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

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.

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.

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

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

Residents wearing raincoats enjoy hotpot during a hotpot festival in China's Chongqing municipality.

The White House is lit in orange as guests gather at the North Portico of the White House to celebrate Halloween with US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

Two fighting dogs battling with each other in Bokonbayevo about 250km from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, during the country's annual Salburun traditional hunting festival on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul.

Swans are seen on the river bank at the Orangerie Park which is temporarily lit up in Strasbourg, eastern France.

A camel walking up Sixth Avenue in New York City on its first day of rehearsals for the 2009 Radio City Christmas Spectacular scheduled for Nov 13 to Dec 30.