Today’s top pics: Baseball Championship Series and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX Supreme Court Barrett
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett listens during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
APTOPIX Italy Mission Impossible 7
Actor Tom Cruise wears a face mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as he greets fans during a break from shooting Mission Impossible 7, along Rome's Fori Imperiali avenue, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
APTOPIX Supreme Court Barrett
Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Italy Giro Cycling
Slovakia's Peter Sagan celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the tenth stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Lanciano to Tortoreto, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)
APTOPIX Armenia Azerbaijan
A cat sits in the yard of a house destroyed by shelling by Azerbaijan's artillery during a military conflict in Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. The latest outburst of fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces began Sept. 27 and marked the biggest escalation of the decades-old conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. The region lies in Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since the end of a separatist war in 1994. (AP Photo)
APTOPIX Election 2020 Pence
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campaign rally at Weldall Manufacturing Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Italy
A medical staffer takes swabs as he tests for COVID-19, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says the aim of Italy’s new anti-virus restrictions limiting nightlife and socializing is to head off another generalized lockdown. Conte defended the measures as both “adequate and proportional” to the current need. He spoke Tuesday as the health ministry reported another 5,901 people tested positive over the past day and 41 people died, bringing Italy’s official COVID-19 death toll to 36,246, the second highest in Europe after Britain. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
APTOPIX Bolivia Argentina Wcup Soccer
People watch from a building adjacent to the Hernando Siles stadium a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 between Argentina and Bolivia in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
APTOPIX Election 2020 Biden
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Southwest Focal Point Community Center in, Pembroke Pines, Fla., Tuesday Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
APTOPIX Bolivia Argentina Wcup Soccer
Argentina's Joaquin Correa (9) celebrates with teammate Lionel Messi scoring his side's second goal against Bolivia during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Argentina won 2-1. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
APTOPIX Ecuador Uruguay WCup Soccer
Ecuador's Moises Caicedo scores his side's opening goal against Uruguay's goalkeeper Martin Campana during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Casa Blanca stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (Rodrigo Buendia/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX ALCS Rays Astros Baseball
Houston Astros' Jose Altuve hits a solo home run against against the Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Ryan Yarbrough during the first inning in Game 3 of a baseball American League Championship Series, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
APTOPIX NLCS Braves Dodgers Baseball
Atlanta Braves' Nick Markakis scores past Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith on a double by Cristian Pache during the fifth inning in Game 2 of a baseball National League Championship Series Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Cuba
Wearing masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, boys spend the afternoon on top of a tree, taking care of their grazing horses at sunset in Wajay, Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
APTOPIX Bills Titans Football
Tennessee Titans tight end Jonnu Smith (81) is congratulated by wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) after Smith caught a touchdown pass against the Buffalo Bills in the second half of an NFL football game Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
APTOPIX Chile Colombia Wcup Soccer
Chile's Alexis Sanchez scores his side's second goal against Colombia during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the Nacional Julio Martinez Pradanos, stadium in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (Alberto Valdes/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Peru Brazil Wcup Soccer
Peru's Renato Tapia celebrates scoring his side's second goal during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the National Stadium, in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Oct.13, 2020. (Daniel Apuy, Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak China
A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus is reflected on a window panel as she walks by a retailed shop displaying Chinese calligraphy fonts in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
APTOPIX China Tech Expo
Attendees wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus ride in a virtual reality simulator at the PT Expo in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. The expo, which showcases Chinese and foreign telecommunciations firms, comes as China has once again begun holding trade fairs and exhibitions after having largely controlled the spread of COVID-19 domestically and comes amid a push by Chinese President Xi Jinping to build homegrown technology champions. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
APTOPIX Election 2020 Trump
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Johnstown, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
APTOPIX Cambodia Flooding
Buddhist monks walk through a flooded pagoda following recent rains on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. A Cambodian disaster official said Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have been evacuated to safety places after a tropical storm hit the country, causing the flash flood. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Israel Daily Life
A group of cyclists ride next to a small flock of sheep during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, at Hayarkon park in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
APTOPIX Germany Weather Storm
A surfer jumps into the Baltic Sea in Timmendorfer Strand, northern Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Strong winds and unusual high waves changed the normally quiet sea into a surfer hot spot. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak India Kashmir
A Kashmiri health worker takes a swab sample of a child to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. India is the second worst-nation in terms of confirmed coronavirus caseload. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Spain
A woman sits in front of the sea after a storm in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday Oct. 14, 2020. Various regions in Spain, including northern Navarra and northeastern Catalonia, are either planning or implementing fresh restrictions against the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak France
An empty carousel is pictured in the Tuileries gardens Wednesday, Oct.14, 2020 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron is giving a nationally televised interview Wednesday night to speak about the virus, his first in months. French media reports say Macron will also step up efforts on social media to press the need for virus protections among young people. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
APTOPIX Britain Politics
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he leaves 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
APTOPIX Thailand Protests
Pro-democracy protesters raise a three-fingered salute, a symbol of resistance, as they rally outside the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Thousands of anti-government protesters gathered Wednesday for a rally at Bangkok's Democracy Monument being held on the anniversary of a 1973 popular uprising that led to the ousting of a military dictatorship, amid a heavy police presence and fear of clashes with political opponents. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Britain
A man wearing a face mask walks past a statue of the Beatles, as new measures across the region are set to come into force in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. New plans unveiled this week show Liverpool is in the highest-risk category, and its pubs, gyms and betting shops have been shut. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Czech Republic
A man runs across an empty medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. The Czech Republic has imposed a new series of restrictive measures in response to a record surge in coronavirus infections. Starting Wednesdays all bars and restaurants can only sell takeaway while drinking of alcohol is banned at public places. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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