Stephen Purvis kisses his prize onion after it won the title of Heaviest Onion at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show in Ripon, northern England
Men on stilts wait to compete in the Golden Stilt tournament in Namur, Belgium
Photographer Jade Hoksbergen captures a tiny candy crab perched on coral in the Philippines’ Tañon Strait
A performer jumps over another during the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany
Bike riders line up for the start of the Normandy Beach Race in Ouistreham, France
A group of Palestinians look out at the rubble of a bombed building in Gaza
A man stands in water as he partakes in a ritual during the Mahalaya festival in Mumbai, India
US’ Bryce Deadmon and Kenya’s George Mutinda wait to be passed the baton during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Residents shovel mud from their property after Super Typhoon Ragasa caused a barrier lake to burst its banks in Hualien, Taiwan
The Internacional soccer team celebrates after scoring a goal in Porto Alegre, Brazil
A sinkhole opens up in the middle of a street in Bangkok, Thailand
Magellanic penguins waddle toward the ocean after being released following rehabilitation in Punta del Este, Uruguay
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