A woman climbs out of a giant frying pan installation by artist Andrew Hankin, titled We're fryin' out here, on Sydney's Tamarama Beach as artists from 16 countries prepare their works for the upcoming Sculpture by the Sea exhibitionAFPPeople stand in front an umbrella installation illuminated in pink, to raise awareness and promote prevention and treatment of breast cancer, along the seaside of Thessaloniki in GreeceAFPA man poses among stands for balloons that will be used in the installation Lichtgrenze (Border of Light) at a warehouse in Berlin. Part of the city will be divided from 7 to 9 November, with a light installation featuring 8,000 luminous white balloons to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin WallReutersA homeless man waits for donations in front of a hoarding around a construction site in New YorkJewel Samad/AFPMigrants sit and eat in Calais, northern France, after riot police fired tear gas to disperse fighting migrantsAFPSupporters of former cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan listen to his speech during a sit-in protest against the government in front of the Parliament in IslamabadAFPKurdish woman Ghazal Daban, whose son is fighting in the Syrian town of Kobani, keeps warm around a bonfire near the Turkish-Syrian borderAFPA fighter from armed group Libyan Dawn fires a mortar during clashes with rival group the Zintan brigade, southwest of TripoliReutersWidows who have been abandoned by their families light sparklers after offering prayers on the banks of the river Yamuna as part of Diwali celebrations in the northern Indian state of Uttar PradeshReutersA police dog licks its face after being garlanded during celebrations of the Hindu festival of Diwali (known locally as Tihar) at Nepal Police Academy in KathmanduReutersTwo newborn white lion cubs are seen at the home of Andrzej Pabich, owner of a private zoo in Boryszew, PolandAFPMichael "Nick" Nichols of the US has been named Overall Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 for his photo, The Last Great Picture, depicting the five females of the Vumbi pride lying at rest with their cubs on a kopje (a rocky outcrop), in Tanzania's Serengeti. He photographed them in infrared, which he says "cuts through the dust and haze, transforms the light and turns the moment into something primal, biblical almost". A few months later, he heard that the pride had ventured into land beyond the park and that three females had been killed.Michael 'Nick' Nichols/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014Kate Middleton attends the Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2014 awards ceremony, and presents the main prize to Michael 'Nick' Nichols, and the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award to Carlos Perez NavalGettyOscar Pistorius leaves the Pretoria High Court after he was sentenced to five years in prisonGettyA police community support officer stands near the scene where a woman was killed as a tree was blown over in high winds in Knightsbridge, London, as the tail-end of former Hurricane Gonzalo hit BritainGettyA firefighter picks up an axe next to an car overturned by demonstrators in the state building of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in Chilpancingo, Guerrero. Members of the teachers' union set fire to the building to demand information about the fate of 43 missing trainee teachers from the Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College, whom authorities fear were massacred by police in league with gang membersReuters
