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Hanna Scott shows winning form in the shortboard competition at the 2015 Queen of the Peak in Tofino.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail

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Orangutans walk through choking smoke in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. The Malaysian Prime Minister has asked Indonesia to take action against fire starters.Antara Foto/Reuters

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Air France director, Pierre Plissonnier, nearly shirtless, climbs a fence to escape angry employees after announcing 2,900 job cuts at the airline.Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP / Getty Images

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Hunter Baker surveys flood damage near the flooded Black Creek following heavy rains in Florence, S.C.Gerry Broome/The Associated Press

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A police officer with her gun drawn is caught off guard as a wild cougar runs by in Victoria, B.C. The cat was tranquilized and will be released back into the wild.Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press

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Satoshi Omura, co-Nobel prize winner, reacts at Kitasato University during a press conference about his win.Issei Kato/Reuters

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A refugee holds a baby after arriving in a dinghy at the Greek island of Lesbos.Aris Messinis/AFP / Getty Images

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Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian during clashes in a Palestinian neighborhood in east Jerusalem as violence spiked in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.Ahmad Gharabli/AFP / Getty Images

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A woman carries an umbrella in London, U.K. during a rain storm. Temperatures in England will be above normal in October say five meteorologists surveyed by Bloomberg News.Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg

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People watch the sun set in Singapore through haze caused by slash-and-burn agriculture in neighboring Indonesia.Edgar Su/Reuters

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