Pictures of the Week: Oct. 4 -10

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  Sunlight catches leaves on trees as the early morning mist lingers in a valley near Bath Oct. 9 in Somerset, England. Many parts of the country are beginning to see the first signs off autumn after one of the wettest summers on record.
  
  
  

  Matt Cardy, Getty Images

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  South Korean Marine LVT-7 landing crafts sail to shores in a smoke screen during a naval fleet review off South Korea's southeastern coast near Busan, South Korea, Oct. 7. South Korea held its first naval fleet review in a decade Tuesday, putting state-of-art destroyers on display in a show of force amid heightened tension on the divided peninsula over North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
  
  
  

  Lee Jin-man, AP

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  Artists dressed as Hindu gods Rama and Laxman attend the Dussehra festival celebrations in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh Oct. 9. Effigies of the 10-headed Demon King "Ravana" are burnt on Dussehra, the Hindu festival that commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil.
  
  
  

  Ajay Verma, Reuters

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  Mexican students with bandaged eyes take part in a "night walk" at the ecopark Alberto, in El Alberto, state of Hidalgo, Mexico, on Oct. 4. The night walk, advertised as an extreme sport, fakes a border crossing -- among dinghy rides and camping -- at a park run by a community with a long-lasting history of carrying out real border journeys into the United States for its survival.
  
  
  

  Luis Acosta, AFP/Getty Images

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  Firemen battle a fire in a building in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, on Oct. 9. The cause of fire and number of casualties at the 20-floor residential building, which is under construction, are still unclear.
  
  
  

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  Dusk falls on Reykjavik Oct. 8 as Icelanders face the possibility of the island's economy running into bankruptcy. Iceland is the single country most exposed to the global credit crisis, as it has banking debts many times larger than its economy.
  
  
  

  Pall Stefansson, Getty Images

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  Senior citizens give a performance of the 'Thousand-hand Goddess of Mercy' to celebrate this year's Chongyang Festival on Oct. 7, in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. Oct. 7 this year marks the Chongyang Festival, also known as the "Old Men Festival" in China. According to state media, China is moving towards an older society. China currently has over 140 million elderly citizens, and the figure will keep growing at an annual rate of about 3.2 percent in the next 50 years.
  
  
  

  China Photos, Getty Images

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  Castellers of the Castellers de Sants 'colle' fall down while building a human tower during the 22nd Tarragona Castells Competition on Oct. 5, in Tarragona, Spain. The 'castellers' who build the human towers with precise techniques, compete in groups, known as 'colles', at local festivals with the aim to build the highest and most complex human tower. The Catalan tradition is believed to have originated from human towers built at the end of the 18th century by dance groups and is part of the Catalan culture.
  
  
  

  Jasper Juinen, Getty Images

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  Film Set, a thoroughbred ridden by Frankie Dettori, wins the Vodafone E.B.F. Maiden Stakes at Newbury Racecourse on Oct. 9, in Newbury, England.
  
  
  

  Warren Little, Getty Images

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  Over 20,000 Mormon faithful gather in the Conference Center for the fourth session of the 178th Semiannual General Conference of the church in Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 5. Members of the 13-million-member church gather every six months in Salt Lake City to receive instruction from the top leadership of the Mormon Church.
  
  
  

  George Frey, Getty Images