Coolest Pix Of 2012 Week 39

A visitor with an umbrella stands during heavy rain after the opening of the 179th Oktoberfest in Munich. MICHAEL DALDER/REUTERS

A girl dressed in white, carries a copy of a Koran as she takes part in a protest organized by supporters of Nasrallah against a film made in the U.S. that mocks the Prophet Mohammad, in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil. ALI HASHISHO/REUTERS

Austrian police officers wait in front of US embassy during protest by Muslims against film that denigrate Prophet Mohammad in Vienna. LEONHARD FOEGER/REUTERS

Revellers enjoy a ride in a roller coaster at the Munich Oktoberfest at the Theresienwiese in Munich. KAI PFAFFENBACH/REUTERS

A combination photo shows participants during the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf near Mulhouse. VINCENT KESSLER/REUTERS

Regina Bakai competes in the Hungarian pole dance competition in Budapest. LASZLO BALOGH/REUTERS

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally at the Milwaukee Theater in Milwaukee. KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS

Tova (R), the mother of Israeli soldier Corporal Natanel Yahalomi, kisses his flag-draped coffin before his funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin near Tel Aviv. BAZ RATNER/REUTERS

Republican presidential candidate Romney kisses wife Ann after she spoke at campaign fundraiser in Beverly Hills. BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS

Taylor Swift performs with member of her band during 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. STEVE MARCUS/REUTERS

A volunteer adds vegetables to create the world's biggest vegetable salad during a World Guinness Record attempt in Pantelimon. BOGDAN CRISTEL/REUTERS

Rescue team members carry a tourist after an avalanche at Mount Manaslu Base Camp. HANDOUT/REUTERS

A boy hangs from a wall as he watches people immerse statues of the Hindu god Ganesh in the Arabian Sea during Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. DANISH SIDDIQUI/REUTERS

Riot police use pepper spray as they try to disperse Muslim protesters during a rally in central Athens. JOHN KOLESIDIS/REUTERS

Goldfish swim in a plastic pool as ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys are reflected in the water while performing the Tashlich ritual in the southern city of Ashdod. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS

Competitor rides his home-made vehicle during Red Bull Soapbox Race non-motorized event on Warsaw street. KACPER PEMPEL/REUTERS

Riot police use tear gas as they try to disperse Muslim protesters during a rally in central Athens. JOHN KOLESIDIS/REUTERS

Italian designer Giorgio Armani acknowledges applause at end of his Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week. STEFANO RELLANDINI/REUTERS

Tracy Morgan lies onstage, pretending to have passed out, as host Kimmel stages a Facebook and Twitter stunt at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS

Several dozen fishing boats set off to the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyutai in China and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan, from Suao port in Ilan County. PICHI CHUANG/REUTERS

A university student majoring in Korean traditional dance wears traditional costume while peforming during the grand Confucian ceremony of Seokjeon at a shrine at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. KIM HONG-JI/REUTERS

Militant Islamists react as they attend their verdict at a court in Ismailia city. STRINGER/EGYPT/REUTERS

A member of a government demolition team searches for cover next to his colleagues who are throwing back rocks at illegal settlers during a demolition near Manila's Makati financial district. ERIK DE CASTRO/REUTERS

A model displays a creation of DSquared 2 Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week. STEFANO RELLANDINI/REUTERS

Trainees prepare to pose for a group photo after finishing a training course at the communist party school called China Executive Leadership Academy of Pudong in Shanghai. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A Free Syrian Army fighter plays a guitar as he walks through a street near Aleppo. STRINGER/REUTERS

Smoke from a wildfire engulfs a hillside next to a house in Pedralba near Valencia. HEINO KALIS/REUTERS

A U.S. Navy BQM-74E drone launches from the flight deck of the guided missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) during a live fire exercise in the Caribbean Sea. HANDOUT/REUTERS

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man takes part in the Tashlich ritual in Ashdod ahead of Yom Kippur. AMIR COHEN/REUTERS

Man observes the artwork You will not see me, You will not hear me on the Cosmic Underground art train in Riga railway station. INTS KALNINS/REUTERS

A tuk-tuk driver drives through the rain on the streets of Colombo in Sri Lanka. PHILIP BROWN/REUTERS

Members of militant group al Shabab are paraded at Maslah square after their surrender in Mogadishu. OMAR FARUK/REUTERS

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez sits on car hood as he listens during a campaign rally in Acarigua. JORGE SILVA/REUTERS

Surfers wait for waves as dolphins leap in the waters of Bondi Beach in Sydney. DANIEL MUNOZ/REUTERS

File photo of Korean rapper-singer Psy performing in New York. BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS

A man attends a training at the FLN movement (North Liberation Forces) camp in Sevare. STRINGER/REUTERS

German Chancellor Merkel applauds as former German chancellor Kohl arrives for CDU and CSU party faction meeting in Berlin. FABRIZIO BENSCH/REUTERS

Protesters surround Police vans close to Spain's Parliament during a demostration in Madrid. ANDREA COMAS/REUTERS

A demonstrator struggles with Spanish National Police riot officers outside the the Spanish parliament in Madrid. SERGIO PEREZ/REUTERS

An officer looks at a candidate as she does push-ups during the selection process for a professional contract in the Russian army, at a recruitment centre in Stavropol. EDUARD KORNIYENKO/REUTERS

Ivan, a 4-year-old lion, sits inside a private roadside zoo in Novi Pazar. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Former U.S. President Clinton kisses Chen Li, a disabled woman who has opened a school for the disabled in China, at the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 in New York. ANDREW BURTON/REUTERS

Military cadets march during a military parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of North Yemen's revolution in Sanaa. Khaled Abdullah/REUTERS

An Indian policewoman looks on from inside a police van at Kashmiri female nursing students during their protest sit-in in Srinagar. FAYAZ KABLI/REUTERS

File photo shows two Sukhoi Su-30 planes from the Venezuelan Air Force taking part in a military parade to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Venezuela's independence in Caracas. JORGE SILVA/REUTERS

A man walks along an empty street in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. DARREN WHITESIDE/REUTERS

Dress designer Dana Kruszynska looks at a dress to be worn at Queen Charlotte's Ball in central London. OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS

Debutante Alice Palmer is told off for walking too fast by former debutante Patricia Woodall as she rehearses for Queen Charlotte's Ball in central London. OLIVIA HARRIS/REUTERS

Volunteer cleans shoes of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos on display at Marikina Footwear Museum. ROMEO RANOCO/REUTERS

A riot police officer prepares to throw a teargas cannister to protestors near Syntagma square during a 24-hour labour strike in Athens. YORGOS KARAHALIS/REUTERS

A demonstrator comfronts a riot police officer near Syntagma square during a 24-hour labour strike in Athens. YORGOS KARAHALIS/REUTERS

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he sits with his delegation prior to his address to the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York. MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS

Hillary Clinton winks after addressing an event to discuss leveraging AIDS response during the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. LUCAS JACKSON/REUTERS

Actor Krisch performs on stage during a dress rehearsal of Raimund's Der Alpenkoenig und der Menschenfeind in Vienna. HERWIG PRAMMER/REUTERS

People conduct rescue operations after a bus plunged into the Purna River in Maharashtra's Buldhana district. STRINGER/INDIA/REUTERS

A visitor looks at Langlands & Bell's Sign of the Times, at the AKA Peace exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art in central London. ANDREW WINNING/REUTERS

A fisherman throws his net at the Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro. PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS

A soldier uses a welding torch to destroy the chamber of a pistol on the outskirts of San Salvador. STRINGER/EL SALVADOR/REUTERS

A whale shark is seen in the Galapagos Islands. HANDOUT/REUTERS

Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate Capriles greets supporters during a campaign rally in Maracay. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/REUTERS

A halite salt crystal in the shape of a heart is seen in the Nemocon salt mine. JOSE MIGUEL GOMEZ/REUTERS

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei reacts to a question during an interview at his studio in Beijing. DAVID GRAY/REUTERS

Riot policemen stand guard as Muslim protesters pray outside a shopping mall in Bangkok. DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS

BASE jumper Navacerrada of Spain leaps before opening his parachute from Kuala Lumpur Tower. BAZUKI MUHAMMAD/REUTERS

A Peugeot Onyx concep-car is displayed on media day at the Paris Mondial de l'Automobile. JACKY NAEGELEN/REUTERS

Staff set up the light in front of a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa before a presentation in Geneva. DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS

Golden Moon, a giant lantern sculpture for Mid-Autumn Festival, is constructed at Victoria Park in Hong Kong. BOBBY YIP/REUTERS

Devotee with their faces covered with coloured powder dance in an alley during a procession on the ninth day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. DANISH SIDDIQUI/REUTERS

Chen Mingzhi, a shoe designer, lies inside of his handmade 1.9 metre-long right shoe at his family store in Wenling, Zhejiang province. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

A paramilitary police officer stands guard Beijing's Tiananmen Gate. JASON LEE/REUTERS

Stewart sits at his desk in MacLeod's used bookstore in Vancouver. ANDY CLARK/REUTERS

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney passes crying baby back into crowd outside American Legion Post 176. BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS

Gloria Thompson, 68, receives an eye exam at the Care Harbor/LA free clinic in Los Angeles. LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS

Franciscan friar Alessandro Brustenghi, 34, performs at the Santa Maria degli Angeli basilica in Assisi. ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/REUTERS

Brazilian artist Grapiuna works on his iron sculpture using a welding machine at his workshop in Rio de Janeiro. PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS

A soldier throws a bundle of marijuana into a bonfire during a military operation at Tequila in Jalisco. STRINGER/REUTERS

Wreckage of a Dornier aircraft is seen at a crash site in Kathmandu. NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS

Rescue team members douse a plane after it crashed in Kathmandu. STRINGER/REUTERS

Workers stand on one of the spheres of Brussels' Atomium, during a site cleaning. YVES HERMAN/REUTERS

Printout of a blessing is placed on a sleeping baby before his circumcision in Jerusalem. RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS

Farmer uses his oxen to till his land in front of a satellite dish set up in an adjacent field in Narayangaon. VIVEK PRAKASH/REUTERS