A heart-shaped lake in Germany, sculptures by the sea in Australia, sightseeing in the Gobi desert, a colorful forest in Romania, a wife-carrying race in Maine, Halloween lights in England, and much more
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A woman photographs artwork from the "Sculpture by the Sea" exhibition at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, on October 17, 2024. #
Operators work on "Lilith," the guardian of darkness, built for the Hellfest metal festival, in Toulouse, France, on October 15, 2024. Lilith is one of the characters in the French company La Machine's urban opera "The Guardian of the Temple Opus II: The Portal of Darkness," which will be presented on October 25, 26, and 27 in Toulouse. #
Participants pose for a photograph during the Kagurazaka Bakeneko Festival on October 13, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. The annual festival invites participants to embrace their feline side by dressing up as cats and showcasing their playful spirit. #
On October 15, 2024, a still-unnamed panda cub is pictured during a media presentation of one of the panda twins born on August 22 at the zoo in Berlin, Germany. #
A visitor lies in a tub filled with dried leaves, as part of an interactive artwork by Serbian conceptual artist Marina Abramovic, on the opening day of her first exhibition in China, titled "Transforming Energy," in Shanghai, on October 11, 2024. #
Olya, a member of the Gang of Angels, a volunteer group that makes camouflage netting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, poses with a sniper camouflage net on October 13, 2024, in Odesa, Ukraine. Demand for these nets is high, with numerous orders from brigades stationed on the front lines. Soldiers send photos of their surroundings, and the volunteers select fabric colors to match the environment when creating the camouflage netting. #
Competitor Neil Morbey wears a conker-themed hat as he takes part in the annual World Conker Championships in Southwick, England, on October 13, 2024. #
Nic Vinsonhaler carries Tara Rogowski while competing in the North American Wife Carrying Championship at the Sunday River ski resort, in Newry, Maine, on October 12, 2024. #
A girl surrounded by pumpkins is photographed by her mother at Sanders Farm in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, on October 17, 2024. #
A model dressed as a witch poses beside light installations during the media preview of a new Halloween light trail in Kew Gardens, in London, England, on October 17, 2024. #
An effigy of the mythical demon king Ravana goes up in flames to mark the end of Dussehra festival in Jammu, India, on October 12, 2024. Dussehra commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over Ravana, the victory of good over evil. #
A fan of Colombia cheers for his team before the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Colombia and Chile, at the Roberto Melendez Metropolitan stadium, in Barranquilla, Colombia, on October 15, 2024. #
A monkey climbs on a statue outside the Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple, in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, on October 14, 2024. #
Pigeons fly past a statue of Guanyin, a deity venerated in Buddhism, at a temple in Keelung, Taiwan, on October 14, 2024. #
Humanitarian aid packages dropped from planes parachute to the ground in the Al-Mawasi area, as Israeli attacks continue in Khan Younis, Gaza, on October 17, 2024. #
A view of the Barcolana, billed as "the largest sailing regatta in the world," from Trieste, Italy, on October 13, 2024 #
Mourners attend the collective funeral for 19 victims of a landslide caused by recent floods in Jablanica, Bosnia, on October 15, 2024. #
This aerial photo taken on October 14, 2024, shows apartment blocks in Tung Chung, on Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. #
Fields of heliostat mirrors reflect sunlight at the site of the Dunhuang Shouhang 100MW Tower Solar Thermal Power Generation Project, in Gansu province, China, on October 16, 2024. #
Devotees pray next to votive candles while paying tribute to Our Lady of Aparecida, national patroness of Brazil, at the Basilica of the National Shrine in Aparecida, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on October 12, 2024. #
A farmer dries corn in a yard in Yantai in east China's Shandong province on October 17, 2024. #
On October 12, 2024, a young man sits in "The Colored Forest," in the village of Poienari, Romania, a project by local artists meant to raise awareness of large-scale deforestation due to excessive logging. #
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase, near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 13, 2024, for the Starship Flight 5 test. SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability. #
Boats float down the river in a competition on October 14, 2024, in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. The illuminated boat procession, held at the end of Buddhist Lent, is an event along the Mekong River. Boats lit with patterns of candles and lanterns move down the river in honor of the Buddha. Different districts compete to create boat displays with detailed and complex designs. #
A Hindu devotee dressed as Goddess Kali takes part in a procession during Kulasai Dasara festival celebrations in Kulasekharapatnam, in India's Tamil Nadu state, on October 12, 2024. #
A miner works at the CSM hard-coal mine, which is the last hard-coal mine of the Czech Republic and operated by the OKD mining company, on October 14, 2024, in the village of Stonava, near Karvina, Czech Republic. #
A fallow deer strolls through Jaegersborg Dyrehave forest park, in Kongens Lyngby, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 15, 2024. #
A woman with a painted face attends a protest against violence toward women in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 12, 2024. #
The moon rises beyond a neon Big Tex at the State Fair of Texas, in Dallas, on October 16, 2024. #
A visitor poses in front of a sculpture in the Gobi desert in Guazhou, Gansu province, China, on October 17, 2024. #
A tourist poses for wedding photos in Monument Valley, Arizona, on October 11, 2024. #
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) appears in the western sky shortly after sunset above rock formations in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on October 13, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. #
The work "Naught: Bondi" by Milarky, part of the "Sculpture by the Sea" exhibition, is seen pre-dawn on October 18, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. #
A whale leaps out of the water as a container ship sails behind, off Sydney's Bondi Beach, on October 17, 2024. #
An aerial view of a heart-shaped lake, seen in Rodgau, near Frankfurt, Germany, on October 12, 2024 #
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