An Indian boy offers prayers to an elephant that was killed when the tree he had uprooted fell on an electrical tower in Assam.

Vishma Thapa / AP

A toddler sits on the winner of the giant pumpkin category during the London Harvest Festival Show.

Ben Pruchnie / Getty

Fashion designer Beth Reeb poses with beach goers during shoots for her new fashion range in Miami, Florida.

Lynne Sladky / AP

An orangutan kept as a pet protects himself with sack at the owner’s home in Korek, Indonesia. Government officials have so far failed to confiscate the animal.

Antara Photo Agency / Reuters

Landon Fox of Birmingham, Alabama, watches as Captain America cleans the windows of Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children.

Brynn Anderson / AP

Owners hold pets during a blessing ceremony outside the San Francisco church in Lima, Peru.

Mariana Bazo / Reuters

A terrifying 50-lane traffic jam causes gridlock on the Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway, following the end of a week-long national holiday.

China Daily China Daily Infor / Reuters

A contestant at the World Beard And Mustache Championships in Leogang, Austria, poses for a photo.

Jan Hetfleisch / Stringer

Dancers from Boston Ballet perform on the Greenway to promote their upcoming season.

Brian Snyder / Reuters

Two snow leopard cubs make their first public appearance at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo since being born in June. Only an estimated 4,000 remain in the wild.

Scott Olson / Getty

Children pose for their parents on a rock in front of the Bolshoy Almaty lake in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters

Novak Djokovic of Serbia takes a selfie after winning his men’s singles match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, China.

Kim Kyung Hoon / Reuters

Thousands of people gather in New York’s central park to form a human peace sign on the 75th anniversary of John Lennon’s birth.

Mike Segar / Reuters

Sarah Dillow moves ostriches from their flooded enclosure in Givhans, South Carolina. The state has experienced record rainfall in the past days.

Joe Raedle / Getty

The Dubai skyline covered in an early morning fog.

RENE SLAMA / Getty

Raghad Faleh, 8, poses for a photo while holding a balloon given to her by volunteers. A few hours earlier, she had arrived in Greece by dingy.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP

People take part in the “Nuit Royale,” an eighteenth century costume ball at the palace of Venaria Reale in Turin, Italy.

MARCO BERTORELLO / Stringer

North Korean soccer fans wear national colors during their Asian Cup qualifying soccer match against Philippines.

Damir Sagolj / Reuters

Hundreds of balloons take off at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico.

Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Competitors flex during the Victoria State Bodybuiding Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Robert Cianflone / Getty

A swan is carried down the nave of The Cathedral of St. John in Manhattan during the Procession of the Animals.

Elizabeth Shafiroff / Reuters

Mao Asada of team Japan pulls a face while competing during the Open Figure Skating Team Competition in Saitama, Japan.

Yuya Shino / Reuters

Dancers perform during a traditional festival of “ngarot” in Indramayu, West Java, Indonesia. The festival is held to celebrate rice planting season.

Tatan Syuflana / AP

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