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Hot Shots Photos of the Day: Oktoberfest, Sumo Babies, Ed Balls Football Challenge

  • David Sim
    By David Sim
    Updated September 22, 2014 10:54 BST
sumo babies
Babies held by amateur sumo wrestlers cry during the "baby-cry sumo" event at the Irugi shrine in Tokyo. Some Japanese parents believe that sumo wrestlers can make babies cry out a wish to grow up in good health AFP
thai prostitution
A woman is apprehended by police in the red light district in Pattaya, Thailand. Pattaya is tackling sex tourism and crime as the city attempts to clean up its image Getty
thai prostitution
A Thai ladyboy voices her disapproval after being detained during a clamp-down on sex tourism and prostitution in Pattaya Getty
ed balls football
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls collides with and injures Rob Merrick of the Lobby Journalists team during a football match between Labour Party MP's and journalists in Manchester AFP
ed balls football
Rob Merrick of the Lobby Journalists leaves the pitch after being injured by shadow chancellor Ed Balls AFP
synchronised swimming
A member of Japan's synchronised swimming team performs in the team free routine final during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea AFP
lewis hamilton champagne
Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton sprays champagne over second-placed Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel after winning the Singapore Grand Prix Reuters
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton smiles during the podium ceremony after winning the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at the Marina Bay street circuit Reuters
sphynx cat
Omar, a Canadian Sphynx cat, is carried in his owner's jacket during the Feline Film Festival at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles AFP
oktoberfest merrygoround
Visitors ride a merry-go-round during the opening day of the 181st Oktoberfest in Munich Reuters
kazakhstan
Fireworks explode over Republic Square in Almaty, capital of Kazakhstan, during City Day celebrations Reuters
syria kurds
A Syrian Kurdish refugee waits after crossing the Turkish border near the town of Suruc. Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds have flooded into Turkey, fleeing an onslaught by the jihadist Islamic State group AFP
syria kurds
Kurdish protesters throw stones at Turkish soldiers during clashes near the Syrian border after authorities temporarily closed the border AFP
ukraine pow
A pro-Russian rebel prisoner-of-war stands on a road after an exchange of POWs, north of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Reuters
climate change march posters
Protest signs are carried during the "People's Climate March" down 6th Avenue in Manhattan, New York Reuters
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