Day in Photos: Protest in India, Columbus Day Parade, and Stolen Paintings Recovered

Day in Photos: Protest in India, Columbus Day Parade, and Stolen Paintings Recovered

A glimpse into the world through the lens of photography.

People participate in the Columbus Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City on Oct. 12, 2026. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

An Afghan shepherd watches over his flock as they graze near a hillside at Sarab district in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Oct. 12, 2026. Mohammad Faisal Naweed/AFP via Getty Images

Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, flanked by Princess Leonor (L) and Princess Sofia (R), attend the National Day military parade in Madrid on Oct. 12, 2026. Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images

Two migrants on the balustrade of the beachfront promenade at Benitez in the Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta on Oct. 12, 2026. Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will carry out a diplomatically sensitive visit to Ceuta on Oct. 13, 2026. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images

Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in Washington on Oct. 12, 2026. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images

A pumpkin is moved at the 53rd Annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Oct. 12, 2026. Dozens of pumpkin growers competed to see who grew the heaviest pumpkin of the season. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images

Lawyers scuffle with police during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 12, 2026, condemning the imposition of emergency rule in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province amid anti-government demonstrations. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images

France's President Emmanuel Macron sits inside a prototype of Renault E-Space car as he visits Renault stand at the international Paris Motor Show at the Porte de Versailles in Paris on Oct. 12, 2026. Thibault Camus/AFP via Getty Images

Farmers carry seaweed at Ekas beach in Lombok, Indonesia, on Oct. 12, 2026. Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images

A Belgian police officer faces young protesters during clashes near Brussels-South railway station on Oct. 12, 2026, on the sidelines of a national strike. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images

People fish in a creek near the base of Ithaca Falls in Ithaca, New York, on Oct. 12, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Jordan's King Abdullah II signs a guest book next to Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 12, 2026. Hasnoor Hussain/AFP via Getty Images

Motorcyclists ride along a street flooded by high tides in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Oct. 12, 2026. Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images

Local residents watch Ukrainian police officers working by wrecked cars in front of a high-rise residential building damaged following a Russian drone attack, in Kyiv on Oct. 12, 2026. Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images

The Zona Romantica (Romantic Zone), a tourist district in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco state, Mexico, on Oct. 12, 2026. Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images

The two stolen paintings by French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well," are presented in Marseille, France, on Oct. 12, 2026, following their recovery. Thibaud Moritz/AFP via Getty Images

The sun rises behind Tower Bridge, a scene captured from London Bridge, over the River Thames in London on Oct. 12, 2026. Brook Mitchell/AFP via Getty Images