My Sinchew/ Photo story

Fall of the Wall

Workers installing giant dominos used to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall near the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on 9 November.


Prayer

A man praying beside his baby at the mosque at the Silver Spring Muslim Community Centre in Maryland.


Covered

Burqa-clad women riding on a horse cart in Kandahar, Afghanistan.


Threatened

A Kashmiri farmer tilling a saffron field in Pampore, south of Srinagar.


Fog catcher

A man walking next to a net used to catch water from fog at Bellavista el Paraiso shantytown in Lima, Peru.


Autumn

Chairs and tables are covered with yellow leaves at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany.


Running out

Alarm clocks piled up during the Climate Change Conference in Barcelona, Spain, symbolising time is running out for world leaders to strike a fair, ambitious and binding deal from the TcK TcK TcK campaign representing more than 200 civil organisations including the Red Cross, 350.org, Amnesty International, Greenpeace and the International Trade Union Confederation.


Street show

A young girl walking on a tightrope in a busy street in Kolkata, India. Many underaged children in India earn their livelihoods through 'Mothari-ka-khel' street shows.


Switching on

The Oxford Street Christmas lights are pictured after a switching-on ceremony by US actor Jim Carrey in central London.


Acquisition

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train sitting idle at the Port of Oakland in California.