August 11, 2014

9 Chinese artist Zhou Jie takes a nap on an unfinished iron wire bed, one of her sculpture works, after lunch at Beijing Now Art Gallery, China.

A tightrope walker performs between two spheres of the Atomium monument in Brussels, Belgium. The 102-meter-tall (335-feet-tall) structure and its nine spheres, which was designed for Expo 58, is in the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal, magnified about 165 billion times.

10 A tightrope walker performs between two spheres of the Atomium monument in Brussels, Belgium. The 102-meter-tall (335-feet-tall) structure and its nine spheres, which was designed for Expo 58, is in the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal, magnified about 165 billion times.

Indian nursing students participate in a face painting competition with the theme of 'Preserving the Nature' at Vijay Marie College of Nursing in Hyderabad on the occasion of the country's upcoming Independence Day celebrations.

11 Indian nursing students participate in a face painting competition with the theme of 'Preserving the Nature' at Vijay Marie College of Nursing in Hyderabad on the occasion of the country's upcoming Independence Day celebrations.

Umbrellas are suspended to mark the first anniversary of the Comix Home Base, an event space for comic illustrators and animators, and venue for workshops and screenings, at the Comix Home Base arts centre in Hong Kong.

12 Umbrellas are suspended to mark the first anniversary of the Comix Home Base, an event space for comic illustrators and animators, and venue for workshops and screenings, at the Comix Home Base arts centre in Hong Kong.