John Hawkley and his wife Patty stand next to their 2,058-pound pumpkin after winning the 41st Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Hawkley broke a state record and took home a cash prize of $12,510, or $6.00 a poundGettyA tourist plays with bubbles at sunset, on Ipanema beach in Rio de JaneiroAFPPeople take part in a spiritual ceremony in the mountains of Sorte in Yaracuy, west of Caracas. Santeria is a popular belief in Venezuela, mixing African and Catholic deitiesAFPPeople watch as Mount Sinabung spews smoke and ash in Berastagi, Karo district, North Sumatra, IndonesiaUlet Ifansasti/Getty ImagesA woman reacts as smoke rises from the the Syrian town of Kobani after a strike from the US-led coalition, as seen from Mursitpinar on the Turkish-Syrian borderAFPA vendor sells bread to people watching the fighting in the Syrian town of Kobani from the Mursitpinar border crossingAFPPhotographers clamour for a shot as South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius leaves the Pretoria Hight Court following the first day of his sentencing hearingGettyReese Witherspoon is given shelter from the rain on the red carpet for her film Wild during the 58th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester SquareGettyA fountain made from garden hoses by artist Bertrand Lavier is unveiled at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in LondonGettyVisitors view American sculptor Richard Tuttle's commission called I Don't Know. The Weave Of Textile Language in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in LondonReutersA rider performs motorcycle stunts during the Motor-Extreme show in Ashkelon, IsraelReutersA reveller takes part in the 70th Annual Columbus Day Parade in New YorkReutersA man tries to take a picture of a Ferrari LaFerrari sports car parked at the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles makes its Wall Street debutReutersA Volkswagen Bus modified to carry a machine gun is displayed at the Magpul weapons booth during the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, DCAFPCivil rights activist and author Cornel West is knocked over during a scuffle with police during a protest at the police station in Ferguson, Missouri. West was among 42 people arrested for disturbing the peaceReutersPolice officers are reflected in a mirror held by a protester during a demonstration at the Ferguson police stationReutersPolice officers carry a sign that calls for "Genuine Universal Suffrage in HK" as they dismantle a pro-democracy protest barricade in Hong KongAFP
