Laid back and hanging tough: World in Pictures

A pedicab driver sleeps in his vehicle in Beijing. (AFP)

A fish vendor waits for customers at a local bazaar in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP)

A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume swims with fish at the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo. (AFP)

A man paddles through floodwaters in the village of Petit Bourg, in the commune of Riviere Salee, on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. (AFP)

A Buddhist monk reads a newspaper on a street in Yangon. (Reuters)

Indonesian firemen ride on the back of elephants as they patrol an area affected by forest fire in Siak, Riau province, Indonesia. (AP)

Daniel Osoriaga, a municipal worker who promotes alternative crops to coca farmers, rests in a shallow area of the Lorencillo River during a four hour trip by boat and foot from Nueva Esperanza to Lorencillo in Peru's Amazon. (AP)

Juan Pablo Diaz, 28, of Chile hangs on hooks pierced into his skin during the latin america convention of tattoo and suspension in Valparaiso city. (Reuters)

A member of the Canadian Coast Guard carries shotgun to protect scientists from polar bears as they collect ice samples in the sea ice off the coasts of Devon Islands, in the Canadian High Arctic. (AFP)

Skulls placed on the floor are seen during a ceremony held for the "Dia de las natitas" (Day of the Skull) celebrations at the General Cemetery of La Paz. (Reuters)

Nathan Lyon plays with his daughter Harper following the Australian team's victory over New Zealand at the conclusion their first cricket test match in Brisbane. (Reuters)

Residential buildings are seen shrouded in haze in Shenyang, Liaoning province. (Reuters)

 A Christmas tree stands under the dome of the Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris, France. (Agency)

A life-sized cake of Prince George has won the gold medal prize in an amateur bake-off competition. (Facebook: Cakes.Tasty/Getty Images)

Shana Fort Holds her 2-month-old daughter, Emma, as she becomes fussy with the noise-blocking headphones during the annual Budweiser Fall Classic. (AP)

China International Capital Corp (CICC) Chairman Ding Xuedong (R) receives a souvenir from Hong Kong Exchanges Chairman Chow Chung-kong, during the debut of CICC at the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges in Hong Kong, China. (Reuters)

Children participate in the School on Wheels Skid Row Halloween Parade for children who live in shelters, motels, cars and on the street, in Los Angeles (Reuters)

An operator hangs from the frame of his Ferris wheel as he inspects it before letting customers take a ride at a fair on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India. (Reuters)

A Palestinian woman paints a mural, depicting a masked Palestinian holding a knife, in support of Palestinians committing stabbing attacks against Israelis, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
  

Fog shrouds Crystal Palace as a woman plays with her dog in London. (Reuters)

A Palestinian worker is lowered on a rope into a smuggling tunnel, that was flooded by Egyptian security forces, beneath the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip. (Reuters)

Beluga whales kiss their trainers during a performance at a aquarium in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. (Reuters)

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