Pictures of the Day: 29 September 2017
![A jaguar ambushes a giant jacare caiman high up on the Three Brothers River in the Pantanal in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The cat wrestled with the reptile for over twenty minutes in a death struggle witnessed by photographer Chris Brunskill just after ten o'clock in the morning.. Caimans form a large part of the jaguar's diet in the Pantanal but battles such as this are very rarely observed and seldom photographed.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142084188_1_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqqe94gVf5fwATDoCZ63F3bFnimEKN_wSPya1OD16I6gM.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A jaguar ambushes a giant jacare caiman high up on the Three Brothers River in the Pantanal in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The cat wrestled with the reptile for over twenty minutes in a death struggle witnessed by photographer Chris Brunskill just after ten o'clock in the morning.. Caimans form a large part of the jaguar's diet in the Pantanal but battles such as this are very rarely observed and seldom photographed.
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Source: Chris Brunskill Ltd/Getty Images
![A cadet adjusts his colleague's uniform during a photo opportunity ahead of a celebration to mark the 69th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142047358_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqCWRKlKjrqsCFVYU_8CUx-UYMapKPjdhyLnv9ax6_too.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A cadet adjusts his colleague's uniform during a photo opportunity ahead of a celebration to mark the 69th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.
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Source: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
![Researchers tag Galapagos Sharks in the Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, northeast of Hawaii, U.S.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142106395_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq3480UNUU8UfSxDSaY1n7MIYqbv3VM6yh-eMvAMzG348.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Researchers tag Galapagos Sharks in the Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, northeast of Hawaii, U.S.
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Source: Greg McFall/NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries/Handout via REUTERS
![A handout photo made available by NASA shows an illustration of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is being built at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) in Laurel, Maryland, USA. The revolutionary heat shield that will protect the first spacecraft to fly directly into the Sun's atmosphere was installed for the first time on 21 September. This is the only time the spacecraft will have its thermal protection system - which will reach temperatures of 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1371 degrees Celsius) while at the Sun - attached until just before launch. Parker Solar Probe is scheduled for launch on 31 July 2018, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The spacecraft will explore the Sun's outer atmosphere and make critical observations that will answer decades-old questions about the physics of how stars work. The resulting data will improve forecasts of major space weather events that impact life on Earth, as well as satellites and astronauts in space.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142054458_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqPQdyj_TsXRNVd2pERZYIQzREcWnHidtyOSwiOYBtWqQ.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A handout photo made available by NASA shows an illustration of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is being built at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) in Laurel, Maryland, USA. The revolutionary heat shield that will protect the first spacecraft to fly directly into the Sun's atmosphere was installed for the first time on 21 September. This is the only time the spacecraft will have its thermal protection system - which will reach temperatures of 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1371 degrees Celsius) while at the Sun - attached until just before launch. Parker Solar Probe is scheduled for launch on 31 July 2018, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The spacecraft will explore the Sun's outer atmosphere and make critical observations that will answer decades-old questions about the physics of how stars work. The resulting data will improve forecasts of major space weather events that impact life on Earth, as well as satellites and astronauts in space.
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Source: EPA/JHUAPL HANDOUT HANDOUT
![Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, centre, cheers with the lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at the launch of the party's election headquarters in Tokyo. A surge of popularity for a freshly minted opposition party in Japan is making Prime Minister Abe's decision to call a snap election look riskier than initially thought. Abe dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, setting the stage for an Oct. 22 vote.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142078388_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq8a-22Vlh2P_oUKqIJlQj6xp_Rh5meLd3xMJaHlzgqK0.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, centre, cheers with the lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at the launch of the party's election headquarters in Tokyo. A surge of popularity for a freshly minted opposition party in Japan is making Prime Minister Abe's decision to call a snap election look riskier than initially thought. Abe dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, setting the stage for an Oct. 22 vote.
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Source: Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP
![The world's fastest man Usain Bolt visited the Schtzenzelt on Day 12 of the Oktoberfest.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142050488_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqV3svVdN4VzwsRrPaP9W1heg7keiGOikSkuCgacRW2xE.jpeg?imwidth=160)
The world's fastest man Usain Bolt visited the Schtzenzelt on Day 12 of the Oktoberfest.
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Source: ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA
![South Korean Special Army soldiers performing martial arts during a media day presentation of a commemoration event marking South Korea's Armed Forces Day, which will fall on October 1, at the Second Fleet Command of Navy in Pyeongtaek.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142048096_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqvxY1SBh3Zy94n8Z2-u3DXqy1OMJSZvMkDBucnZm7PB8.jpeg?imwidth=160)
South Korean Special Army soldiers performing martial arts during a media day presentation of a commemoration event marking South Korea's Armed Forces Day, which will fall on October 1, at the Second Fleet Command of Navy in Pyeongtaek.
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Source: AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-JeJUNG
![A six-week-old male White Rhino calf covered in mud, stands next to his mother, 32-year-old Donsa, at the Singapore Zoo. Singapore Zoo is active with its breeding programs as part of its wildlife preservation efforts. This is the Singapore Zoo's 21st White Rhino calf born in captivity and of these 21, Dosa has given birth to 11 babies.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142050630_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqZWckLfzm6bDy6VLLXC1sMWFLIyPhNRQTD2-ArOImRr0.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A six-week-old male White Rhino calf covered in mud, stands next to his mother, 32-year-old Donsa, at the Singapore Zoo. Singapore Zoo is active with its breeding programs as part of its wildlife preservation efforts. This is the Singapore Zoo's 21st White Rhino calf born in captivity and of these 21, Dosa has given birth to 11 babies.
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Source: AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
![The White Helmets motorcycle display team rehearse ahead of their final farewell display and closing show at Blandford Camp near Blandform Forum in Dorset, England. After 90 years the Royal Signals Motor Cycle Display Team 'White Helmets' will be performing their iconic tricks aboard their 750cc Triumph Tiger bikes for the very last time to dignitaries and invited guests at a closing show at the home of the Royal Signals at Blandford Camp on Saturday. Formed in 1927, the Royal Signals Motorcycle Display team has put on displays for millions of people but is being disbanded as a result of the modernisation of the Royal Signals and a move to cyber operations. The display team was originally meant to show to the British public the precision horsemanship and motorcycle riding skills required of Royal Signals' soldiers when the use of dispatch riders to ferry communications was still a vital element of the battlefield, however it has been decided that the display no longer reflect the reality of the high-tech communications of modern conflicts.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142096132_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLW0XPYl3HsPjqZYeXsYD-nDjN580y3yxG56kQGlSrZA.jpeg?imwidth=160)
The White Helmets motorcycle display team rehearse ahead of their final farewell display and closing show at Blandford Camp near Blandform Forum in Dorset, England. After 90 years the Royal Signals Motor Cycle Display Team 'White Helmets' will be performing their iconic tricks aboard their 750cc Triumph Tiger bikes for the very last time to dignitaries and invited guests at a closing show at the home of the Royal Signals at Blandford Camp on Saturday. Formed in 1927, the Royal Signals Motorcycle Display team has put on displays for millions of people but is being disbanded as a result of the modernisation of the Royal Signals and a move to cyber operations. The display team was originally meant to show to the British public the precision horsemanship and motorcycle riding skills required of Royal Signals' soldiers when the use of dispatch riders to ferry communications was still a vital element of the battlefield, however it has been decided that the display no longer reflect the reality of the high-tech communications of modern conflicts.
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Source: Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images
![Britain's Prince William meets Freddie Knoller and two other veterans of World War II, Ted Cordery and John Harrison, during a visit to the Imperial War Museum in London. Britain's Prince William meets Freddie Knoller, who took part in the French Resistance and survived imprisonment in Auschwitz, Monovitz and Bergen-Belsen and two other veterans of World War II, Ted Cordery and John Harrison.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142100180_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqrnZOjCQsEWuDJMc2RbzVgs7VwFj5embbiN0RDkQVHr8.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Britain's Prince William meets Freddie Knoller and two other veterans of World War II, Ted Cordery and John Harrison, during a visit to the Imperial War Museum in London. Britain's Prince William meets Freddie Knoller, who took part in the French Resistance and survived imprisonment in Auschwitz, Monovitz and Bergen-Belsen and two other veterans of World War II, Ted Cordery and John Harrison.
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Source: REUTERS/Frank Augstein/Pool TPX IMAGES
![A new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier, one of the main outlets where ice from the interior of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet flows into the ocean. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured this natural-colour image just before the break. A rift is clearly visible across the centre of the glacier's floating ice shelf. The break ultimately produced iceberg B-44.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142071720_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier, one of the main outlets where ice from the interior of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet flows into the ocean. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured this natural-colour image just before the break. A rift is clearly visible across the centre of the glacier's floating ice shelf. The break ultimately produced iceberg B-44.
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Source: NASA Earth Observatory/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com
![Boats full of people continue to arrive along the shores of the Naf river as Rohingya refugees arrive in the safety of darkness on Shah Porir Dwip island, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Over 480,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh since late August during the outbreak of violence in Rakhine state as Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi downplayed the crisis during a speech in Myanmar this week faces and defended the security forces while criticism on her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows. Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, spoke at the United Nations General Assembly last week, focusing on the humanitarian challenges of hosting the minority Muslim group who currently lack food, medical services, and toilets, while new satellite images from Myanmar's Rakhine state continue to show smoke rising from Rohingya villages.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142070533_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqVq7v3XiGTWaNhf-5XDoWgJJ_JKHlDCgS6YVllv4j1sA.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Boats full of people continue to arrive along the shores of the Naf river as Rohingya refugees arrive in the safety of darkness on Shah Porir Dwip island, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Over 480,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh since late August during the outbreak of violence in Rakhine state as Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi downplayed the crisis during a speech in Myanmar this week faces and defended the security forces while criticism on her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows. Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, spoke at the United Nations General Assembly last week, focusing on the humanitarian challenges of hosting the minority Muslim group who currently lack food, medical services, and toilets, while new satellite images from Myanmar's Rakhine state continue to show smoke rising from Rohingya villages.
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Source: Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
![Masses of vehicles move slowly on a road in a traffic jam during rush hours prior to the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holiday Traffic jam in Beijing, China .](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142081450_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqWy_u4a9GUNQgLIY2EGV3qovR0qvPmQyEFl0PC-XDya0.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Masses of vehicles move slowly on a road in a traffic jam during rush hours prior to the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holiday Traffic jam in Beijing, China .
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Source: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock
![Philippine police officers and personnel of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) participate in a fitness exercise program called 'Mission: Slim Possible' at QCPD headquarters in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines. The 5,100-strong QCPD aims to collectively lose more than 7,000 pounds (3,175 kilograms) in order to address obesity issues in the police force and improve performance of duties. The entire Philippine National Police began the fitness program in June, accepting a challenge to collectively lose 500,000 pounds (226,796 kilograms) in six months nationwide.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142081826_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqtV-7-tYUVFB7msbCGUlJ_g2qEKb5vKzXvEmnVd3xJRM.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Philippine police officers and personnel of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) participate in a fitness exercise program called 'Mission: Slim Possible' at QCPD headquarters in Quezon City, east of Manila, Philippines. The 5,100-strong QCPD aims to collectively lose more than 7,000 pounds (3,175 kilograms) in order to address obesity issues in the police force and improve performance of duties. The entire Philippine National Police began the fitness program in June, accepting a challenge to collectively lose 500,000 pounds (226,796 kilograms) in six months nationwide.
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Source: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
![People take a picture on their phones of a rare 17th century portrait of the Duke of Buckingham, George Villiers, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, on display at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142082822_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqHaZ8JMGQ_nOZ1URPL9FaE8iZ_6TH--rKxBA8mEVjkI4.jpeg?imwidth=160)
People take a picture on their phones of a rare 17th century portrait of the Duke of Buckingham, George Villiers, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, on display at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
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Source: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
![Indian people carry an effigy of evil king Ravana on their scooter, ahead of the Dussehra festival in Bhopal, India. The effigies are burnt during the Hindu festival that commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the demon king Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil. Dushera falls on 30 September this year.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142089055_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqNEaEPVj0ukpq09fI7aH1yIC2HWLh9UGMw8crytocPog.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Indian people carry an effigy of evil king Ravana on their scooter, ahead of the Dussehra festival in Bhopal, India. The effigies are burnt during the Hindu festival that commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the demon king Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil. Dushera falls on 30 September this year.
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Source: EPA/SANJEEV GUPTA
![An undated handout photo made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows an image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the galaxy NGC 4490. The scattered and warped appearance of the galaxy are the result of a past cosmic collision with another galaxy, NGC 4485 (not visible in this image). The extreme tidal forces of the interaction between the two galaxies have carved out the shapes and properties of NGC 4490. Once a barred spiral galaxy, the outlying regions of NGC 4490 have been stretched out, resulting in its nickname of the Cocoon Galaxy.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142091015_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqYh_8IBLdAWMRn6BKLOqynCmwbCl5rmJCVbhr-erU_qI.jpeg?imwidth=160)
An undated handout photo made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows an image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the galaxy NGC 4490. The scattered and warped appearance of the galaxy are the result of a past cosmic collision with another galaxy, NGC 4485 (not visible in this image). The extreme tidal forces of the interaction between the two galaxies have carved out the shapes and properties of NGC 4490. Once a barred spiral galaxy, the outlying regions of NGC 4490 have been stretched out, resulting in its nickname of the Cocoon Galaxy.
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Source: EPA/ESA/Hubble & NASA / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
![A municipal worker cleans the monument Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin from a crane during preparations for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in St. Petersburg, Russia.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142091588_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqu2JAIAJjqha88sTfNbWLJ0YMapKPjdhyLnv9ax6_too.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A municipal worker cleans the monument Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin from a crane during preparations for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Source: EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV
![Firefighters compete during the 13th Fire and Rescue Sports World Championship, with the participation of men/women firefighter teams from Turkey, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Iran, Russia, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Croatia, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Mongolia, Czech Republic and Moldova at Ataturk Stadium in Izmir, Turkey.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142098649_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqoQs0bxrJ0VMctHYmJMv0P_KkFEqdTZKNDlUqURLrobk.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Firefighters compete during the 13th Fire and Rescue Sports World Championship, with the participation of men/women firefighter teams from Turkey, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Iran, Russia, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Croatia, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Mongolia, Czech Republic and Moldova at Ataturk Stadium in Izmir, Turkey.
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Source: Evren Atalay/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
![French President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks down the steps as he leaves the Lyon prefecture prior to meet with police officers, unhappy with their working conditions, in Lyon, central France.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/09/28/TELEMMGLPICT000142076376_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqCWRKlKjrqsCFVYU_8CUx-UYMapKPjdhyLnv9ax6_too.jpeg?imwidth=160)
French President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks down the steps as he leaves the Lyon prefecture prior to meet with police officers, unhappy with their working conditions, in Lyon, central France.
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Source: EPA/Laurent Cipriani / POOL