PHOTOS: Top News Photos for Wednesday, Oct. 3

Parliamentarians display posters in support of the disputed independence vote Sunday in Catalonia during a session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans says there is a 'general consensus that regional government of Catalonia has chosen to ignore the law when organizing the referendum.'

Richard Henderson, one of the 2017 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry, holds a bacterio rhodopsin model prior to a press conference at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Three researchers based in the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developments in electron microscopy. The 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize is shared by Jacques Dubochet of the University of Lausanne, Joachim Frank at New York's Columbia University and Richard Henderson of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain.

Joachim Frank, of Columbia University, takes a phone call in his New York City apartment, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Frank shares this year's Nobel Chemistry Prize with two other researchers for developing a method to generate three-dimensional images of the molecules of life.

Comedian Simon Brodkin, also known as Lee Nelson confronts British Prime Minister Theresa May during her keynote speech, during the Conservative Party Conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, England, Wednesday Oct. 4, 2017.

Simona Halep of Romania prepares to hit a ball to the spectators after defeating Maria Sharapova of Russia in their women's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience, in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.

Police officers escort Alexander Vinnik, center as they leave a courthouse at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. A Greek court ruled Wednesday to extradite Russian cybercrime suspect Alexander Vinnik to the United States, where he is wanted in connection with a $4 billion bitcoin fraud case.

Mischa Zverev of Germany returns a shot against Nick Kyrgios of Australia during their men's singles match in the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.

A jockey competes during the annual water buffalo race in Chonburi Province, south of Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. The annual race is a celebration among rice farmers before the harvest.