Pictures of the Day: 5 October 2017
![A protester (Simon Brodkin, comedian) gives a piece of paper written as a mock P45 to Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as she was delivering her speech on the final day of the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central Convention Centre in Manchester, northwest England. The protester interrupted the leader's speech to hand her a paper and then was escorted out of the auditorium.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142695272_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLqyfQGdl3mAr9NzcrvA2Jzx4oWTlQDnUX2mg4tUilK4.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A protester (Simon Brodkin, comedian) gives a piece of paper written as a mock P45 to Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as she was delivering her speech on the final day of the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central Convention Centre in Manchester, northwest England. The protester interrupted the leader's speech to hand her a paper and then was escorted out of the auditorium.
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Source: PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images
![A red deer stag during the deer rutting season in Richmond Park, Richmond upon Thames.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142708556_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqB1hv6Y8HU52iuoXtIM681GttDfG2lnYFeYR2cG-vEOU.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A red deer stag during the deer rutting season in Richmond Park, Richmond upon Thames.
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Source: Dominic Lipinski/PA
![Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience, in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142684124_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqkzRVrpaG8pgYx8zuruU0oDlaTMTxUhlzF8Rkw038U-A.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience, in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican.
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Source: Andrew Medichini/AP
![Auditions for 'The Nutcracker' at the RAH](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142683445_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqHUTpFSp6HqooHfdZuy1iZDlaTMTxUhlzF8Rkw038U-A.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Auditions for 'The Nutcracker' at the RAH
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Source: Andy Paradise T/AS 'Paradise Photo'
![Calista Boyd of the Wanderers takes part in the 20m sprint during the AFLW Draft Combine at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142722972_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKL_fhbrR5_-pO9P5FxaWSzye9i4Jn5c4QD5xmVEwlbA.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Calista Boyd of the Wanderers takes part in the 20m sprint during the AFLW Draft Combine at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
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Source: Michael Dodge/Getty Images
![A girl wearing a gas mask exits from a tent full of smoke during a festival marking the 85th anniversary of civil defence in Russia in St.Petersburg, Russia](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142712907_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq4U72PvVlAMIniqBdHHa0YTLc2RSN87h2tEpyeVqDDtY.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A girl wearing a gas mask exits from a tent full of smoke during a festival marking the 85th anniversary of civil defence in Russia in St.Petersburg, Russia
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Source: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP
![First lady Melania Trump watches as President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he meets with crew of the USS Kearsarge after touring areas impacted by Hurricane Maria off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142639922_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqHUTpFSp6HqooHfdZuy1iZDlaTMTxUhlzF8Rkw038U-A.jpeg?imwidth=160)
First lady Melania Trump watches as President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he meets with crew of the USS Kearsarge after touring areas impacted by Hurricane Maria off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Source: Evan Vucci/AP
![Duchess of Cornwall (known as the Duchess of Rothesay while in Scotland) leaves Aberdeen airport after she opened a new extension to Aberdeen International Airport.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142699065_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqXctx4VSI4pl_jEn7YkZg69-2n4qe5dRsHHydkmzAQlw.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Duchess of Cornwall (known as the Duchess of Rothesay while in Scotland) leaves Aberdeen airport after she opened a new extension to Aberdeen International Airport.
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Source: Andrew Milligan/PA
![Soldiers attend quilt folding contest in Chongzuo, southwest China's Guangxi.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142682799_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqU3VVWObEDmZwygxhFkDQ0aZ7aYbshxpPZalQBbml1TI.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Soldiers attend quilt folding contest in Chongzuo, southwest China's Guangxi.
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Source: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Live News
![Farmer Verity Bachelor sits with the new pumpkin crop at "PYO Pumpkins" in Hoo, England. The company began in 2009 and allows families to visit the site to pick their own pumpkins, ahead of Halloween events on October 31.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142683222_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqEfOZ1-0wVAQPfVO8s0M8PY13vaWssjhh_xLw7Uaev7Q.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Farmer Verity Bachelor sits with the new pumpkin crop at "PYO Pumpkins" in Hoo, England. The company began in 2009 and allows families to visit the site to pick their own pumpkins, ahead of Halloween events on October 31.
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Source: Leon Neal/Getty Images
![Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and Iraqi army drive armoured vehicles on the outskirts of Hawija, Iraq](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142714989_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq_8bLcB3uNPy6x8LB7lASeGuT-RD8RsYMxMpJRtmVdl4.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and Iraqi army drive armoured vehicles on the outskirts of Hawija, Iraq
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Source: REUTERS
![A jockey loss his balance as he competes during the annual water buffalo race in Chonburi Province, south of Bangkok, Thailand](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142679094_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq14NY81O-bf5m8o-BgH3ugsgN7EUVSYMWZ-poEaetDKE.jpeg?imwidth=160)
A jockey loss his balance as he competes during the annual water buffalo race in Chonburi Province, south of Bangkok, Thailand
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Source: Sakchai Lalit/AP
![Tractors drivers compete to plough the straightest furrows at the 112th annual Brailsford Ploughing Match, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142705550_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqB1hv6Y8HU52iuoXtIM681CgsRRuybFdJN5FfluafowE.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Tractors drivers compete to plough the straightest furrows at the 112th annual Brailsford Ploughing Match, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
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Source: Rod Kirkpatrick/F Stop Press
![The carcass of a 7-meter long python. A man is recovering in hospital after winning a fight to the death with a 23-foot python. Brave Robert Nababan says he came across the huge reptile on a road on his way home from work in the Indragiri Hulu Regency of Riau Province in north-western Indonesia. The 37-year-old was riding his moped home from his job as a security guard on a palm oil plantation when he saw two pedestrians blocked from crossing the road by the giant snake. From his hospital bed, he related the story of how he had tried to get hold of the snake to move it. He was quoted as saying: "I tried to catch it. It bit my arm, and we wrestled for a while."](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142609612_2_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq5zHM_zfav-25MwHlP3AabVVse9JsN00kzbUr3IXHaGo.jpeg?imwidth=160)
The carcass of a 7-meter long python. A man is recovering in hospital after winning a fight to the death with a 23-foot python. Brave Robert Nababan says he came across the huge reptile on a road on his way home from work in the Indragiri Hulu Regency of Riau Province in north-western Indonesia. The 37-year-old was riding his moped home from his job as a security guard on a palm oil plantation when he saw two pedestrians blocked from crossing the road by the giant snake. From his hospital bed, he related the story of how he had tried to get hold of the snake to move it. He was quoted as saying: "I tried to catch it. It bit my arm, and we wrestled for a while."
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Source: AsiaWire
![Mount Agung volcano is seen in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia. More than 140,000 people have fled from the surrounds of Mount Agung since authorities raised the volcano's alert status to the highest level on Sept. 22 after a sudden increase in tremors. It last erupted in 1963, killing more than 1,000 people.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142673865_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqEfOZ1-0wVAQPfVO8s0M8PTlaTMTxUhlzF8Rkw038U-A.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Mount Agung volcano is seen in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia. More than 140,000 people have fled from the surrounds of Mount Agung since authorities raised the volcano's alert status to the highest level on Sept. 22 after a sudden increase in tremors. It last erupted in 1963, killing more than 1,000 people.
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Source: Firdia Lisnawati/AP
![Automobile mechanic and welder Sergei Kulagin, who creates sculptures made of used car components during his non-working hours, constructs his "Stalker" sculpture inside a vehicle repair workshop in the Siberian town of Divnogorsk, Russia](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142704028_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqdVmBEqXtLBaos6dNcYc1N10D8pplerVFvYNHNixKgCM.jpeg?imwidth=160)
Automobile mechanic and welder Sergei Kulagin, who creates sculptures made of used car components during his non-working hours, constructs his "Stalker" sculpture inside a vehicle repair workshop in the Siberian town of Divnogorsk, Russia
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Source: ILYA NAYMUSHIN/REUTERS
![The collision of two black holes - an event detected for the first time by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO - is seen in this still from a computer simulation. LIGO detected gravitational waves, or ripples in space and time, generated as the black holes merged. The simulation shows what the merger would look like if we could somehow get a closer look. Time has been slowed by a factor of 100. The stars appear warped due to the strong gravity of the black holes.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/10/04/TELEMMGLPICT000142667216_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqFSoRFq0mffoTKzSkwZ--S6OYBKvF4Gt0aqYxNueHFz4.jpeg?imwidth=160)
The collision of two black holes - an event detected for the first time by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO - is seen in this still from a computer simulation. LIGO detected gravitational waves, or ripples in space and time, generated as the black holes merged. The simulation shows what the merger would look like if we could somehow get a closer look. Time has been slowed by a factor of 100. The stars appear warped due to the strong gravity of the black holes.
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Source: UPI / Barcroft Images