In Pics: What happened across the world on Oct 15

Bangalore, Oct 15: Hundreds of Hong Kong police officers moved in early on Wednesday to clear pro-democracy protesters out of a tunnel outside the city government headquarters in the latest escalation of tensions in a weeks long political crisis.

Officers, many of them in riot gear and wielding pepper spray, tore down barricades and concrete slabs around the underpass.

Meanwhile, President Pranab Mukherjee and his daughter Sharmishta Mukherjee attended a reception hosted by Indian Ambassador to Norway, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne (R) in Oslo.

OneIndia brings to you news from across the world in pictures.

Protests in Hong Kong

Police officers push the protesters out to a nearby park to clear the main roads outside government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty.

White House cracks to be fixed

Scaffolding begins to obscure the Capitol Dome in Washington for a long-term repair project to fix cracks, leaks and corrosion in the cast-iron structure.

Dinner hosted for Pranab Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee and his daughter Sharmishta Mukherjee during a reception hosted by Indian Ambassador to Norway, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne (R) in Oslo.

Pranab Mukherjee being received by the officials of Finland

President Pranab Mukherjee being received by the officials of Finland on his arrival at Helsinki Airport.

Obama speaks about operations in Iraq

President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with more than 20 foreign defense ministers on the ongoing operations against the Islamic State group at Andrews Air Force Base.