By David Sim Published 06 October 2014, 11:21 AM BST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket A hot air balloon floats past an almost full moon on a warm evening near Encinitas, California Reuters High waves batter a breakwater at a port at Kihou town in Mie prefecture, as typhoon Phanfone slammed into Japan AFP Castellers Colla Vella Xiquets de Valls form a human tower called "castell" during a biannual competition in Tarragona, Spain. The formation of human towers is a tradition in the area of Catalonia Reuters Castellers de Vilafranca form a human tower, called a "castell", during a competition in a stadium in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain Reuters Medical staff carry a member of Castellers de Vilafranca who fell while forming a human tower in Tarragona Reuters People take part in the Bellboy category during the Berliner Kellnerlauf (Berlin Waiter Run) Reuters A participant runs across the Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia during the K42 Adventure Marathon Reuters Boca Juniors' Cristian Erbes slips on the ground during an Argentine First Division match against River Plate in Buenos Aires Reuters John Sutton lifts the trophy as the South Sydney Rabbitohs celebrate victory in the 2014 NRL Grand Final match against the Canterbury Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia Getty Oyonnax's Tongan lock, Wiliami Maafu catches the ball during the French Top 14 rugby union match between Oyonnax and Toulon at the Charles-Mathon Stadium in Oyonnax AFP Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger and Chelsea's manager Jose Mourinho are kept apart by official Jonathan Moss during their Premier League football match at Stamford Bridge in London Getty Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton waits to receive the trophy after winning the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit, with second-placed team mate Nico Rosberg and third-placed Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany. The race was stopped after 44 laps after Jules Bianchi crashed Reuters Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after beating Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during the men's singles final match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing Reuters Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, arrives for an extra-ordinary meeting of the Action for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland in the northern Swiss town of Winterthur Reuters Shrien Dewani appears at Western Cape High Court for the start of his trial. The British businessman is accused of arranging the murder of his wife in 2010, just days after their marriage Getty Bavarian riflemen fire their traditional salute on the last day of the 2014 Oktoberfest in Munich Getty Hindu devotees watch an effigy of the Hindu demon king Ravana, stuffed with firecrackers, burn during the Hindu festival of Dussehra in Amritsar, India AFP An aerial view of the tent city set up for Muslim pilgrims in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia Reuters RelatedEid al-Adha 2014: Photos of Muslims Around the World Celebrating the Festival of SacrificeTerror and Wonder: Celebrating 250 years of the Gothic NovelPictures of the Week: Best Photos of Past Seven DaysWorld Architecture Festival 2014: Building of the Year Award WinnersWorld Space Week: 15 Amazing Photos Taken by International Space Station Astronauts© Copyright IBTimes 2024. All rights reserved.