By David Sim Published 08 October 2014, 10:36 AM BST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket A farmer leads a decorated buffalo as he arrives for Chonburi's annual buffalo race festival, east of Bangkok Reuters A jockey competes in the annual buffalo race festival in Chonburi, Thailand Reuters Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China Getty Jacob Dalton of the United States celebrates after his horizontal bar routine in the men's team final at the 45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China Getty San Francisco Giants' Madison Bumgarner celebrates with Gregor Blanco and Hunter Pence after defeating the Washington Nationals in a baseball play-off game Reuters A woman sorts books at a booth during preparations for the Frankfurt book fair Reuters The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in pink, to mark National Breast Cancer Awareness Month AFP A man walks past a wall adorned with messages for pro-democracy protesters in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong AFP A column of people forming the Russian national flag march along a street in Grozny during a rally in honour of President Vladimir Putin's birthday AFP US President Barack Obama is pictured in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC AFP Soldiers display martial arts skills during celebrations for the 69th anniversary of the founding of Indonesia's military, in Surabaya Getty Japanese soldiers covered with mud walk at a heliport in Otaki, Nagano prefecture, after searching for missing climbers on Mount Ontake. The bodies of at least 12 hikers are believed to be lying somewhere on the still-smouldering Mount Ontake AFP A man investigates a damaged house after an earthquake hit Yongping township in Jinggu county, Yunnan province, China Reuters A picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is displayed on a damaged structure at the entrance to al-Dukhaneya neighbourhood near Damascus, after his forces regained control of the area from rebel fighters Reuters An armed motorcade belonging to members of Derna's Islamic Youth Council drive along a road in Derna, eastern Libya. The group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State Reuters A protester holding a flag runs through clouds of tear gas in Ankara AFP Women faint as volunteers remove the body of a woman who died of Ebola in Waterloo, some 30km southeast of Freetown, Sierra Leone AFP A grave digger prepares a new grave outside an Ebola treatment centre near Gbarnga, in Bong County, Liberia John Moore/Getty Images RelatedTurkey: At Least 14 Killed as Riot Police Clash With Kurds Calling for Action Against Isis in KobaniPHOTO ESSAY: Kurds Flee Syria into Turkey as Isis Wages Assault on Border Town of KobaniHot Shots Photos of the Day: Montpellier Floods, Gay Marriage, Road to Damascus© Copyright IBTimes 2024. All rights reserved.