November 2, 2013

A visitor takes pictures with her mobile phone in front of laser beams and a projected image of the Arc de Triomphe, at the 2013 Optic Valley of China International Optoelectronic Exposition and Forum (OVC EXPO) in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

Doctors, nurses, medical students and teachers hold flags during a protest against low wages and poor working conditions in Romania's hospitals in Bucharest.

A Pakistani animal handler holds up a stick as a goat balances over it in Islamabad.

Lazaro Martinez rests after searching for his wife and two children in the mud in the town of La Pintada, Mexico, Nov. 1, 2013. Villagers are demanding that the government continue the recovery of bodies after a mudslide buried dozens after Tropical Storm Manuel more than a month ago.

Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara of the U.S. drops in on a large wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal, Nov. 1, 2013.

A firefighter extinguishes a burning car on the road leading from the city to the Frederic Chopin airport in Warsaw, Poland. It was not clear what caused the fire in which no one was hurt.

A Kosovo Serb man sits next to a vandalized grave in the ethnically divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica. Serbs from the north of Mitrovica crossed the river into the mainly Albanian south to pay respects to lost loved ones on the winter "Zadusnice" -- the Serbian Orthodox equivalent of All Souls' Day -- at the Orthodox cemetery.

Connecticut's Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, center, chases a ball out of bounds, falling between Hartford Courant writer John Altavilla, left, and Associated Press freelancer Ken Davis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college exhibition basketball game in Storrs, Connecticut, USA, Nov. 1, 2013.

A vendor holds up an umbrella as he seeks shelter from the heavy rain under a bus stand near the Galle Face beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

People light lamps as they make a formation of a peace symbol on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.

Russia's Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev perform at the Cup of China Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Beijing, China, Nov. 1, 2013.

Flamingos take to the air from the shore of Lake Oloidien near Naivasha in Kenya.

Palestinian Motasim Abu Karsh, whose leg was amputated after he was injured during an Israeli air strike in 2005, rests after swimming in a pool during a local competition at al-Sadaka Club in Gaza City.

Armin Bielefeldt of the U.S. poses with his beard art work before the Beard World Championship 2013 in Leinfelden-Echterdingen near Stuttgart, Germany.

Spectators watch the second free practice at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 1, 2013. The Emirates Formula One Grand Prix will take place on Nov. 3.