Sunken shipRescuers check on a half-submerged leisure boat after it collided with a ferry Oct. 1 near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong. The accident killed 38 people. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

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After the stormA man walks under the wreckage of a ride at a fairground in Gandia, near Valencia, Spain, on Sept. 29 after a tornado ripped through the area. About three dozen people were injured.

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Holiday ritualAn ultra-Orthodox Jewish man and his children push a baby stroller carrying palm fronds in Bnei Brak, Israel, Sept. 28. The palm fronds will be used to build a sukkah, or temporary hut, during the weeklong Sukkot holiday known as the Feast of the Tabernacles.

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Smoke over SyriaSmoke billows over shelled and destroyed buildings in Saif al Dawle district, Aleppo, Syria, on Oct. 2. The Syrian army has continued its shelling in the city as it tries to put an end to the rebels' resistance.

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Casualty of warA man cries while holding the body of his son near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 3. Suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city, killing dozens of people and leveling buildings, state TV said.

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An Afghan refugee girl stands next to her family's sheep in a field next to a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 1.

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Torched templeBangladeshi Buddhists pray in front of a burned Buddha sculpture after Muslims attacked the temple and set fire to it, in the coastal district of Cox's Bazar, Oct. 2. Thousands of Muslims went on a rampage in Buddhist areas of Bangladesh near the border on Sept. 29, setting ablaze more than a dozen temples and monasteries and at least 50 homes.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama shake hands at the start of the first 2012 U.S. presidential debate in Denver, Colo., on Oct. 3.

Educational protestRiot policemen arrest a student during a protest against the government to demand changes in the public state education, in Santiago, Chile, Sept. 27. Chilean students have been protesting against what they say is profiteering in the state education system.

Beyond the end zoneJames Jones of the Green Bay Packers leaps into the stands after catching a touchdown pass against the New Orleans Saints in a National Football League game at Lambeau Field on Sept. 30 in Green Bay, Wis.

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Surreal experienceVisitors experience the "Rain Room" art installation by Random International in The Curve at the Barbican Centre in London, England, on Oct. 3. The Rain Room is a 100-square-meter field of falling water that visitors are invited to walk into, with sensors detecting where they are standing.

Morning dewA dewdrop-covered grasshopper clings to a thistle in a pasture in the early morning on a farm near Roseburg, Ore., on Sept. 30.

Beasts of burdenBavarian herdsmen and their beasts are carried on a boat across Lake Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden, southern Germany, Oct. 3. The trip by boat is the only way to bring the cattle from their remote summer mountain pastures back to their homestead.

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Fatal accidentThe body of a woman lies next to what rescuers say are her belongings at the scene of a bus accident at the Ruta Interamericana expressway in Mexico, in the outskirts of Guatemala City, Oct. 3. According to the local media, three women died after the bus lost its brakes and crashed into several vehicles. The folder (top right) reads, "Wen, I love you."

Young GandhiA school boy dressed as Mahatma Gandhi takes part in a march to mark the 143rd birth anniversary of Gandhi in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Oct. 2. Gandhi, also known as the "Father of the Nation," was instrumental in India's struggle for independence from Britain and a devoted follower of nonviolent protest and religious tolerance.Advertise | AdChoices

Rapt attentionPresident Barack Obama stops to greet two young supporters at a Sept. 27 campaign event at Farm Bureau Live in Virginia Beach, Va.

Floating on airFrench BASE jumper Florian Pays leaps from Malaysia's landmark KL Tower, the 421-meter (1,389-foot) broadcasting tower in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 29.