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Muslim pilgrims pray at the Grand mosque during
the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca. The Arafat Day, when millions of
Muslim pilgrims will stand in prayer on the mount of Arafat near Mecca
at the peak of the annual pilgrimage, will be held on October 25 and Eid
Al-Ahda or the feast of sacrifice will be held on October 26.
Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Yippee!: France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reacts as
he beats Japan's Go Soeda during the ATP Stockholm Open tennis
tournament in Stockholm. Tsonga beats Soeda with the score 6-2 7-6.
Photograph: Jonathan Nacdkstrand/AFP/Getty Images
Women participate in a procession honoring "The
Lord of Miracles," the patron saint of Lima, in Lima, Peru. Photograph:
Rodrigo Abd/AP
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) participates in a
taping of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart at the Comedy Central Studios
in New York. Obama campaigned in New Hampshire on Thursday before
attending a taping of the Daily Show and attending the 67th Annual
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in New York. Photograph:
Jason Reed/Reuters
Multiple exposure: The Bolshoi Ballet's Svetlana
Zakharova performs a part from "Distant Cries" during a dress rehearsal
for a one night only Gala performance celebrating the 20th anniversary
of Stars of the 21st Century at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.
Photograph: Timothy A.Clary/AFP/Getty Images
Palestinians wave their national flags during a
ceremony in Gaza City to mark the first anniversary of a deal which saw
the exchange of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners for captured Israeli soldier
Gilad Shalit. Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants during a
deadly cross-border raid in 2006. Photograph: Mohamed Abed/AFP/Getty
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University and high school students attend a
demonstration against deep government cuts to education spending in
Madrid. Unions are angered over government cuts worth three billion
euros ($3.8 billion) to education spending this year, which will lead to
larger class sizes and increase average university tuition fees to
1,500 euros from 1,000 euros. Photograph: Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images
Constructive banking: The new headquarters of
the European Central Bank (left) is under construction in Frankfurt,
Germany. The ECB will move into the building in 2014. Photograph:
Michael Probst/AP
A status symbol: The "Spirit of Ecstasy" emblem
is pictured by a photographer on a Rolls-Royce "Ghost" car at a
Rolls-Royce showroom in Sao Paulo. Upmarket carmaker Rolls-Royce
inaugurated their first store in Latin America and say they expect to
sell between eight to 12 cars a year in Brazil. Photograph: Paulo
Whitaker/Reuters
We love you: British rock band The Rolling
Stones (L-R) Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger
arrive for the world premiere 'Crossfire Hurricane' during the 56th BFI
London Film Festival at Leicester Square in London. Photograph:
Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
Children play on burnt cars in Aleppo. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
Meanwhile in another part of Aleppo a Syrian
rebel fighter runs to cover from a government sniper during the clashes
at Suleiman al-Halabi neighbourhood. The Syrian army bombarded the rebel
neighbourhoods of Shaar and Sukari as well as two neighbouring
villages. Photograph: Fabio Bucciarelli/AFP/Getty Images
Potty building: Flower pots are seen at almost
all the windows of an office building in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph:
Radu Sigheti/Reuters
Glass ceiling: A Dormouse is sedated in an
anaesthetic chamber before being micro-chipped as part of a multi-agency
conservation project in North Wales. The Dormice, which are native to
the UK, are being marked and monitored in a programme aimed at improving
conservation methods in the area. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
A stairway to fitness: A runner ascends the
steps leading up to the west side of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
The steps are a popular spot for fitness enthusiasts. Photograph: Kevin
Lamarque/Reuters
All together now: Dancers from the Radio City
Rockettes rehearse for the 2012 edition of the Radio City Christmas
Spectacular in New York. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Natural colors: Visitors view changing autumn
leaves at the Westonbirt Arboretum in southwest England. Photograph:
Toby Melville/Reuters
President Barack Obama gestures while speaking
at a campaign event at Veteran s Memorial Park in Manchester, New
Hampshire. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP
Sudanese women performing a demonstration of the
cereal treating process during the visit of a delegation of ambassadors
from European Union countries at the SAFE center in Sharga village, in
North Darfur. The SAFE Centre is a project promoted by the World Food
Program (WFP) and currently only run by the local community, where
members make fuel efficient stoves to reduce the consumption of
firewood. Photograph: Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP/Getty Images
Lucky day: A family poses in front of the Gandan
monastery on a special day on the Lunar calendar for wedding ceremonies
in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia. Mongolia has been undergoing massive social,
economic and political changes since gaining independence from China
some 100 years ago, and removing itself from the Soviet Bloc more than
20 years ago. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Under a forbidding sky runners take the water
jump in The Bathwick Tyres Yeovil Handicap Steeple Chase at Wincanton
racecourse in England. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images
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In an ongoing study of daily life in Pakistan,
Muhammed Muheisen photographs a group of workers washing at a water
reservoir on the outskirts of Islamabad. Photograph: Muhammed
Muheisen/AP
Soldiers stationed at the US Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba prepare for pre-dawn physical training in this
photograph reviewed by the US Department of Defense. Photograph:
Michelle Shephard/via Reuters
Cyclist Mark Cavendish (right) watches as skier
Graham Bell (left) shows amputee Andy Barlow how to ski on the Skiplex
slope that has been installed at the new Help for Heroes Tedworth House
rehabilitation centre for wounded service personnel. The new facilities
are part of a multimillion pound renovation project at Tedworth House
which aims to inspire wounded, injured, sick and returning veterans to
lead active, independent and fulfilling lives. Photograph: Matt
Cardy/Getty Images
A troubled looking store greeter dressed as a
Chinese historical figure to attract customers sits outside a shop in
Beijing. Figures released today have shown a slowdown in the growth of
the Chinese economy. Photograph: Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images
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It's a dog's life: Puppy Wilfred and his three
siblings were dumped in a bag when they were just a few weeks old. New
figures released today show numbers of unwanted litters are reaching
epidemic levels so the Blue Cross pet charity is calling on owners to
neuter their pets. Photograph: Blue Cross
Director Pablo Trapero chats to a journalist at a
film-maker afternoon tea event during the 56th BFI London film festival
at the Mayfair Hotel. Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images for BFI
A model is made up backstage during the Cali Exposhow fashion week in Cali, Colombia. Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP
Three guesses what Liam Fuller, 3, might want to
be when he grows up? Firefighters from around the world are currently
competing in the annual World Rescue Challenge event at London's Excel
centre. The challenges consist of a series of emergency rescue
scenarios. The event is the largest fire and rescue service challenge in
the world and will run at the Excel until 20 October. Photograph: Dan
Kitwood/Getty Images
There's no mistaking Scotland's first minister,
Alex Salmond, delivering a welcome address on the first day of the
Scottish National Party (SNP) annual national conference at Perth
Concert Hall in Scotland. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
Ship shape: cubes and shards of scrap metal sit
in Liverpool docks awaiting export to foundries and metal merchants
abroad. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A model walks the runway at the Slava Zaitsev
spring/summer 2013 show on the first day of Russia fashion week.
Photograph: Victor Boyko/Getty Images
An angry striking miner brandishes a rock as he
marches along with thousands of others to the offices of Anglogold
Ashanti in Carletonville, South Africa. Thousands of miners returned to
work today, just hours before a deadline to end their strike or face
dismissal, but many look set to continue their industrial action.
Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images
Striking miners chant slogans at the AngloGold Ashanti mine in Carletonville. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
US soldiers PFC Small Kyle (left) and SPC Josias
Tchouasse prepare to leave their armoured vehicle to provide security
during a meeting among local Afghan government officials, village
leaders and the US army in Arghandab river valley in Kandahar province,
Afghanistan. Photograph: Erik de Castro/Reuters
Cambodians burn incense sticks and pray for
their former king Norodom Sihanouk, in front of the Royal Palace in
Phnom Penh. The nation has been mourning the former king, who abdicated
the throne in favour of his son in 2004, since his death on Monday in
Beijing, China, at the age of 89. Photograph: Mak Remissa/EPA
It must've been a surreal sight for this dog
walker meeting the Moscow Ballet's Natalia Gubanova (left) with Megan
Owens, Ruby Mae Dillon and Freya Dillon from the Michael Chester School
of Dance on the banks of the Grand Canal in Dublin. The dancers were
taking part in a photocall to promote the Moscow Ballet's production of
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, which opens tomorrow in Drogheda. Photograph:
Julien Behal/PA
Greek riot police clash are surrounded by exploded molotov cocktails … Photograph: Aris MessinisAFP/Getty Images
… while demonstrators protect themselves from teargas. Photograph: Panagiotis Tzamaros/AFP/Getty Images
A demonstrator clashes with riot police during a
24-hour strike in Athens. The protesters had broken through a police
line outside luxury hotels on central Syntagma Square. Photograph: Aris
Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Hamas militants take part in a march through the
streets of Gaza City, marking the anniversary of a prisoner swap deal
between Israel and Hamas. Last year, Israel freed more than 1,000 jailed
Palestinians in a swap for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who was
being held in Gaza. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters
A visitor takes a closer look at a photographic
series called Foxy Mister by Tomislav Gotovac during a preview of an art
exhibition titled Nude Men at the Leopold museum in Vienna. The
exhibition of around 300 art works is designed to show how the depiction
of male nudity has evolved in art history. Photograph: Heinz-Peter
Bader/Reuters
Prime minister David Cameron is on a visit today
to a building site in Victoria, London, where he may be just checking
that the sky isn't about to fall in before meeting a number of
apprentices. The UK's largest commercial property company, Land
Securities, began work on the site following a change to planning laws
this week. Cameron hailed the construction project as proof of the
coalition's commitment to cutting planning red tape and said it would
support thousands of jobs in the construction industry. Photograph:
Jeremy Selwyn/WPA Pool
Anti-abortion demonstrators hold placards
outside the Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first
abortion clinic has opened in Belfast, sparking protests from both the
Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Photograph: Peter
Morrison/AP
A terrible scene of destruction following an
airstrike by Syrian government forces in Maaret al-Numaan. Regime
warplanes launched a new wave of airstrikes on the north-western town of
Maaret al-Numan, which was seized by rebels last week, according to
reports. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
A man makes his way through a mountain of rubble
after a building was destroyed by recent shelling in Wadi Al-Sayeh
district in Homs, Syria. Photograph: Reuters
Sunlight reveals a playful moment while the
washing dries on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India.
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
Dudley the lion investigates a Halloween treat
at Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park near Stirling. Photograph:
Andrew Milligan/PA
German chancellor Angela Merkel is captured in
contemplation after delivering a government policy statement during a
session of the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament, in
Berlin. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
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Street artists perform a piece called Blind on Avenida Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil. Photograph: Keystone/Rex Features
A visitor takes a photograph inside a work by
artists Rachel Couper and Ivana Kuzmanovska titled Mirador at Sydney's
Tamarama beach. Photograph: Tim Wimbourne/Reuters
British army veterans protest outside Downing
Street in London. Hundreds of veterans marched on parliament in protest
at the government's decision to axe a battalion of the Royal Regiment of
Fusiliers. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
Chief whip Andrew Mitchell arrives rather
cheerily at Downing Street this morning despite facing renewed criticism
and pressure to resign over an alleged altercation with police
officers, during which he was accused of describing them as 'plebs'.
Photograph: Bethany Clarke/Getty Images
A man cries out for help amid the rubble of the
Nur al-Shuhada mosque which has been shelled by government forces in the
Shaar district of Aleppo, Syria. Photograph: Fabio
Bucciarelli/AFP/Getty Images
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An artist prepares to perform in a traditional
Ramleela drama, narrating the life of Hindu god Rama, during
celebrations to mark the Dussehra festival in Allahabad, India.
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
Officers of the British Royal Air Force (RAF)
carry a coffin with the remains of a crew member whose plane crashed in
the second world war at a burial ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Eight British airmen have been buried with military honours in Malaysia,
nearly 70 years after their plane crashed while on a mission there.
Photograph: Vincent Thian/AP
Cast your mind back to Madonna's conical bra and
you'll know it could only be Gaultier. The French designer's latest
creations are displayed during the Cali Exposhow fashion week in Cali,
Colombia. Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP
Waving a Colombian hat Jean Paul Gaultier graces the catwalk to take a bow. Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP
An orangutan, A-Me, and her children – a newborn
and a five-year-old – are the subject of this delightful family
portrait taken at the zoo in Guadalajara, Mexico. Photograph: Ulises
Ruiz Basurto/EPA
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