Top shots from around the world

Published October 25, 2012
A man walks under trees with its autumn leaves turning yellow near Lausanne, Western Switzerland on October 22, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
A man walks under trees with its autumn leaves turning yellow near Lausanne, Western Switzerland on October 22, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
Palestinians gather at a sheep market in Behtlehem on Octobar 24, 2012, ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. ? Photo by AFP
Palestinians gather at a sheep market in Behtlehem on Octobar 24, 2012, ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. ? Photo by AFP
An elderly Syrian woman crosses a street next to a long black cloth used to separate the area from Syrian government forces' snipers fire, in the Bab el-Adid district in Aleppo, on October 23, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
An elderly Syrian woman crosses a street next to a long black cloth used to separate the area from Syrian government forces' snipers fire, in the Bab el-Adid district in Aleppo, on October 23, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
South Korean singer Psy (Right), whose real name Park Jae-sang, does a dance-step with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (Left) just before their meeting October 23, 2012 at UN headquarters in New York. ? Photo by AFP
South Korean singer Psy (Right), whose real name Park Jae-sang, does a dance-step with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (Left) just before their meeting October 23, 2012 at UN headquarters in New York. ? Photo by AFP
A Palestinian woman holding balloons in the colour of her national flag waits for the arrival of Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Gaza City on October 23, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
A Palestinian woman holding balloons in the colour of her national flag waits for the arrival of Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Gaza City on October 23, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
A car drives by a wave breaking at Montevideo's waterfront on October 23, 2012. A man died and 150 people were evacuated due to heavy rains and a storm which affected the country in the last days. ? Photo by AFP
A car drives by a wave breaking at Montevideo's waterfront on October 23, 2012. A man died and 150 people were evacuated due to heavy rains and a storm which affected the country in the last days. ? Photo by AFP
Thousands of Indian Hindu devotees hold lit oil lamps as they participate in a Maha Aarti at Gandhinagar Cultural Forum in Gandhinagar, some 30 kms from Ahmedabad on October 22, 2012.  . ? Photo by AFP
Thousands of Indian Hindu devotees hold lit oil lamps as they participate in a Maha Aarti at Gandhinagar Cultural Forum in Gandhinagar, some 30 kms from Ahmedabad on October 22, 2012. . ? Photo by AFP

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