Thrill-seekers enjoy a ride on a giant carousel, one of the main features of the Oktoberfest at the beer festival grounds in the centre of Munich, Germany.
A music fan falls into a crowd of concert-goers during a performance by the Chinese rock group AK-47 on the opening day of the Modern Sky Music Festival in Beijing.
A box turtle found by volunteers in Derwood, Maryland, USA. A squad of environmentalists, researchers, state employees and contractors is working against the clock to save the Eastern box turtles that would otherwise be crushed or buried alive when hundreds of acres of woods in the Washington suburbs are paved over for a major new road.
Silversmiths and members of the public view silverware at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. An exhibition entitled Treasures of Today - Silver from Goldsmith’s Hall London 1980-2008 has opened and features pieces from the renowned private collection in London.
In the Indian city of Siliguri they are celebrating the 139th anniversary of the birth of the man regarded as the father of their nation, with children taking part in a fancy-dress competition to see who can look most like Mahatma Gandhi. It all seems to be going off perfectly nonviolently.
Muslims mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a street of the Abobo neighbourhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Countries in the Muslim world are celebrating Eid ul-Fitr.
Sun sets over Baekryung Island on the northernmost coastline of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea.
The robots Murata Girl and its cousin Murata Boy, constructed by the Japanese technology group Murata Manufacturing, are displayed at CREATE Japan 2008 exhibition in Macular, near Tokyo.
A bald eagle is released at the Hortobagy National Park, Hungary. The bird was rescued after becoming injured, then tagged with an identification ring and returned to nature.
An opera performance staged at Xian, in northern China’s Shaanxi province, to celebrate China’s National Day which falls on October 1.
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