Best Photos of the Day

LONDON.- Employees of Sotheby's auction house hang French artist's Claude Monet's 'Nympheas' painted circa 1908, which is estimated to sell for 30-50 million USD (26-44 million euro, 20-33 million GBP ) at auction in New York, during a press preview in London on October 9, 2015. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS

COPENHAGEN.- The bronze statue "The Little Mermaid" is seen at the harbour in Copenhagen on October 9, 2015. Based on the fairy tale of the same name by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, the statue has become an icon and a major tourist attraction in the Danish capital since 1913. In recent decades it has become a popular target for defacement by vandals and political activists. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN

PYONGYANG.- A War Museum statue rises before the Ryugyong hotel in Pyongyang on October 9, 2015. North Korea is gearing up for a lavish celebration marking the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party on October 10. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

DALLAS.- An artist paints a fragrance from Aerin during the Modern Luxury Dallas Women of Style lunch with Aerin Lauder on October 9, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. Cooper Neill/Getty Images for Estee Lauder/AFP

HYDERABAD.- An Indian artist gives the final touches to a statue of the Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the forthcoming Dushhera-Vijaya Dashami festival at a workshop in Hyderabad on October 9, 2015. Durga Puja, the annual Hindu festival that involves worship of the goddess Durga who symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil in hindu mythology, culminates in the immersion of idols in water bodies. AFP PHOTO /NOAH SEELAM

FRANKFURT.- Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann (C), stockholder and supervisory board vice-chairman of German car equipment manufacturer Schaeffler, her son Georg Schaeffler (L), the company's supervisory board chairman, her husband Juergen Thumann (R) and Schaeffler CEO Klaus Rosenfeld pose next to the bull statue prior to the launch of their company's stock market flotation at the stock exchange in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on October 9, 2015. The company itself had substantially scaled back before its stock offering expectations, after the auto sector was rocked by the massive pollution-cheating scandal at Volkswagen. AFP PHOTO / DPA / ARNE DEDERT

BUCHAREST.- Romanian President Klaus Iohannis (C) exits the monument of Holocaust during a ceremony as part of the National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust in Romania in Bucharest on October 8, 2015.. On October 8, 1941 began the deportation of Romanian Jews and Roma people from the Bucovina region to Trandsnistria. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU

NEW YORK.- People make their way across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on October 9, 2015. AFP PHOTO/JEWEL SAMAD

ROUEN.- A picture taken on October 9, 2015 shows a building rent by the French State for 100 000 euros per month, in Rouen, northwestern France. This 9-levels building from 1979 called Le Concorde, located on the left bank of the city and including 11,000 m2 of offices and 210 parking places, was occupied until 2009 by the France Telecom Regional Offices. AFP PHOTO / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU

MASDAR CITY.- An Emirati woman walks down the stairs in Masdar City, on the outskirts of the rich Emirate of Abu Dhabi, on October 7, 2015. Masdar City is a high-density, pedestrian-friendly development where current and future renewable energy and clean technologies are showcased, marketed, researched, developed, tested and implemented. AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB