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Today in Pictures: Islands in the Clouds and More

Hurricane Matthew batters the Caribbean and more of Wednesday's best photos.

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Image: Tourists walk in the sun on the Niederhorn mountain near Interlaken

Tourists walk in the sun on the Niederhorn mountain near Interlaken, Switzerland, on Oct. 5, 2016.

— Ruben Sprich / Reuters
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Dale Hall, dressed as Superman, stands before the casket during a superhero-themed funeral service for his brother, Jacob Hall, at Oakdale Baptist Church in Townville, South Carolina. A 14-year-old boy killed his own father, then drove to Townville Elementary and fired on two children and a teacher as recess began. Jacob died Saturday.

PHOTOS: Superheroes Honor 6-Year-Old at Heartbreaking Funeral

— Ken Ruinard / The Independent-Mail via AP
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People try to cross the overflowing Rouyonne River in the commune of Leogane, south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba -- blasted by Hurricane Matthew -- began the messy and probably grim task of assessing the storm's toll.

— HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP - Getty Images
Image: A woman walks on a highway blocked by rocks after the passage of hurricane Matthew on the coast of Guantanamo province

A woman walks on a highway blocked by rocks after the passage of Hurricane Matthew on the coast of Cuba's Guantanamo province.

PHOTOS: Hurricane Matthew Lashes the Caribbean

— ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI / Reuters
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A migrant woman and child cry as they are forced to board a Turkish vessel in the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos to be deported back to Turkey. The Greek authorities returned a group of 55 asylum seekers to Turkey, mostly Pakistanis and Algerians, as part of the EU-Turkey agreement. Among this group are the first 37 failed asylum seekers. Besides 20 Pakistanis, 20 Algerians, this group includes five Moroccans, four Afghans, three Bangladeshis, one Sri Lankan, an Iranian and a Palestinian.
— AFP - Getty Images
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Pleasant Mountain protrudes from a sea of fog at sunrise near Bridgton, Maine. Cool evening temperatures combined with calm, clear weather created ideal conditions for the formation of the valley fog.

— Robert F. Bukaty / AP
Image: An Afghan man removes glasses from his apartment at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan

An Afghan man removes glass from his apartment at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Frequent suicide attacks hit Kabul and the government is facing a resurgent Taliban 15 years after U.S. forces helped oust the militants.

— MOHAMMAD ISMAIL / Reuters
Image: The body of a Syrian child lies on a table at a morgue following reported air strikes on the rebel-held town of Douma

The body of a Syrian child lies on a table at a morgue following reported air strikes on the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. The army has stepped up air strikes on rebel-held towns and villages in northwestern Syria and the suburbs of Damascus that have killed hundreds of civilians in the last two months.

— Abd Doumany / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Typhoon Chaba creates heavy rains and high winds on Jeju Island

High waves rise over a road as Typhoon Chaba approaches Jeju Island, South Korea. Chaba battered southern parts of South Korea with violent wind and heavy rain on Wednesday, killing at least three people and flooding the country's main port and industrial sites and disrupting production at some factories.

— YONHAP / EPA
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Edwin Encarnacion of the Toronto Blue Jays' celebrates his game winning walk-off three-run home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the 11th inning of an American League wild-card baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday evening. The Blue Jays will face the Texas Rangers in the first game of the American League Division Series on Thursday.

— Nathan Denette / AP
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