Thais box on a pole during Chonburi's annual buffalo races festival, 75 kilometres (47 miles) southeast of Bangkok, October 22, 2010. The event, which also celebrates the rice harvest, originates back to the buffalo trade in Chonburi, once the trade center of Thailand's east.
Rottweilers hold baby soothers as they train for a master class performance during a regional exhibition in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, October 23, 2010. Some 1000 pets are taking part in the largest regional three-day show.
An actor dressed as a zombie walks on a street in downtown Belgrade October 26, 2010, as part of a promotional campaign for an upcoming U.S. TV series called "The Walking Dead". The event is taking place over 24 hours in 26 cities around the world ahead of the show's U.S. premiere on Sunday.
A South Korean U.N. Peacekeeper jumps next to a U.N. vehicle during a medal award ceremony at the South Korean United Nations Interim Forces (UNIFIL) base in Tayr Dibba, southern Lebanon, October 27, 2010.
Tammy Nelson from the San Francisco musical 'Beach Blanket Babylon' sings 'God Bless America' during the seventh inning stretch of Game 5 of the Major League Baseball NLCS playoff series between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies in San Francisco, October 21, 2010.
A woman has her picture taken inside a casket during a promotional event outside a public cemetery in Manila's Makati financial district November 1, 2010. People flocked to cemeteries to spruce up the tombs of their loved ones for the annual celebration of All Saints Day, when millions of Filipinos remember their departed relatives and friends.
The "Anti-Depressants" dance group perform on stage during the "Pier House Pretenders in Paradise Costume Contest" in Key West, Florida, late October 28, 2010. The dancing pill bottles were the brainchild of Key Wester Lenore Tria and won first place in the Group Amateur division of the competition that is a part of Key West's annual 10-day Fantasy Fest costuming and masking festival that concludes October 31. This year's theme is "Habitat for Insanity". Picture taken October 28, 2010.
Tontite, a Pomeranian dressed as "Zorro", the Spanish masked swordsman in the movie "The Mask of Zorro", models its costume during the "Scaredy Cats and Dogs" Halloween fund-raising event at a mall in Quezon City October 23, 2010. Some 70 pets participated in the event to raise funds for the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)'s Animal Rehabilitation Center, a temporary shelter for more than 100 dogs and cats which were either abandoned or rescued from cruelty or neglect.
A model displays a creation made of firecrackers at a fashion institute as part of Diwali celebrations at Noida in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh November 1, 2010. Diwali, the festival of lights, will be celebrated across the country November 5.
A man dressed as former U.S. president Richard Nixon competes in a Halloween surf contest in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California October 30, 2010.
A Japanese environmentalist covered in leaves attends a peaceful human chain event outside the venue where the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) is being held in Nagoya, central Japan, October 28, 2010. Participants formed a human chain in a bid to encourage a productive outcome from the U.N. meeting discussing ways to fight rising extinctions of plants and animals from pollution, climate change and habitat loss.
French high school students kiss on the road in front of the police at the end of a demonstration over pension reform in Paris October 21, 2010.
A model presents a creation by Mexican designer Gianfranco Reni at the Mercedez Benz DFashion show in Mexico City, October 25, 2010.
A model presents a creation by Kazakhstan's design house SofiAnn during Kazakhstan Fashion Week in Almaty October 30, 2010.
A participant helps a fellow participant apply tanning oil as they prepare backstage before taking part in the "Strongo Cup" open amateur bodybuilding and body fitness tournament in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk October 30, 2010.
