Pictures of the month: October

A Kazakh hunter releases his golden eagle during the Kyrgyz hunting competition in Bokonbayevo 300 km (186 miles) from the capital Bishkek, October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov

Amateur triathletes start the swim of the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii October 11, 2008. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry

Israeli policemen detain a Jewish rioter after clashes in Israel's northern coastal city of Acre October 10, 2008. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Federal riot police stand guard outside the alternative senate building in Mexico City October 23, 2008. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

Supporters of Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama stand in the cold and rain during a rally at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, October 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Contestants pose backstage before a U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin look-alike stripper contest at a strip club in Las Vegas, Nevada October 23, 2008. REUTERS/Tiffany Brown

Zilina's Admir Vladavic reacts after he missed a chance against Hamburg during their UEFA Cup soccer match in Zilina October 23, 2008. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

A hostage looks for her family members after she was released by an armed man, Luis Fernando Escobar, inside a call center in Guatemala City October 6, 2008. Escobar shot and wounded a security guard and held 40 people hostage at a call center...more

A Palestinian Hamas militant takes part in a rally organized by the Hamas movement in central Gaza Strip October 17, 2008. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Palestinian students study in a school made of caravans in the village of Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 25, 2008. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (L) and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hold a news conference at the end of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels October 16, 2008. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Former Colombian lawmaker Oscar Lizcano gestures during a news conference at a military base in Cali October 26, 2008. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga

Philadelphia Phillies closer Brad Lidge celebrates with catcher Carlos Ruiz after their team defeated the Tampa Bay Rays to win Major League Baseball's World Series after game 5 in Philadelphia, October 29, 2008 REUTERS/Bill Kostroun

A British Airways plane flies past on its way to Heathrow Airport as Johan Gaume of France competes in the snowboarding heats at Battersea Power Station during a practice day for Freeze, the UK's biggest winter sport and music festival in London...more

A woman gestures as federal riot police clash with supporters of former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the PRD (Party of the Democratic Revolution), and demonstrators try to block access to the alternative senate building in...more

Activists throw play money over a fellow protestor wearing a mask depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during a demonstration against the bank bail out plans of the German government, in front of the Reichstag in Berlin October 15, 2008....more

Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko arrives for the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" at Leicester Square in London October 29, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Britain's leader of the opposition David Cameron kisses his wife Samantha after delivering his keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, central England October 1, 2008....more

A model presents a bag by German designer Karl Lagerfeld as part of his Spring/Summer 2009 women's ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris October 1, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

City workers make phone calls outside the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square in the City of London at lunchtime October 1, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Businessmen arrive for work at the La Defense financial district near Paris October 9, 2008. REUTERS/John Schults

Share trader Thomas Holler reacts on share price development on the trading floor of the Frankfurt stock exchange, October 8, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama campaign plane casts a shadow on a parking lot as it approaches LaGuardia Airport in New York, October 15, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young

A man protests outside the New York Stock Exchange October 13, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A woman protects herself from rain under an umbrella on the beach side in Nice, southern France, October 29, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) winks at an audience member at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio October 27, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)

Celtic's Scott Brown (L) challenges Manchester United's Nani during their Champions League Group E soccer match in Manchester, northern England October 21, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

Al Pacino gestures on the red carpet as he arrives for his movie "Chinese Coffee" at Rome's Film Festival October 22, 2008. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli

U.S. singer Katy Perry dives onto a cake while performing at the MTV Latin America Awards in Guadalajara, October 16, 2008. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

Israelis hold national flags at the site of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit's abduction at Kerem Shalom, during a rally calling for his release October 19, 2008. Shalit was abducted by Palestinian militants from an Israeli army base in a cross-border...more

German farmer Karl Merk, 54, looks at his transplanted arms in a Munich hospital, October 10, 2008. REUTERS/Alexandra Beier

A plainclothes police officer detains a protester during a demonstration against the visit of Turkey's President Abdullah Gul to the University of Ankara October 30, 2008. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A Muslim boy reacts as a doctor performs a circumcision on him in the village of Lazhnitsa in the Rhodope mountains, some 300km (186 miles) south of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, October 26, 2008. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain reacts to almost heading the wrong way off the stage after shaking hands with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama at the conclusion of the final presidential debate at Hofstra...more

Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) speaks to Joe Wurzelbacher as he canvasses a neighbourhood in Holland, Ohio October 12, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young

Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin smile as they chat onstage at the end of their vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri,...more

Zimbabwean opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses supporters at a rally in Marondera about 70 km (43 miles) east of the capital Harare, October 25, 2008. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Korean Confederation of Trade Union Vice-President Ju Bong-hee takes part in a protest against the ongoing meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (FGMD) as he is blocked by anti-riot police in Manila, Philippines, October 27, 2008....more

An injured soccer fan is evacuated after clashes during the 2010 World Cup qualifying soccer match between Senegal and Gambia in Dakar October 11, 2008. REUTERS/Normand Blouin

A man kisses the foot of of his younger brother who was killed by gunmen, outside a morgue in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, October 2, 2008. REUTERS/Helmiy al-Azawi

Ukraine's Vitali Klitschko celebrates after winning his WBC World Heavyweight Championship fight against Nigeria's Samuel Peter in Berlin, October 11, 2008. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Blood is seen on the ground near the shadows of Afghan police at the site of an attack on foreigners outside an office of the courier company DHL in Kabul October 25, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

A U.S. soldier is reflected in a puddle as he patrols Baquba, in Diyala province some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad October 27, 2008. This photograph has been rotated 180 degrees. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Candles and a photo of Joerg Haider, governor of Carinthia and Chairman of Austria's Buendnis Zukunft Oesterreich (BZOe) party (Alliance for Austria's future), are placed at the site of his fatal car accident in Klagenfurt October 15, 2008....more

IBF light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (C) of the U.S. makes a face as he stretches out with strength coach Raphael Ruiz at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, Nevada October 7, 2008. REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hosts Israeli scientists at his sukkah, a traditional hut, in Jerusalem October 15, 2008. A sukkah is a ritual hut used during the week-long Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Observant Jews build these temporary structures...more

British actress Judi Dench arrives for the world premiere of the latest James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" at Leicester Square in London October 29, 2008. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

A Kashmiri protester in Srinagar kicks a tear gas canister fired by the Indian police during a protest against New Delhi's rule in Indian Kashmir October 31, 2008. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

A cat plays with a mouse in a garden in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, October 28, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

People throw stones at U.N. peacekeepers patrolling on a road in Kibati, about 25 km (16 miles) north of the provincial capital of Goma, October 28, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks in pouring rain as Secret Service are pictured on a nearby roof during a rally at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, October 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Russian servicemen run to their positions during a military parade training in Moscow October 29, 2008. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin

A Bosnian prisoner who is serving a long term sentence shows his scars inside the country's biggest prison in Zenica October 29, 2008. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

A motel damaged by a landslide is seen in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, October 23, 2008. At REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

A Palestinian smuggler pushes a calf through a tunnel beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border October 24, 2008. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain reaches out to greet supporters at a campaign rally in Durango, Colorado October 24, 2008. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Riders clear the "Taxis fence" obstacle during the 118th Velka Pardubicka Steeplechase horse race in Pardubice, Czech Republic, October 12, 2008. REUTERS/Petr Josek

U.S. President George W. Bush pauses during a statement on the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House, following a meeting of his working group on financial markets in Washington, October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) more

Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova serves to Serbia's Ana Ivanovic during their Kremlin Cup tennis match in Moscow October 8, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

Protestors hold signs behind Richard Fuld, Chairman and Chief Executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings, as he takes his seat to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the causes and effects of the Lehman Brothers...more