A Somali
fisherman carries a shark on his shoulders to the market in Mogadishu
Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray in front of a pool filled live fish
in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv. During this 'Tashlich' ritual
sins are cast into the water just before Yom Kippur, the most solemn day in
Jewish calendar.
Students
wait for the opening move of Indonesian rising chess star, 14-year-old national
junior chess champion Masruri Rahman, during simultaneous matches against 200
opponents at a chess exhibition in Jakarta.
Gilder
Michael Bowen's face is flecked with 23 1/2 carat gilt as he works in the Round
Room at Strawberry Hill house in London, England.
Palestinian
girls prepare themselves for a Koran recital competition during a parade
organized by Hamas.
Two
planes collide during an air show in Warngau, southern Germany. One pilot was
killed in the mid–air collision; the other plane remained airborne and made an
emergency landing.
An
Ultra Orthodox Jewish man checks an etrog, a lemon-like citrus fruit, for
blemishes to determine if it is ritually acceptable, before buying it as one of
the four items used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
One
of 25 pilot whales that died after beaching themselves in the sand at Spirits
Bay, New Zealand.
Jacobite
Highlander re-enactors sit in a bus stop as a woman cycles past in Prestonpans,
Scotland. The actors were in town promoting this weekends re–enactment of the
1754 Battle of Prestopans.
Visitors
of Oktoberfest celebrate the festival's 200th anniversary in Munich. The
original 1810 Oktoberfest was held to celebrate the 12th marriage of Bavarian
Crown Prince Ludwig to the Saxon-Hildburghausen Princess Therese.
A masked man shouts slogans during
a demonstration over pension reforms in
Marseille
