A white tiger jumps up to reach
his food at Taman Safari Indonesia in Cisarua, Indonesia West Java
province October 23, 2012. 800 kilograms of meat is given to around 200
animals everyday, said a spokesperson for Taman Safari.
Brandon Rios (R) of the U.S.
connects to the face with a punch on compatriot Mike Alvarado during the
sixth round of their WBO Latino Super Lightweight Title boxing match in
Carson, California October 13, 2012. Rios won by TKO in the seventh
round.
Indian army soldiers perform
"Malkhamb" (traditional Indian gymnastics) during a two-day army
exhibition in the northern Indian city of Allahabad October 21, 2012.
Malkhamb is a combination of traditional Indian gymnastics and martial
arts and it can be traced back to the 12th century.
Pilot Felix Baumgartner of
Austria exits his capsule as he begins his record-setting skydive over
Roswell, New Mexico October 14, 2012 in this frame capture from handout
video. Baumgartner broke a 52-year-old record by skydiving from 23
miles (37 km).
Actors Christiane von Poelnitz
(L) and Thilo Nest perform on stage during a dress rehearsal of Hugo von
Hofmannsthal's play "Elektra" at Burgtheater in Vienna October 22,
2012. The play is directed by Michael Thalhammer and will premiere on
October 25.
Colombian Elena Mejia competes
in the Miss Pole Dance Colombia 2012 competition in Medellin, Antioquia
department, Colombia on September 26, 2012.
Israeli inventor Izhar Gafni
rides his cardboard bicycle in Moshav Ahituv, central Israel September
24, 2012. The bicycle, made almost entirely of cardboard, has the
potential to change transportation habits from the world's most
congested cities to the poorest reaches of Africa, Gafni, an expert in
designing automated mass-production lines and an amateur cycling
enthusiast, says. Picture taken September 24, 2012.
Dyushes, a Don Sphynx cat,
stretches on an armchair at the "Cats Republic" art cafe in St.
Petersburg October 21, 2012. The cafe includes an exhibition area, a
library and a separate hall with cats living inside. Visitors of the
cafe can pay $5-10 to play with the cats, according to the owners.
A skier jumps off a ramp during the Apres Ski 2012 winter fun festival in Prague October 14, 2012.
A Hindu woman reacts as she is
smeared with "sindhur", or vermillion powder, as part of a ritual on the
last day of the Durga Puja festival in the northern Indian city of
Chandigarh October 24, 2012. In Hindu mythology, Durga symbolises power
and the triumph of good over evil. The Durga Puja is the biggest
religious festival of Bengali Hindus.
Slovak's Milan Roskopf juggles
with bowling balls as he tries to break a Guinness record during the
Impossibility Challenger, Record Breaking Festival in Budaors near
Budapest October 21, 2012.
A seagull passes a girl
preparing to refresh herself during 35C heat in Black Sea willage of
Zatoka, some 60 km from the Ukrainian city of Odessa on August 5, 2012.
Employees of the botanic garden
pose for a photo with a 5 year old boy who sits on a big lily pad in
Stuttgart, southern Germany. Temperatures during the next few days are
predicted to remain high, there may be occasional thunderstorms on the
weekend.
An artist scores a basket during
a show held prior the women's preliminary round group A basketball
match of the London 2012 Olympic Games Angola vs. Croatia on August 3,
2012 at the basketball arena in London.
A stuntman pretends to play the
piano in the air as he and his cardboard instrument are lifted by a hot
air balloon over Vilnius on August 10, 2012 during the Piano.lt summer
festival. Vilnius remains one of the few European capitals allowing hot
air balloons to fly over the city.
A baby broad-snouted caiman
(Caiman latipostris) is presented at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
on June 29, 2012. Rio's zoo on Saturday will open an animal nursery to
treat animals originary from Brazil in risk of extintion who were
abandoned by their parents.
"Argoun", a three-month-old Amur
leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is pictured during its first time
out on July 11, 2012 at the zoo in Mulhouse, eastern France. Amur
leopards population is estimated to about fifty in nature around the
world.
Jonathan Horton of the U.S.
attends a gymnastics training session at the O2 Arena before the start
of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London July 25, 2012. This photo was
taken using multiple exposures.
A foreign tourist sits next to a
large art display of a shark displayed at a shopping mall in Bangkok on
July 9, 2012. Thailand is a tourist magnet but its image as the "Land
of Smiles" has been tested in recent years by deadly political unrest,
devastating floods and more recently a bungled bomb plot involving
Iranian suspects.
The shadow of Air Force One,
with US President Barack Obama aboard, is seen as the plane prepares to
land at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, on July 24, 2012. Obama is
traveling to attend campaign events and fundraisers.
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