Managing water in drought stricken Australia with salt pans and dams is facing its first real test as an intensifying El Nino threatens crops.David Gray/Reuters
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds up his hands in a "namaste", an Indian gesture of greeting, as he arrives at Heathrow Airport for a three-day official visit.Reuters
Worshipers light prayer candles at a Richmond, B.C. temple during Diwali celebrations.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Hong Kong’s homeless, called McSleepers, have utilized McDonald's 24-hour, fast food restaurants as a place to sleep during the night.Tyrone Siu/Reuters
Haitian protesters march against first round election results released by the Provisional Electoral Council in Port-au-Prince.Hector Retamal/AFP / Getty Images
Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led strikes fight to retake the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from the Islamic State.Safin Hamed/AFP / Getty Images
An orangutan, smuggled into Thailand from Indonesia, waits at a Thai military airport to be returned.Sakchai Lalit/The Associated Press
Actor George Clooney (C) poses with former homeless staff members during a visit to Social Bite sandwich shop in Edinburgh, Scotland.Jeff Holmes/Getty Images
A youth graffitis the Bank of Greece headquarters during a 24-hour general strike in central Athens.Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
Dentist Raid Ali treats a migrant at France’s biggest refugee camp, near Calais, where medical care for an estimated 6,000 depends on volunteers.Markus Schreiber/The Associated Press