1Fireworks go off in New York Harbor to celebrate the 125th birthday of the Statue of Liberty. (Reuters)

1A column of steam rises from the Hudson volcano near Coihaique town some 1649 km (1025 miles) south of Santiago, Chile. (Reuters)

2Activists from CCFD Terre Solidaire (Catholic Committee against Hunger and for Development) wear masks portraying US President Barack Obama, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a protest action in Paris, France. (Reuters)

3US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, and his South Korean counterpart Kim Kwan-jin, center, make an inspection during an honor guard ceremony at Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

4Massive sandbag wall in front of Kasikorn bank on Bangkok's busy Phahonyothin Road, Thailand. (VOA Photo - D. Schearf)

5Destruction in Borghetto Di Vara, in the Italian north-western region of Liguria, following violent rains and floods that struck in the area. (AP)

6Ballet dancers perform during a dress rehearsal of 'Samsara' by Spain's Victor Ullate in Madrid. (Reuters)

7An entertainer is searched prior to the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II, for a State Reception at Government House in Perth, Australia. (AP)

8The last light of the day sets on Mount Everest as it rises behind Mount Nuptse as seen from Tengboche, in the Himalaya's Khumbu region, Nepal. (AP)

9Dr. Ross Bremner, left, a lung surgeon at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, is declared the winner of the St. Joseph's Hospital Doc-O-Lantern Pumpkin Carving Contest by The Phoenix Suns (basketball team) Gorilla, in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. (AP)

10Pumpkins carved by artists Ray Villafane and Andy Bergholtz are displayed during a pumpkin carving exhibition in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (Reuters)

1Autumn colors on the trees at Sheffield Park near Haywards Heath, southern England (Reuters)

2Tents of Occupy Franfurt activists stand near the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP)

3Claudio Barbato (L), a member of the opposition FLI party, fights with Fabio Ranieri (R) from the Northern League in Parliament in Rome. The Italian deputies exchanged blows in parliament as tensions over a tough economic reform program came to a head. (Reuters)

4Protesters of the Occupy Atlanta demonstration are arrested as Mayor Kassim Reed revoked an executive order allowing them to remain in Woodruff Park in Atlanta, Georgia. (AP)

5A woman worker dumps the sand near the track at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from New Delhi, in advance of Indian Formula One Grand Prix. (AP)

6A man tries to pull a camel into the back of a truck after buying it from a cattle market in advance of the Eid al-Adha festival in Karachi, Pakistan. (Reuters)

7Female Yemeni protesters burn veils during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a. (AP)

8A woman walks along a network of makeshift ramps raised above floodwater that surrounds houses after a heavy downpour in Ikorodu, Nigeria. (AP)

9A woman and her dogs sit in a boat as they are evacuated from a flooded area in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters)

10A residential area in Pudong district in Shanghai. Property sales in Shanghai, the most populous city in China, have fallen by more than a tenth over the first nine months of the year, prompting developers to cut prices and in some cases sparking protests. (Reuters)

11Passengers sit on the rooftop of a commuter train as it arrives at the Manggarai train station in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Reuters)

12A man paints a tombstone at the cemetery of Casabermeja, near the southern Spanish city of Malaga in advance of All Saints Day on November 1. (Reuters)

13Victoria Azarenka of Belarus celebrates her victory against Samantha Stosur of Australia during their WTA tennis championships match in Istanbul, Turkey. (Reuters)

14Kopatch, a 15-year-old weeper capuchin monkey, carries her one-week-old baby at their enclosure in the Ramat Gan Safari, an open-air zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel. (Reuters)

1Female protesters display their hands, painted with colors of the Kingdom of Libya flags, during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a. (Reuters)

2Turkish soldiers carry the coffin of slain soldier Eyup Colakoglu, who was killed in an attack in southeastern Turkey, during a funeral ceremony in Istanbul. (AFP)

3People evacuated from areas affected by floods find shelter at a check-in hall that is not in use at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters)

4A vendor arranges artificial garlands for sale at his stall ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Jammu, India. Flowers are offered to Hindu gods and goddesses on the occasion of Diwali, the annual festival of lights that will be celebrated across the country on October 26. (Reuters)

5Queen Elizabeth II meets Australian basketball player Liz Cambage, 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) tall, at a Parliamentary Reception at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. (AP)

6A model presents a creation by Russian designer group Labratoriya 13 during their show at the Mercedez-Benz Fashion week in Moscow. (Reuters)

7A dog jumps through a ring of fire during a multi-nation National Cadet Corps (NCC) passing out ceremony in the Sri Lankan central town of Kandy. (AFP)

8Australian Wallabies right wing James O'Connor (R) is tackled by Wales' flanker Toby Faletau during the 2011 Rugby World Cup bronze final match Wales vs Australia at Eden Park in Auckland. (AFP)

1Libyans celebrate Moammar Gadhafi's death in Tripoli. Gadhafi was killed when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte. (AP)

2A revolutionary Libyan fighter inspects the tunnels where former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is claimed to have been found, in Sirte. (AP)

3Anti-Gadhafi fighters celebrate the fall of Sirte in the town, Libya. (Reuters)

4Veiled Muslim women, with a girl, stand at the airport to send off their relatives departing for Mecca, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. The first batch of 301 Hajj pilgrims set off for the annual pilgrimage to the holiest place for Muslims in Mecca.

5A masked Occupy Wall Street campaign demonstrator stands in Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street in New York. (Reuters)

6Kosovo Serbs clash with Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers from Germany in the village of Jagnjenica, near the town of Zubin Potok in Kosovo. (Reuters)

7Containers on the stern deck of the 47,230 tonne Liberian-flagged Rena hang precariously, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Tauranga, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. (Reuters)

8Policemen are set ablaze on fire by a petrol bomb thrown by protesters during clashes near the Parliament building in Syntagma (Constitution) square in Athens, Greece. (Reuters)

9South Korean army's K-21 infantry fighting vehicle fires smoke bombs during a live-fire military exercise as a part of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2011 on the Seungjin fire training field in Pocheon, about 46 km (28 miles) northeast of Seoul. (Reuters)

10A cobbler fixes a rubber sole at a shop in Quetta, Pakistan. (Reuters)

11Zhang Mo of Canada serves during women's singles quarter-final table tennis match at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Reuters)

12A model loses her balance on the runway as she presents a creation by Japanese fashion designer Sara Arai during the Araisara 2012 spring/summer collection during Tokyo fashion week. (AFP)

1Tibetan exiles, with faces painted in the Tibetan flag colors, participate in a rally to express solidarity with the plight of the people in Tibet, in New Delhi, India. (AP)

2US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stop to buy pumpkins at Wood's Orchard in Hampton, Virginia. (AP)

3A youth throws a petrol bomb at police during riots in Athens' Syntagma (Constitution) square, Greece. Greek unions begin a 48-hour general strike, the biggest protest in years, as parliament prepares to vote on sweeping new austerity measures. (Reuters)

4An Irish traveler resident holds up a cross, in front of a burning barricade during evictions at the Dale Farm travelers site, near Basildon England, 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of London, Britain. (AP)

5Faculty of medicine first year students run while seniors spray them with different types of sauces, liquids and flour as part of an annual tradition during a celebration in honor of their patron Saint Lucas at Granada University in Granada, southern Spain. (Reuters)

6A member of an animal rescue team carries abandoned cats during an evacuation OF a flooded temple in Ayutthaya province, Thailand. The animal rescue team said there are about 300 dogs and cats trapped in Ayutthaya that will be evacuated to A dry area. (Reuters)

7Lion triplet cubs Asali, Simba and Nala, from left, in the Serengeti park Hodenhagen, Germany. The lions were born six weeks ago. (AP)