Image of the day, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1: HALLOWEEN PARADE A woman dressed as the Mona Lisa waits to ride the subway after participating in the Village Halloween Parade in the Manhattan borough of New York on Oct. 31, 2014.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31: PUMPKIN LIFT
Five-year-old Carter struggles to lift a pumpkin at Tulleys Farm Pumpkin Patch during their Halloween festival, near Crawley in southern England, on Oct. 28, 2014.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30: POLLUTED WATERS
A Hindu devotee pushes the foam away to make space for other devotees to worship the Sun god Surya in the polluted waters of the river Yamuna during the Hindu religious festival of Chatt Puja in New Delhi, on Oct. 30, 2014.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29: FLAMING GUITAR
John Corabi performs at Motley Crue: The Final Tour with special guest Alice Cooper at Madison Square Garden on October 28, 2014 in New York City.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28: CLIMBING BRIDE
Zheng Feng, an amateur climber poses for wedding pictures with his bride on a cliff in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, China on Oct. 26, 2014.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27: BEARD COMPETITION
Mike Johnson shows off his freestyle beard at the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 25 2014.
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 26: FLOATING LANTERNS IN THAILAND
People release floating lanterns during the festival of Yee Peng in the northern capital of Chiang Mai, Thailand on October 25, 2014. The highlight of the festival is the launching of the 'Khom Loy' or floating lanterns into the night sky.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25: WTA FINALS
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark serves to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during their singles tennis match at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Picture taken with in-camera multiple exposure.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24: MOURNING CPL. NATHAN CIRILLO
Dogs peek out from under a gate of the slain Canadian army reservist's family home in Hamilton, Ontario.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23: TIHAR FESTIVAL, ALSO KNOWN AS DIWAL,I
A devotee offers a cow food in celebration of Diwal,i in Kathmandu, Nepal.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22: DESERT BALLOON
Before the sunrise, the captain of "Bar" hot air balloon ignites the flame on one of the world’s largest balloons over a camel farm in the Margham desert about 60 kms south east of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Oct. 21, 2014.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21: FOAM FIGHT
Students at St Andrews University take part in the traditional “Raisin Weekend” in the Lower College Lawn at St Andrews in Scotland on Oct. 20, 2014. The weekend, which begins on Sunday, involves rituals for new students, culminating in a foam fight Monday morning.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20: BRAZIL HAIRCUT
A young man gets his hair cut at a party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19: BOY INSPECTS SNAILS
A boy inspects snails in Darb Seim, Lebanon.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18: BLOWN AWAY
People in Astwood Park on Bermuda's south shore feel the winds from approaching Hurricane Gonzalo.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17: REFUGEE RAINBOW
A Kurdish refugee from the Syrian town of Kobani shows victory signs as a rainbow forms over the camp in the southeastern town of Suruc on October 16.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16: MIGRANTS IN SPANISH ENCLAVE
A Spanish guard pulls an African migrant from a border fence between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave of Melilla.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15: WRECKED GAZA CAR
Palestinian Talal Al Masry’s car was damaged during the seven-week Israeli offensive, in Beit Hanoun town, in the northern Gaza Strip.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14: PANDA RELEASED INTO WILD
People take pictures of two-year-old giant panda Xuexue before it was sent back to the wild at Liziping natural reserve, in Ya'an, Sichuan province, China.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13: SIBERIAN OFF-ROAD RACE
Riders compete during the ‘Kings of the Off-road’ quad bike amateur regional race in a boggy Siberian district near the village of Kozhany, Russia, on Oct. 11, 2014.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12: 'DIA DE LA HISPANIDAD'
An anti-separatist protester burns flares at demonstration for the country’s unity on Spain's National Day in Barcelona, Spain.
SATURDAY, OCT 11: 45TH ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Simone Biles of United States performs on the uneven bars during the Women's All-Around Final at the Guangxi Sports Center Stadium in Nanning, China.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10: VOLCANO ERUPTS
Mount Sinabung erupts, as seen from Tiga Pancur village, Karo Regency in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, on Oct. 8, 2014.
THURSDAY, OCT. 9: RADIO-CONTROLLED WITCH
A radio-controlled flying witch makes a test flight in the sky above the Pacific Ocean in Carlsbad, Calif., on Oct. 8, 2014.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8: THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIAN MILITARY 69TH ANNIVERSARY
A Marine tank jumps and launches missiles in Surabaya, Indonesia.
TUESDAY, OCT. 7: BUFFALO RACES
A competitor practices ahead of the annual buffalo races in Chonburi, Thailand southeast of Bangkok on Oct. 7, 2014.
MONDAY, OCT. 6: RISING MOON
A hot air balloon floats past an almost full rising moon on a warm fall evening near Encinitas, Calif. on October 5, 2014.
SUNDAY, OCT. 5: BALINESE BATHING TRADITION
Hindu women wash as they perform the "Banyu Pinaruh" ritual at Sebatu holy waterfall in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia.
SATURDAY, OCT. 4: FESTIVAL OF SACRIFICE
Sacrificial animals for Eid ul-Adha at a market in Lahore, Pakistan.
FRIDAY, OCT. 3: PARKOUR PRACTICE
A Palestinian boy holds a Palestinian flag as another practices Parkour skills over the ruins of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed during a seven-week Israeli offensive in the Shejaia neighborhood east of Gaza City October 1, 2014. Some Palestinian youths, aged between 13 and 17 years old, train in the devastated area.
THURSDAY, OCT. 2: BOLD SELFIE
A Chinese woman poses for a selfie with two Chinese Paramilitary soldiers, something usually not allowed, near Tiananmen Square on the 65th National Day on October 1, 2014 in Beijing, China.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1: VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL IN PHUKET
Firecrackers explode as devotees of the Chinese Jui Tui Shrine return the statue to the shrine after a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30: RED BULL FLIGHT DAY
A participant operates a homemade human-powered flying machine during the Red Bull Flugtag event in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
MONDAY, SEPT. 29: 6TH ANNUAL SURF DOG
Surfer Dog Abbie Girl rides a wave in the Large division during the 6th Annual Surf Dog competition at Huntington Beach, California.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 28: CONFESSION
A priest hears a confession before the start of the beatification ceremony for Opus Dei former leader Alvaro del Portillo on Sept. 27, 2014, in Madrid, Spain.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27: TOWER JUMP
FRIDAY, SEPT. 26: GETTING AHEAD AT THE ASIAN GAMES
China's Liang Ruiji riding Vasthi performs during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 26, 2014.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25: RELEASED INTO THE WILD
A seal pup sits on a boat launch before heading back into the water after being released by the Vancouver Aquarium into Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24: PUMPKIN HARVEST
Harald Wenske drives his boat, loaded with pumpkins, on the river Spree near the village of Lehde, eastern Germany.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23: THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX
A Red Deer seen through the morning mist in Richmond Park in London, England.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22: POST-WAR AVANT-GARDE ART
A man looks at an art piece by U.S artist Paul McCarthy through the front window of an auction house gallery space, in central London, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. The art piece will be part of Christie's auction house's sale on Oct. 13, 2014, that will include 44 Post-War works by German artists as well as international ones, all from the Agnes and Karlheinz Essl collection.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21: SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Japan's Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui perform in the women's duet technical routine synchronized swimming competition at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon September 20, 2014.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20: OKTOBERFEST BEGINS
People celebrate the opening of the 181st Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The world's largest beer festival is being held from Sept. 20 to Oct. 5, 2014.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19: FLOOD IN MANILA
Tropical storm Fung-Wong battered the Philippine capital of Manila.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 18: BABY BABOONS
Baby Hamadryas baboons reach for milk bottles in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17: WOODBINE MILE
A thoroughbred is washed as the sun rises after an early morning workout at Woodbine racetrack in Toronto.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 12: GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED FISH
Genetically-engineered fish (Pterophyllum Scalare var.) glow in a tank during the 2014 Taiwan Aquarium Expo in Taipei September 12, 2014.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 16: 2015 MISS AMERICA COMPETITION
Newly-crowned Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev poses for photographs.
MONDAY, SEPT. 15: 'OZ COMIC-CON'
Sydney's science-fiction convention.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 14: FLOODING IN INDIA
Kashmiris ride on top of a truck in the flooded city of Srinagar, India, on September 13, 2014. More than a million people have been cut off from clean water and thousands of buildings remain submerged after the region's worst flood in over a century.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 13: A HIGH-POWERED SERVE
Switzerland's Roger Federer serves a ball during his Davis Cup semi-final tennis match against Italy's Simone Bolelli at the Palexpo in Geneva September 12, 2014.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 11: REMEMBERING 9/11
A woman places a flower in the inscribed names along the edge of the North Pool during memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2014.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10: TAMING UNBROKEN HORSES
Martin Tata demonstrates "Indian taming" at the Polo Club Puesto Viejo ranch in Canuelas, northeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 9: ELEPHANT GOD GOES TO SEA
A boy collects items thrown by devotees as religious offerings next to idols of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, a day after they were immersed in the waters of the Sabarmati river in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. The 10-day Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi ended Monday.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8: FINAL "SUPERMOON" OF 2014
An airplane passes a nearly full moon as it makes its approach to Philadelphia International Airport, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, in Philadelphia. Monday night's full moon, also known as a Harvest Moon, will be the third and final "supermoon" of 2014.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7: AEROBATICS TEAM
The Sokoly Rosii aerobatics team lays down a trail of smoke as it flies in formation over Gelendzhik Bay.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6: A CLOSE-UP VIEW
A butterfly stays on the nose of a staff member during a butterfly carnival in Anhui, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 6, 2014.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5: PLAYING WITH MOM
Four-year-old African lion mother Tajiri plays with one of her cubs during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. The four cubs were born in late June at the zoo.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
First-grader Henry Anderson arrives for the first day of school at Fine Arts Elementary School in Racine, Wis.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3: TOTALLY THAMES
A wooden sculpture of a Hippo by Florentijn Hofman being towed up the Thames River towards Battersea.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2: ENJOYING DELICACIES IN UNDERSEA TUNNEL
Tourists dine at the Tianjin Haichang Polar Ocean World in Tianjin, China.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1: THE GOSTRA
A man falls off the "gostra", a pole covered in grease, during the celebrations for the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian's, outside Valletta, Malta on August 31, 2014. In the traditional "gostra", a game stretching back to the Middle Ages, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top of a pole and try to uproot one of the flags to win prizes.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31: SWISS AIR FORCE'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY
Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team performs during the Air14 airshow at the airport in Payerne on Sunday, August 31, 2014. The Swiss Air Force celebrated their 100th anniversary with the biggest airshow in Europe this year.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30: AIR PRESSURE
A participant experiences the effect of air pressure.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29: GIANT PANDA TRIPLETS
Giant panda triplets turn one-month-old at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28: FIGHTING THE FIRE
India's Central Reserve Police Force personnel perform a stunt during the passing out parade in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar August 28, 2014.
