Discover the highlights of October 2023.
ROME, ITALY – OCTOBER 01: Luke Donald, Captain of Team Europe, and players of Team Europe pose with the Ryder Cup trophy following victory with a 16 and a half to 11 and a half win following during the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf Club on October 01, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) 
A man walks along a debris-strewn street in Tel Aviv, after it was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale attack against Israel on October 7, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza and sending fighters to kill or abduct people as Israel retaliated with devastating air strikes. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) 
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid by the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study it’s composition. The spacecraft also carries the agency’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, which will test laser communications beyond the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) 
BRAZIL – 2023/05/12: In this photo illustration, the Minecraft logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) 
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 15: (Exclusive Coverage) Madonna performs during The Celebration Tour at The O2 Arena on October 15, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation) 
This aerial view shows humanitarian aid trucks crossing into the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with northeastern Egypt’s North Sinai province, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 21, 2023. The first aid trucks arrived in war-torn Gaza from Egypt on October 21, bringing urgent humanitarian relief to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave suffering what the UN chief labelled a « godawful nightmare ». Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas after the Islamist militant group carried out the deadliest attack in the country’s history on October 7. (Photo by Belal Al SABBAGH / AFP) (Photo by BELAL AL SABBAGH/AFP via Getty Images) 
JENIN, OCCUPIED WEST BANK — OCTOBER 22, 2023: Local residents examine the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the Al Ansar Mosque, where two Palestinians were killed, in the refugee camp in Jenin, Occupied West Bank, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. Amid the confrontation between Israel and Hamas, Palestinians rage against another target: Their own rulers, who they see as weak and impotent before Israel’s offensive in Gaza and an escalating settler violence in the west bank. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES) 
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – OCTOBER 23: Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, who were taken by Hamas on October 7 and released earlier this evening, arrive via helicopter at Ichilov hospital on October 23, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli government has confirmed the two’s release. This follows the release of two other hostages, both U.S. nationals, who were released days earlier. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images) 
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – NOVEMBER 24: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO BOOK COVERS.) Taylor Swift performs onstage during « Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour » at Allianz Parque on November 24, 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management ) 
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – OCTOBER 14: Actor Matthew Perry arrives at the 9th Annual Dinner Benefiting the Lili Claire Foundation at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 14, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) 
PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 30: Lionel Messi and sons Thiago Messi, Mateo Messi Roccuzzo and Ciro Messi Roccuzz attend the 67th Ballon D’Or Ceremony at Theatre Du Chatelet on October 30, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) 
PITTSBURGH, PA – OCTOBER 30: Adam Johnson is remembered before the game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Anaheim Ducks at PPG PAINTS Arena on October 30, 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images)