October 28, 2014

Dancers from Mathew Bourne’s “cygneture” ballet, “Swan Lake,” pose in front of Australia’s landmark Opera House and Harbor Bridge in Sydney.

A pro-democracy protester takes photos of people waving lights next to the central government offices in Hong Kong.

A Dallas Cowboys cheerleader in a zombie costume performs at halftime of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Arlington, Texas, USA.

Tiny drops of water shine on a spider web in Vertou near Nantes, France.

The winners of the Miss Chinese contest -- from left, He Wenqian, Liu Zhongqing and Yang Xue -- pose with giant pandas at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

Russian Geographic Society staff members carry the body of baby mammoth to display in Moscow. The 39,000-year-old creature was found in Siberia along the Yukagir coastline. Scientists call Yuka the best-preserved mammoth in history.

Demonstrators in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, protest plans to let President Blaise Compaoré extend his rule beyond 30 years.

In this NASA photo released today, the Hubble telescope captures a spooky shadow on Jupiter while monitoring a Great Red Spot storm April 21, 2014. The shadow of the Jovian moon, Ganymede, swept across the storm's center, looking like a pupil in the 10,000 mile-diameter "eye."

A sword with diamonds, from the royal family of Monaco's private Napoleonic collection, is shown at Paris’ Osenat auction house.

An Indian Hindu offers prayers a day before the Chhath festival on the Yamuna river in New Delhi. In this celebration of the sun god Surya, people fast by day and offer prayers as the sun sets over water.

The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush passes across the Gulf of Aden as it returns to the naval station in Norfolk, Virginia, after operations in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Abe McNatt)