A Shi'ite Muslim has his child's head gashed with a knife during a procession to mark Ashura in Mumbai. The festival, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet MuhammadReutersShi'ite Muslims perform with fire during celebrations of Ashura in Najaf, IraqReutersSmoke rises as a house is blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in the Egyptian city of Rafah, near the border with the southern Gaza StripReutersKurdish peshmerga fighters train in the grounds of their camp in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern IraqAFPA newly married couple, members of the amateur rope-jumping group Exit Point, jump from a 44-metre high water pipe bridge in the Siberian Taiga area outside Krasnoyarsk, RussiaReutersMiss USA Samantha Brooks and Miss United Kingdom Victoria Charlotte Tooby show off their national costumes for the Miss International beauty pageant, to be held on November 11 in TokyoAFPPaddington Bear statues, each with a different celebrity-designed paint job, are pictured in front of Tower Bridge for the launch of the Paddington Trail. Some 50 Paddington statues designed by celebrities such as Nicole Kidman, David Beckham and Benedict Cumberbatch are scattered around LondonJustin Tallis/AFPBoris Johnson stands with his 'Bear of London' Paddington Bear statue during the launch of The Paddington Trail at City HallIan Gavan/Getty ImagesJim Carrey and Jeff Daniels arrive in a van decorated as a dog at the world premiere of the film "Dumb and Dumber To" in Los AngelesReutersA staff member takes a dog for a swim in a bone-shaped pool at the Wagington luxury pet hotel in SingaporeAFPNicholas Hall riding Fawkner heads to the start in Race 7 on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington RacecourseGettyA bomb disposal robot, controlled by a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, removes a parcel containing mock explosives before depositing it into a container during an APEC summit security drill in Tianjin, ChinaReutersCrosses decorated with poppies and hand-written messages are seen planted in the lawn outside Westminster AbbeyReutersLynda Bellingham's husband Michael Pattemore and sons carry her coffin into the church during her funeral in Crewkerne, SomersetBen A Pruchnie/Getty Images
