South Korean Kwon Won-tae walks a high wire during the World High Wire Championships in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Twenty-seven high-wire walkers from 14 countries competed on the tightrope, a wire rope of 1.2 inches in diameter stretching more than 3,000 feet across the Han River in Seoul.
Open Wide
Fifteen-year-old Hippo Albert opens his mouth to catch a pumpkin fed to him at the Cologne Zoo, western Germany, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008.
Crowd Surfing
Chinese security guards rest next to a barricade near a stage while a fan is "crowd surfed" during the Modern Sky Music Festival in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Thousands of fans participated in the festival during a week-long holiday that marks the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 1949.
Heads Up
A tourist takes pictures of "Mask II" by artist Ron Mueck as it is unveiled at the British Museum, in central London, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. It is one of five contemporary sculptures on display as part of the exhibition "Statuephilia," paying tribute to the cultural significance of sculpture across the ages.
Sign Of The Times
A Pakistani police officer stops vehicles for inspection at a checkpoint set up on a road in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. The U.N. ordered children of its international staff to leave the Pakistani capital and other areas it considered unsafe, raising its security level following the bombing of the Marriott Hotel.
Shooting The Curl
Aritz Arinburu, of Spain, competes in a Billabong pro surfing event in Mundaka, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008.
Craning A Cupola
A crane lifts a cupola to be installed on a new Orthodox church in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. The cupola weighs 1 ton (2,240 pounds).
Sky's The Limit
Two barns are lit up by the sun breaking through a sky of blustery Fall clouds in Hunting Valley, Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008.
Shipshape
The World War II aircraft carrier Intrepid is guided by tugboat back into its berth in the Hudson River, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum occupied the Manhattan space until late 2006, when it was moved for extensive repairs and improvements costing nearly $120 million.