An Indian soldier participates in a drill during the India-Russia joint military exercise Indra 2013 at Mahajan Field in Rajhastan. Deepak Sharma / AP Photo
An Indian soldier participates in a drill during the India-Russia joint military exercise Indra 2013 at Mahajan Field in Rajhastan. Deepak Sharma / AP Photo
Indian villagers gather around an abandoned car with a broken window with shell holes allegedly caused from firing from Pakistan side at Garkhal village. Channi Anand / AP Photo
Indian villagers gather around an abandoned car with a broken window with shell holes allegedly caused from firing from Pakistan side at Garkhal village. Channi Anand / AP Photo
Runners compete in the "3rd International Erbil Marathon in the northern city of Arbil, Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP Photo
Runners compete in the "3rd International Erbil Marathon in the northern city of Arbil, Iraq. Safin Hamed / AFP Photo
People stand in line to vote during elections in Antananarivo, Madagascar in the first elections since the 2009 coup. Schalk van Zuydam / AP Photo
People stand in line to vote during elections in Antananarivo, Madagascar in the first elections since the 2009 coup. Schalk van Zuydam / AP Photo
A Bulgarian Roma woman in front of a house with a child in the Roma district of the central Bulgarian town of Nikolaevo. Nikolay Doychinov / AFP Photo
A Bulgarian Roma woman in front of a house with a child in the Roma district of the central Bulgarian town of Nikolaevo. Nikolay Doychinov / AFP Photo
A woman feeds her baby at their home in the city of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Schalk van Zuydam / AP Photo
A woman feeds her baby at their home in the city of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Schalk van Zuydam / AP Photo
Bangladeshi garment workers and relatives of victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse hold candles during a memorial. Suvra Kanti Das / AFP Photo
Bangladeshi garment workers and relatives of victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse hold candles during a memorial. Suvra Kanti Das / AFP Photo
A tree with autumn leaves in a meadow on the grounds of Neuschwanstein Castle near Rosshaupten, southern Germany. AFP Photo
A tree with autumn leaves in a meadow on the grounds of Neuschwanstein Castle near Rosshaupten, southern Germany. AFP Photo
A member of the Austrian special forces is suspended in the air after jumping from one of the highest bungee jump cranes in the world, in front of Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Leonhard Foeger / Reuters
A member of the Austrian special forces is suspended in the air after jumping from one of the highest bungee jump cranes in the world, in front of Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Leonhard Foeger / Reuters

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In pictures: Best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Rob Gurdebeke

October 25, 2013

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The National View blog selects the best photography from around the world on October 25.

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