My Sinchew/ Photo story

Bid

The Chicago skyline is lit up in support of the city's bid to host the 2016 Olympics.


Parade

China's military showing off the latest missiles during the National Day Parade in Beijing.


Indonesian quake in pictures

An Indonesian woman is being carried as she cries in mourning after identifying a dead relative at a hospital in Padang, West Sumatra.


Bottle ban

Hundreds of people marching through the picturesque town of Bundanoon in New South Wales, Australia, to mark the first day of its bottled water ban by unveiling a series of new public drinking fountains.


Glacier in the Tropics

The Rajucolta Glacial in the Cordillera Blanca range in Ancash, Peru.


Against G20

Demonstrators protesting in downtown Pittsburgh, as world leaders attend the G20 Summit.


Reserve

A traditional mosquito dance in celebration of the declaration of the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area agreement at Kabulwarnamyo in the Northern Territory of Australia.


Makeshift

Nepali musician Bhddhiman plays the singa, a traditional flute, as visitors queue outside a temporary worship place for Hindu Goddess Durga, the destroyer of evil, in Kolkata, India.


Protest

Oxfam supporters wearing football uniforms and the masks of G20 leaders protest against the efforts of G20 leaders in stopping global poverty, in downtown Pittsburgh.


Yacht show

Visitors at the International Monaco Yacht Show exclusively devoted to superyachts of at least 25 metres in length.