A protester shouts at riot police in a demonstration against rising crime and extortion in Lima
An Elvis Presley effigy made entirely of pumpkins is seen at a festival near Mechernich, Germany
A monkey sits outside the Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple in Dambulla, Sri Lanka
A man carries his wife while competing in the North American Wife Carrying Championship in Newry, Maine
A landslide in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A newborn panda cub greets visitors at a zoo in Berlin, Germany
Jackson Vargas holds his daughter after fleeing Venezuela in Necoclí, Colombia
A costumed participant drinks in a cafe during the "bakeneko" (supernatural cat) festival in Tokyo, Japan
Cyclists await the start of the Giro di Lombardia in Italy
Travis Gienger poses with his 2,471-pound pumpkin after winning the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California
Kenya Wildlife Service rangers lift an elephant during a translocation exercise in Embu County, Kenya
A woman takes part in a protest against violence toward women in Istanbul, Turkey
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