Indian children dressed like Mahatma Gandhi assemble at an event during Gandhi Jayanti in Ajmer. Gandhi Jayanti is the birth anniversary of Gandhi, the father of the nation.
Krystyna Sankova from Ukraine performs during the qualification round at the artistic gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic throws a towel into the crowd after winning the men's singles match against Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, China. Djokovic won 6-0, 6-3.
A model presents shoes for Fatima Lopes' ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2014 fashion collection in Paris, France.
Judges leave after attending a service to mark the beginning of the legal year in England and Wales, at Westminster Abbey, in central London.
Sailors stationed aboard the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) stand in formation to spell out #USSGW on the flight deck. The purpose of the #USSGW photo is to be used on the command's social media websites to broaden its visibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Trevor Welsh)
Jung Ha-yoon, 2, is seen in a ceramic container while playing with other children at the traditional sports square during the Royal and Aristocrat's Traditional Food Festival held at Unhyeon Palace, also known as Unhyeongung Royal Residence, in Seoul, South Korea.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. President Tsuneo Murata with his company's bicycle-riding robot "Murata Seisaku-kun" at its booth at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) JAPAN 2013 in Chiba, east of Tokyo.
Students wearing raincoats wait for a tribute ceremony at the Monument to the People's Heroes on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, on the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Flamingos in a lagoon near Messolongi, in western Greece
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The Red Arrows, the British Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, perform at the Malta International Airshow 2013 at Malta International Airport, outside Valletta, Malta, Sept. 29, 2013.
Girls read books containing short verses from the Koran in a madrasa, or religious school, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.
The morning sun illuminates the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. as the government teeters on the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight unless Congress can reach an agreement on funding.
A dog wipes out while competing in the Surf City surf dog competition in Huntington Beach, California, Sept. 29, 2013.
The new French air force military transport Airbus A 400M is welcomed by fire engines at the military airbase BA 123 in Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle near Orleans (central France) as part of an official presentation.
A woman rope jumps from a 44-meter-high (144-feet-high) waterpipe bridge in the Siberian Taiga area outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Protesters march during a rally in support of striking teachers in Palma, on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Teachers have been on an indefinite strike since the start of the school year in protest of a law to implement trilingualism (Catalan, Spanish and English) in schools.
A woman smiles while taking part in The Color Run in Brussels. The Run is a five-kilometer, untimed race, held in cities worldwide, with the aim of promoting healthy living. Participants are doused from head to toe in different colors at each kilometer.
Members of a brass band wearing traditional Bavarian clothes play for a concert at the 180th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich. Millions of visitors from around the world will come to Oktoberfest, which runs until Oct. 6, 2013.
Students from the Huo Yuanjia Martial Arts School perform for visitors during a Wushu training session at their campus in Tianjin, China.
Giant panda cubs lie on a platform during a photo opportunity at the Bifengxia panda breeding center in Ya'an, Sichuan province, China. Fourteen cubs, which were all born in 2013, were shown to the public on Sunday.
A man operates a saxophone-shaped vehicle during a race organized by the Red Bull Soapbox Race at the Taipei University of the Arts. More then 50 vehicles take part in the 400-meter-long race.
A Kashmiri fisherman fishes during sunset at the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the main city of India-held Kashmir.
A man walks past a piece of street art in Shoreditch, London.
A girl touches a dolphin during a dolphin therapy session at the Nemo Dolphinarium in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Students perform during an annual ritual ceremony to celebrate the Chinese philosopher and teacher Confucius' birthday at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea.
Hot air balloons are seen in a field during Day 3 of the Canadian Hot Air Balloon Championships in High River, Sept. 27, 2013.
Kryptopterus bicirrhis fish are displayed at the 2013 Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei, Taiwan.
New Miss World, Megan Young (C) from the Philippines is crowned by outgoing Miss World Yu Wenxia after winning the crown as first runner up, Marine Lorphelin (L) of France and second runner up Carranzar Naa Okailey (R) from Ghana look on during the Miss World 2013 finals in Nusa Dua, in Indonesia's resort island of Bali.
Brown pelicans sit on dead mangrove on Cat Island, a former nesting ground which has mostly eroded into the bay, in Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA, Sept. 27, 2013.
A runner gets pelted with color powders during the Color Run at the Dajia Riverside Park in Taipei, Taiwan.
A model presents a creation of Junya Watanabe's ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2014 fashion collection in Paris, France.
Belgian and Dutch army engineers walk across a completed floating pontoon bridge on the River Scheldt in Antwerp, Belgium. Antwerp will open it's World War I Centenary program in Oct. 2014 with the pontoon bridge and allow the general public to cross it. The pontoon bridge is an actual reconstruction of the original that spanned the River Scheldt at the start of the war in 1914 and played a major role in the defense of Antwerp.
A 40-foot-high (12-meter-high) and 30-foot-wide (nine-meter-wide) inflatable rubber duck, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is towed up the Allegheny River in Pitt*****urgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Sept. 27, 2013.
The moon is pictured as members of the Special Warfare Command parachute during a rehearsal for the upcoming anniversary of the Armed Forces Day at a military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, South Korea.
South Korean Special Army soldiers demonstrate their taekwondo martial art skills during the media day for the 65th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at Seoul military airport in Seongnam.
Rescue workers carry a girl who was rescued from the rubble at the site of a collapsed residential building in Mumbai, India. The five-story apartment block collapsed in the financial center, killing at least eight people and trapping scores in the latest accident.
With the Tigris River beneath him, a member of Iraq's national skydiving national team parachutes over the capital during a training session in Baghdad, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013.
A stag roars in its enclosure at Wildpark Eekholt in Grossenaspe, Germany, as the mating season for deer has begun.
A dog sits near candles and placards placed in front of the Romanian embassy during a protest rally against the culling of stray dogs in Prague, Czech Republic. Romania's top court ruled in favour of a law to cull tens of thousands of stray dogs from the streets of the capital Bucharest, after a four-year-old boy was mauled to death earlier this month.
A woman walks past foliage turning from green to red in the grounds of St. John's College in Cambridge, central England.
Australian actor Hugh Jackman poses with fans after the screening of his film "Prisoners" during the 61st San Sebastian Film Festival in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian.
A model wears a creation during a hair art show at the international beauty festival "Banks of the Neva River" in St. Peter*****urg, Russia.
Base jumper Jean-Philippe Marie Teffaud, left, and his team mate Frederic Yves Fugen of France leap from the 300-meter Open Deck of the Malaysia's landmark Kuala Lumpur Tower during the International Tower Jump in Kuala Lumpur.
Engineers led by researcher Greg Gatlin spray fluorescent oil on a 5.8 percent scale model of a futuristic hybrid wing body during tests in the14 by-22-Foot Subsonic Wind Tunnel. The oil helps researchers "see" the flow patterns when air passes over and around the model. Those patterns are important in determining crucial aircraft characteristics such as lift and drag. (Image Credit: NASA Langley/Preston Martin)
Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy rides during the first free practice at Motorland race track in Alcaniz, Spain . The Aragon Motorcycling Grand Prix will take place on Sept. 29.