From the California wildfires and Catalonia's pro-independence rally in Barcelona, to Kazakhstan Fashion Week in Almaty and the Weapons and Security 2017 exhibition in Kiev — take a look at this week's events in Sputnik's photo gallery.
People dance in a park on a foggy day in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, China, on October 10, 2017.
Barcelona residents wait for the regional Parliament to announce the results of the referendum on the independence of Catalonia, Spain, on October 10, 2017.
A car arch being installed on the Crimean Bridge constructed above the Kerch Strait, Russia, on October 10, 2017.
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A man walks past a home destroyed by Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 9, 2017.
Cranberry harvesting at the Polesskiye Zhuraviny plantation in Pinsk district, Brest region, Belarus, on October 9, 2017.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on October 11, 2017. The Turkmen leader presented Putin with a Central Asian Shepherd puppy named Verny (Loyal) as a birthday gift.
Members of the Crazy Horse Paris cabaret perform an act from their upcoming Forever Crazy performance during a media preview in Singapore on October 11, 2017.
Competitors perform during Red Bull Trike Strike in Bom Jardim da Serra, Brazil, on October 7, 2017.
A demonstrator is detained by riot police during a rally against Columbus Day in downtown Santiago, Chile, on October 9, 2017.
A polar bear cub brought from Yakutia, Russia, is seen in its enclosure at the Moscow Zoo Center for Rare Animal Species Reproduction on October 9, 2017.
A reveler performs during the Indigenous Peoples' Day Festival on Randall’s Island, New York, US, on October 8, 2017. The festival is held as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day and to promote Native American culture and history.
A young woman poses with a rifle at the Weapons and Security 2017 expo in Kiev, Ukraine, on October 10, 2017.
A DC-10 aircraft drops fire retardant on a wind-driven wildfire in Orange, California, US, on October 9, 2017.
An enclosure with geese at the Harvest Festival market in Khabarovsk, Russia, on October 7, 2017.
An H-2A rocket carrying Japan's fourth and final quasi-zenith satellite, the Michibiki No. 4, lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, on October 10, 2017.
People react as they watch a session of the Catalonian regional Parliament on a giant screen at a pro-independence rally in Barcelona, Spain, on October 10, 2017.
The Russian capital's police holds a festival to mark Interior Ministry Personnel Day in Moscow on October 7, 2017.
Japanese women bodybuilders pose during the Japan bodybuilding championships in Tokyo on October 9, 2017.
A model takes a selfie backstage during Kazakhstan Fashion Week in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on October 11, 2017.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan (second from right) with his wife Emine and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko with his wife Marina are seen during an official welcoming ceremony in Kiev, Ukraine, on October 9, 2017.
From left: Iran's player Morteza Pourliganji, Russia's Alexei Miranchuk and Iran's Saeid Ezatolahi at a friendly football match between the national teams of Russia and Iran held in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, on October 10, 2017.
Participants of a protest rally against labor reforms in Paris, France, on October 10, 2017.
Rohingya refugees look through a fence as they wait outside of aid distribution premises at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on October 8, 2017.
Bullfighter Adrian Henche performs a pass to a bull during the Pilar's bullfighting fair at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, on October 8, 2017.
Five Star Movement supporters kiss each other as they wear masks depicting former Italian Prime Ministers Silvio Berlusconi (right) and Matteo Renzi during a protest in front of Montecitorio government palace in Rome, Italy, on October 11, 2017.
A picture taken with a drone on October 10, 2017 shows trees spelling out the word "Lenin" in a forest near the town of Ivanava, some 305 km southwest of Minsk, Belarus.
