A dancer performs during a rehearsal for the revue “Qi -- A Palace-Phantasy” in Berlin. The show is scheduled to premiere on Oct. 9. (Axel Schmidt / AFP / Getty Images)
A beggar sits in front of the Idhka Mosque in Kashgar, China, as devotees make their way inside for the morning prayer on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. (Diego Azubel / EPA)
Danish Crown Princess Mary, right, participates in a demining exercise with Mark Livingstone of the Danish Demining Group near Gulu, Uganda. The princess is visiting Uganda as a representative of the Danish Refugee Council. (Tariq Mikkel Khan / Associated Press)
A man looks on as French stuntman Alain Robert climbs up the Francois Mitterrand Library in Paris. (Claire Lebertre / Associated Press)
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A protester from Act Now to Stop War and End Racism demonstrates outside the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, urging rejection of the proposed $700-billion Wall Street bailout plan. (Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images)
Women participate in a traditional dance during Navratri festivities in Ahmadabad, India. Navratri, the annual Hindu festival of nine nights, began Tuesday. (Ajit Solanki / Los Angeles Times)
On display near a basalt statue found on Easter Island, an artwork called Mask II, by artist Ron Mueck, is unveiled at the British Museum in London. (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)
Lens refraction against the sun creates a ring as Kwon Won-tae of South Korea walks a high wire during the World High Wire Championships in Seoul. Twenty-seven high-wire walkers from 14 countries competed on a wire stretching across the Han River. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
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A Palestinian woman sorts olives during the harvest in the West Bank village of Al-Zababedeh. (Mohammed Ballas / Associated Press)
A Nepalese youth watches from the roof of a building as a plane takes off into the evening skies over Katmandu. (Narendra Shrestha / EPA)
