Best Photos of the Day

Sotheby's Hong Kong Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Evening Sale achieved a strong total of HK$509 million / US$65 million, nearing the pre-sale high estimate. Beginning with a 100%-sold collection of works on paper by Zao Wou-Ki, the sale overall went on to realise an exceptionally high sell-through rate of over 90%, with 72 lots out of 79 sold, and over half the of lots sold achieving prices over their high estimates, reflecting a well-curated sale aligned with the current market. Photo: Sotheby's.

Visitors pose for a photo before mock-ups of dinosaur skeletons inside the Museum of Natural History in Pyongyang on September 28, 2016. Ed JONES / AFP

People spray color on a special made wall placed for Graffiti artists on October 2, 2016 at Tantolunden park in Sodermalm, Stockholm. The wall in Tantolunden is a total of 36 meters long and serves as a constantly changing work of art that people get to legally paint on. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP

David Ortiz #34 of the Boston Red Sox receives a painting by Peter Max before the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park on September 30, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP

"Maneki neko" or beckoning cat ornaments are seen on display at Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo on October 2, 2016. The figures are believed to be a lucky charm, commonly found at temples across Japan, and are sold as popular souvenirs. KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP

Tourists visit Temple of Heaven in Beijing on September 28, 2016 ahead of Golden Week, a week-long holiday that coincides with the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China which falls on October 1. FRED DUFOUR / AFP

French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel poses on September 30, 2016 in the cathedral of Saint Pierre in Angouleme, where he created a new artwork, a three-room grotto in blue, gold and silver that serves as a showcase for about 200 liturgical objects and vestments from the cathedral’s past. Yohan BONNET / AFP

In this photograph taken on October 1, 2016, the gold dome of Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon's main religious landmark is seen through a stretch of road lined with colonial era and new buildings. Many colonial era buildings constructed during the British period have already been razed by the flood of foreign investment that followed the end of total military rule in 2011 and has pushed the city into a development frenzy. Heritage and conservation experts have lobbied to preserve the city's crumbling colonial era architecture. ROMEO GACAD / AFP

This file photo taken on August 31, 2016 shows French television and radio presenter Philippe Bouvard posing in Paris. PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP

President of the Zola House and Dreyfus Museum Association Pierre Berge poses after the inauguration following renovations of the Zola House, in Medan, near Paris, on October 2, 2016. PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP