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Feline influencer Sigrid at cat fancier Supreme Show, and more from around the world

Feline influencer Sigrid at cat fancier Supreme Show, and more from around the world
Feline Influencer Sigrid, a white Norwegian Forest cat is seen in a studio portrait during during the GCCF Supreme Show 2023 at Stoneleigh Park on October 21, 2023 in Kenilworth, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images)

Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking ... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the last 48 hours.

A close-up studio portrait of feline influencer Sigrid, a white Norwegian Forest, during the GCCF Supreme Show 2023 at Stoneleigh Park on October 21, 2023 in Kenilworth, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images)

Abydreames Clara-Bow, an Abyssinian cat, winner of Supreme Exhibit 2023 is seen in a studio portrait during the GCCF Supreme Show 2023 at Stoneleigh Park on October 21, 2023 in Kenilworth, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images)

Lucy, a Bengal, Abydreames Clara-Bow, an Abyssinian and Mr McDougal, a British Longhair cat pose with their owners during Best In Show at the GCCF Supreme Show 2023 at Stoneleigh Park on October 21, 2023 in Kenilworth, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images)

One of the organisers carves the pumpkin ahead of the pumpkin regatta competition on October 22, 2023, in Kasterlee, Belgium. Since 2008, the Pumpkin Regatta has taken place in Kasterlee, the relay race consists of a team of four paddlers paddling in hollowed-out pumpkins across the lake. (Photo by Laia Ros/Getty Images)

A person dressed in a costume participates in the catrinas procession as part of the celebrations for the Day of the Dead, in Mexico City, Mexico, 22 October 2023. Tens of thousands of Mexicans and tourists observed the ‘Mega Procession of the Catrinas,’ a lively parade of skeletons in Mexico City. This event serves as a prelude to the Day of the Dead. EPA-EFE/Isaac Esquivel

A person dressed in a costume participates in the catrinas procession as part of the celebrations for the Day of the Dead, in Mexico City, Mexico, 22 October 2023.  EPA-EFE/Isaac Esquivel

People dressed in costumes participate in the catrinas procession as part of the celebrations for the Day of the Dead, in Mexico City, Mexico, 22 October 2023. EPA-EFE/Isaac Esquivel

A design by Wackie Ju is presented during the Fashion X Theatre show as part of Melbourne Fashion Week in Melbourne, Australia, on 23 October 2023. EPA-EFE/JOEL CARRETT

Designs by Posture Studio are presented during the Fashion X Theatre show as part of Melbourne Fashion Week in Melbourne, Australia, on 23 October 2023. EPA-EFE/JOEL CARRETT

Julio Mayora of Venezuela celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men’s 61kg weightlifting event during the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, 21 October 2023. EPA-EFE/Oswaldo Villarroel

Eleanora Ljungman (C, dark blue) riding Acertack gives it all during The Shetland Pony Derby at Plumpton Racecourse on October 23, 2023, in Plumpton, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Sergio Garcia of Spain for Pons Wegow Los40 crashes during the Moto2 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia 22 October 2023. EPA-EFE/JOEL CARRETT

Spanish driver Marta Garcia of Prema Racing celebrates at the first place marker after winning the inaugural F1 Academy Championship during the 2023 Formula 1 Grand Prix of the United States at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, USA, 21 October 2023. EPA-EFE/ADAM DAVIS

Players of South Africa celebrate after the Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-final match between England and South Africa in Saint-Denis, France, on 21 October 2023. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA

South Africa’s Cheslin Kolbe celebrates after the Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-final match between England and South Africa in Saint-Denis, France, 21 October 2023. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

Volunteers pull ropes to collapse Wolsey’s Tudor College, a cardboard and tape structure on October 22, 2023, in Ipswich, England. Ipswich-born Cardinal Wolsey never witnessed his Ipswich college designs realized. The Spill Festival, in collaboration with international artist Olivier Grossetete, has brought the imagined Tudor college gate to life by initially constructing, and then deconstructing it as they envisioned it would have appeared. (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)

Members of the public climb on the flattened Cardboard Tudor College and begin to manually pull it apart on October 22, 2023, in Ipswich, England. (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)

A picture taken with a drone shows sunken boats in the harbour in Rodvig, Denmark, 22 October 2023. Storm Babet sweeps across northern parts of Europe, including Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany with heavy rains causing flash floods and strong winds. The water levels are falling again. EPA-EFE/Mads Claus Rasmussen

A picture taken with a drone shows inhabitants of the Bom community carrying supplies over a dry river bed due to the severe drought that is hitting the Amazon basin, in Manaquiri, Amazonas, Brazil, 21 October 2023. After the Negro River fell to a record level, the Solimões River (the name given to the Amazon River before it met with the Negro River, in the capital Manaus) also reached its minimum levels in several cities where measurements are carried out. EPA-EFE/Raphael Alves

A visitor pushes a stroller toward the sprawling temporary lake (LEFT C) at Badwater Basin salt flats, which was caused by flooding in August from Tropical Storm Hilary, at the recently reopened Death Valley National Park on October 22, 2023, in Death Valley National Park, California. The storm delivered a year’s worth of rain to Death Valley in a single day and flood damage forced the iconic desert park’s closure for eight weeks. Death Valley is the hottest place on Earth and Badwater Basin is located 282 feet below sea level, the lowest elevation in North America. Parts of the park remain closed as repair work continues. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

A crowd gathers to watch an aerial performance featuring a light display created with the use of drones on October 21, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

The sun goes down behind the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from Sderot, Israel, 21 October 2023. EPA-EFE/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

A view of an empty street with closed shops at sunset in Ashkelon, southern Israel, 20 October 2023. Israel has warned all citizens of the Gaza Strip to move to the south ahead of an expected invasion. EPA-EFE/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

Displaced Palestinian children attend activities organized by volunteers at UNRWA school where they had sought refuge along with their families, in Khan Yunis refugee camp south of Gaza City, 23 October 2023. EPA-EFE/HAITHAM IMAD

Displaced Palestinian children attend activities organized by volunteers at UNRWA school where they had sought refuge along with their families, in Khan Yunis refugee camp south of Gaza City, 23 October 2023.  EPA-EFE/HAITHAM IMAD

Brazilian Renie Diniz, 39, poses during the 11th edition of Tattoo Week, the largest Latin American skin art convention, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 20 October 2023. The event opened its doors to the public and will bring together exhibitors and tattoo artists who bring art, culture, entertainment and business. EPA-EFE/Sebastiao Moreira

Brazilian tattoo artist Marcelo Bboy, 41, poses during the 11th edition of Tattoo Week, the largest Latin American skin art convention, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 20 October 2023. EPA-EFE/Sebastiao Moreira

A laboratory technician displays mushrooms that contain psilocybin, a hallucinogenic substance, at Rose City Laboratories in Portland, Oregon, US, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Rose City Laboratories is the first laboratory in the state that is licensed to test psilocybin as part of Oregon’s legal psychedelic mushroom program, reported the Oregonian. Photographer: Moriah Ratner/Bloomberg via Getty Images DM

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