1. An East African Crested Crane is pictured at the animal orphanage in Nairobi's National Park

2. Fifteen-year- old Hippo Albert opens his mouth to catch a pumpkin, fed to him by his keeper, at the Cologne Zoo

3. Palestinians cover their bodies with mineral-rich mud on the shores of the Dead Sea, on the last day of Eid al-Fitr

4. Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi

5. A herd of female fallow deer runs across open grassland near Sarkad, Hungary

6. Thrill seekers enjoy a ride on the giant carousel at Oktoberfest in Munich

7. A man runs in a sphere during the 35th Berlin marathon

8. Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang waves as Jing Haipeng is assisted out of the Shenzhou re-entry capsule after they landed on the plains of China's northwestern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

9. Saimaiti Aijiang balances on a cable at a perilous 40 degree angle without a safety harness. The thrill-seeker attempted to cross a huge canyon in Tianmengshan, China, on a thin wire hundreds of feet above the ground

10. A pair of young kingfishers fight over food at the RSPB reserve Strumpshaw, Norfolk

11. Blimpo the hippopotamus snacks on fruit in his pond at Wildlife Safari zoological park in Winston, Oregon

12. Acrobats perform during a preview for the upcoming eighth Wuhan International Acrobatics Festival in Wuhan, China

13. Baby walrus Akituusaq shows off his new set of titanium false teeth at his home at the New York Aquarium

14. “A close-up shot of a Tokay Gecko. Their eyes remind me of old-fashioned keyholes. Thanks for looking!” The photo is taken by Alan M.

15. A jumbo jet carrying the Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base at Fort Worth, Texas, bound for Cape Canaveral, Florida

16. Ban Luyang displays his contortionist act at the Chinese State Circus in Birmimgham

17. Members of a local ice swimming club roll around in snow after taking a dive in the Yenisei river in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk