Photos of the day for Oct. 4
Afghan schoolchildren carry their blackboard and a chair as they walk home after classes at an open classroom on the outskirts of Jalalabad.Noorullah Shirzada/AFP / Getty Images
Participants compete in the swim leg of the Ironman triathlon race in Barcelona, Spain.Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images
Children pose for their parents on a rock in front of the Bolshoy (Big) Almaty lake at 2,600 (8530 ft) meters above sea level on a sunny autumn day in the mountains outside Almaty, Kazakhstan.Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters
A man stands by piles up cars after floods in Mandelieu la Napoule, southern France. Flash flooding around the French Riviera has killed more than a dozen people.Lionel Cironneau/The Associated Press
Afghan staff react inside a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital after an air strike in the city of Kunduz, Afghanistan. The U.S. military acknowledged it may have bombed the hospital.Medecins Sans Frontieres/Reuters
Terraced rice paddy fields are seen during harvest season in Mu Cang Chai, northwest of Hanoi, Vietnam.Kham/Reuters
A contestant of the World Beard And Mustache Championships poses for a picture in Leogang, Austria.Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images
Hundreds of hot air balloons take off during the 2015 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Lucas Jackson/Reuters
A man kayaks on Tall Pines Circle in Columbia, South Carolina after a record rainfall.Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Tourists visit the Huangguoshu Waterfalls during the National Day holiday in Anshun, Guiyang Province, China. Many scenic spots in China have welcomed the tourism peak during the 7-day National Day holiday.ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images