of the landmark Chain Bridge that spans the Danube between Buda and Pest, in Budapest on October 27. The lego lion statue weighs around 3 tons and was completed in 28 days from 850,000 bricks.
An elderly couple hug each other while sitting on a bench in the frontline town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region. The eastern Ukrainian town, known for its salt mines and vineyards, has been under attack for months by Russian forces, who are mostly on the defensive in other regions across Ukraine.
A bareheaded woman stands on top of a vehicle as thousands of Iranians make their way toward the cemetery in Saghez where Mahsa Amini is buried. Large crowds turned out on October 26 to mark 40 days since the young woman died in police custody after being arrested for reportedly not wearing her head scarf, or hijab, properly.
Artists from the Tbilisi National Opera and Ballet Theater perform during a dress rehearsal in the Georgian capital.
The sun sets behind a dome of Christ the Savior Cathedral in downtown Moscow.
A woman eats her dinner by candlelight as part of energy-saving measures in a residential area of the Moldovan capital, Chisinau.
A member of the Ukrainian National Guard fires a mortar along the front line in Ukraine's conflict with Russian invaders in the Kharkiv region.
A partial solar eclipse is framed by youngsters jumping on a trampoline in the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, on October 25.
A EUFOR (European Force) soldier takes part in a military exercise at the Butmir base in Sarajevo.
A pedestrian walks past a poster displaying Russian soldiers with a slogan reading "Army of Russia -- Army of Professionals" on a street in Moscow.
A woman feeds a peacock at the zoo in Mykolayiv in eastern Ukraine. Nine rockets hit the area of the zoo at the beginning of the war. Now the zoo is only open on weekends.
A soldier adjusts his hat during celebrations marking Romania's Army Day celebrations in Bucharest.
People shelter inside a subway station in Kyiv during a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian capital.
A view of a partial solar eclipse in Budapest, Hungary.
Environmental activists scuffle with riot police as they protest against the building of a new bridge across the Danube River in the Serbian city of Novi Sad.
A car makes its way through a forest of trees with autumn foliage in Mavrovo, North Macedonia.
Russian police and National Guard servicemen patrol Moscow's Red Square as part of security reinforcement measures.