A look at the best news photos from around the world.
October 31, 2017
![Actress Katerina Lehou, playing the role of high priestess, lights an Olympic torch during a handover ceremony for the Olympic Flame at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greece.](https://gdb.voanews.com/00449E92-45A8-4EE7-BA58-208D560CDE1B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Actress Katerina Lehou, playing the role of high priestess, lights an Olympic torch during a handover ceremony for the Olympic Flame at Panathenaic stadium in Athens, Greece.
![A man sifts through rubbish in the Yamuna river in Delhi, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3C6139D6-8F98-42B7-A934-6840907F2955_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man sifts through rubbish in the Yamuna river in Delhi, India.
![President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hand out treats as they welcome children from the Washington area and children of military families celebrating Halloween, Oct. 30, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/BA3381E6-D109-4393-83E5-D30250956B80_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hand out treats as they welcome children from the Washington area and children of military families celebrating Halloween, Oct. 30, 2017.
![Indian Border Security Force personnel (brown uniforms) and Pakistani rangers (black uniforms) take part in the daily beating of the retreat ceremony, at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border, some 35 kilometers west of Amritsar, Oct, 30, 2017.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8753A8F1-098B-4FD5-B891-C68C059007F2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indian Border Security Force personnel (brown uniforms) and Pakistani rangers (black uniforms) take part in the daily beating of the retreat ceremony, at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border, some 35 kilometers west of Amritsar, Oct, 30, 2017.