A construction worker sweeps up as the final touches are completed on [Comedy Carpet] by British artist Gordon Young, the latest art installation on Blackpools promenade on October 7, 2011 in Blackpool, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)...
Banger racers take part in one of the final races of the banger racing season at the Mendip Raceway on October 9, 2011 in Cheddar, England. Banger racing is a popular contact motorsport, especially in the UK and Ireland – in which drivers of old and scrap vehicles race against one another around a dirt or tarmac race track, while deliberately attempting to destroy opposing vehicles. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)...
Visitors look at a tower exhibit of 429 different kinds of pumpkins and squash from all over the world at the Buschmann and Winkelmann pumpkin farm on October 9, 2011 in Beelitz, Germany. The farm, located in Brandenburg state near Berlin, harvests tens of thousands of pumpkins from approximately 40 different kinds between August and October and is known for its elaborate, theme-based pumpkin exhibits. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)...
Models of Cold War-era Allied (L) and Soviet Bloc weaponry face one another at the new Bundeswehr Military History Museum (Militaerhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr, or MHM) on October 11, 2011 in Dresden, Germany. The museum, redesigned by star architect Daniel Libeskind, traces Germany military history from 1300 to the present, including during the Nazi period and the Cold War, and also examines the influence of the military on popular culture. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)...
[The Tibetan Mastiff also known as Do-khyi (variously translated as [home guard], [door guard], [dog which may be tied], [dog which may be kept]), reflects its use as a guardian of herds, flocks, tents, villages, monasteries, and palaces, much as the old English ban-dog (also meaning tied dog) was a dog tied outside the home as a guardian. However, in nomad camps and in villages, the Do-khyi is traditionally allowed to run loose at night and woe be unto the stranger who walks abroad after dark]. – Wikipedia
Photo: A man displays a Tibetan Mastiff he raised during the Tibetan...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gets on a custom made World Trade Center inspired motorcycle in front of the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site on October 5, 2011 in New York City. The motorcycle was designed by Paul Teutul Jr. of the television show [American Chopper] and was built to commemorate the rebuilding of the World Trade Center Site. Another motorcycle, nearly identical to the one unveiled, will also be built by Paul Jr. and raffled to raise money for the 9/11 Memorial. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)...
A model walks the runway during the Stella McCartney Ready to Wear Spring / Summer 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week on October 3, 2011 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)...
[Cormorant fishing is a traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers. Historically, cormorant fishing has taken place in Japan and China from around 960 AD. and recorded from other places throughout the world]. – Wikipedia
Photo: A cormorant raised by a fisherman catches a fish on a canal on November 27, 2007 in Xitang Town of Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)...
[Lombard Street is an east-west street in San Francisco, California. Lombard Street is best known for the one-way section on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, in which the roadway has eight sharp turns (or switchbacks) that have earned the street the distinction of being the crookedest street in the world]. – Wikipedia
Photo: A single car drives down a typically crowded Lombard Street, San Franciscos crooked street, April 29, 2003 in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)...
A woman eats fish and chips on the beach on October 1, 2011 in Brighton, England. Southern parts of the United Kingdom are continuing to enjoy a late season burst of high temperatures with a record October high of 29.5C (85.1F) measured at Gravesend in Kent. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)...