• A woman holds up what the Chris Steaks & Burgers restaurant says is Thailand's biggest burger weighing more than 6 kilograms, before a competition held to eat it at the restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters
    A woman holds up what the Chris Steaks & Burgers restaurant says is Thailand's biggest burger weighing more than 6 kilograms, before a competition held to eat it at the restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters
  • Anti-government protesters run amid the spray of a police water cannon during demonstrations against economic inequality in Santiago, Chile. AP Photo
    Anti-government protesters run amid the spray of a police water cannon during demonstrations against economic inequality in Santiago, Chile. AP Photo
  • People and rescue workers gather at the place where a fire broke out in a passenger train and destroyed three carriages near the town of Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. Reuters
    People and rescue workers gather at the place where a fire broke out in a passenger train and destroyed three carriages near the town of Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. Reuters
  • Iraqi protesters gather during anti-government demonstrations in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad. AFP
    Iraqi protesters gather during anti-government demonstrations in Tahrir Square in the capital Baghdad. AFP
  • Shuri Castle after a fire ripped through the historic site in Naha, Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture. AFP
    Shuri Castle after a fire ripped through the historic site in Naha, Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture. AFP
  • Kids lit up walk down the street during the annual Minturn, Colo., trick or treat, in Minturn, Colo. Warm costumes were all the rage at this year's event. AP Photo
    Kids lit up walk down the street during the annual Minturn, Colo., trick or treat, in Minturn, Colo. Warm costumes were all the rage at this year's event. AP Photo
  • University students wearing Guy Fawkes masks pose for a photoshoot of a graduation ceremony to support anti-government protests at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in Hong Kong, China. Reuters
    University students wearing Guy Fawkes masks pose for a photoshoot of a graduation ceremony to support anti-government protests at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, in Hong Kong, China. Reuters
  • A Halloween reveller walks past a line of policemen in the Lan Kwai Fong area in Hong Kong. Hong Kong democracy protesters are planning to don Halloween masks lampooning the city's pro-Beijing leaders on October 31 evening, defying an emergency law that bans face coverings. AFP
    A Halloween reveller walks past a line of policemen in the Lan Kwai Fong area in Hong Kong. Hong Kong democracy protesters are planning to don Halloween masks lampooning the city's pro-Beijing leaders on October 31 evening, defying an emergency law that bans face coverings. AFP
  • Iraqi students and professors take part in ongoing anti-government protests in the central city of Diwaniyah. AFP
    Iraqi students and professors take part in ongoing anti-government protests in the central city of Diwaniyah. AFP

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