A member of the Fire Dance Group performs a choreography with torches in the streets of Vilnius, Lithuania on November 03, 2012.
Yamaha MotoGP world champion
rider Jorge Lorenzo (back) falls behind Paul Bird's James Ellison of
Britain during the Valencia MotoGP Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo
racetrack in Cheste, near Valencia November 11, 2012. Lorenzo was denied
a victorious season finale on home soil when he crashed out while
leading an incident-packed Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday to hand victory
to fellow-Spaniard Dani Pedrosa.
Egypt's Yassmin Attia (L)
celebrates with her coach after beating Malaysia's Nisha Alagasan to
take bronze medal in the Female Kumite under 55Kg category of the world
karate championships on November 24, 2012 in Paris.
Greenpeace activists dressed and
painted as fishes participate in a rally against a new fishing law
outside of the congress in Valparaiso city, about 121 km (75 miles)
northwest of Santiago, October 30, 2012. According to Greenpeace
activists, the new fishing law may lead to the over-exploitation of
marine resources by fishing companies along Chile's coasts.
A combination picture shows
Italy's Member of the European Parliament Licia Ronzulli taking part
with her daughter Vittoria in a voting session at the European
Parliament in Strasbourg November 21, 2012.
A work entitled "Forehead" by
British visual artists Jake and Dinos Chapman is displayed during an
exhibition at the Royal College of Art in London on November 15, 2012.
A Colombian Air Force at the
Catam Military Airport during the celebration of 93rd anniversary of the
Colombian Air Force, in Bogota on November 9, 2012.
A pig dives into the water in
Ningxiang county, Hunan province November 15, 2012. Villager Huang Demin
drives his pigs to dive into the water from a 3-metre-high platform at
least once a day, believing that the diving exercises would improve the
quality and taste of the meat. He would later sell the meat of his pigs
at three times higher than market prices, local media reported. Picture
taken November 15, 2012.
China's People Liberation Army
(PLA) parachutists perform during the 9th China International Aviation
and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai on November 13, 2012. China's air
show comes as the Communist Party holds a meeting to select the
country's new leaders -- including the party's Central Military
Commission, which controls the armed forces.
A man shows his tattoo during the Tattoo Exhibition in Asuncion on November 17, 2012.
A woman dressed as a zombie
participates in the first edition of a "Zombie Walk" event on November
3, 2012, in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. Wearing gruesome costumes
and make-up, participants groaned through the city's downtown area.
Genetically engineered fish
(Archocentrus nigrofasciatus var.) glow in a tank during a news
conference before the 2012 Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei
November 7, 2012. The fish, which are the world's first pink fluorescent
fish and can view without blacklight, were created by a joint project
between Taiwan's Academia Sinica, National Taiwan Ocean University and
Jy Lin, a private biotechnology company, according to the organizer. The
2012 Taiwan International Aquarium Expo will be held at Taipei World
Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall from November 9 to 12.
Wu Conghan, 101 years old, and
his 103-year-old wife pose for photos while wearing wedding clothes at
their home in a village of Nanchong, Sichuan province, November 5, 2012.
The couple had their first photo taken in wedding suit and dress after
being married for 88 years. Picture taken November 5, 2012.
Chris John of Indonesia (R)
lands a right hand on Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo of Thailand during their
WBA super world featherweight title fight at the Marina Bay Sands in
Singapore November 9, 2012.
Participants of the bikini
fitness competition perform during the 4th "Strongo Cup" open amateur
tournament at the State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Russia's Siberian
city of Krasnoyarsk, November 17, 2012. Participants from all over
Russia took part in the tournament competing in bodybuilding, body
fitness and bikini fitness disciplines.
The Spiderman balloon floats
down Central Park West during the 86th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in
New York November 22, 2012.
Mara Gonzalez, from Paraguay,
performs a pole dancing routine to promote the Miss Pole Dance South
America 2012 competition in Buenos Aires November 23, 2012. The
competition will be held on November 24-26.
A monkey licks a block of ice
with fruits encased in it during the annual Monkey Buffet Festival, in
front of the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi province, 150km (94
miles) north of Bangkok November 25, 2012. More than 4,000kg of fruits
are used during the annual festival to promote tourism.
A model displays a creation by Russian designer Katerina Korol during the Russian Fashion Week in Moscow, on October 21, 2012.
A camel that was purchased by a
customer is lifted to be placed in a vehicle at a camel market near
Riyadh, October 23, 2012. Muslims around the world are preparing to
celebrate Eid al-Adha (feast of sacrifice), marking the end of the Haj,
by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet
Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.
Picture taken October 23, 2012.
Zijun Li of China performs
during the women's free skating at ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating's
NHK Trophy event in Sendai, northern Japan, November 24, 2012.
A devotee of the Chinese Bang
Neow Shrine with two guns pierced through his cheeks takes a part in
procession during the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket October 20,
2012. The festival, featuring face-piercing, spirit mediums, and strict
vegetarianism celebrates the local Chinese community's belief that
abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month
of the Chinese calendar will help them obtain good health and peace of
mind.
Chester Zoo vet Gabby Drake
examines a Dormouse after microchipping it as part of a multi-agency
conservation project in North Wales October 18, 2012. The Dormice, which
are native to the UK, are being marked and monitored in a programme
aimed at improving conservation methods in the area.
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