2013-10-01 Photo gallery

A man, center, shields himself from light rain while passing in front of Buddhist monks waiting in line to collect alms during an offering to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Thai Supreme Patriarch at Bovornnives Viharn temple in Bangkok, Thailand...

South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right, salutes as she inspects troops during during the 65th anniversary of the Armed Forces Day ceremony at Seoul military airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, is followed by Premier Li Keqiang, center right, and Chinese Communist Party top leaders as they walk with umbrellas toward the Monument to the People's Heroes during a ceremony marking the National Day at T...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Representative Chris Van Hollen (L) (D-MD) and Steny Hoyer (R) (D-MD) speak after a late-night Senate vote rejected budget legislation from the Republican-controlled House of Representatives at the U.S. Capi...

The U.S. Capitol building is seen as budget battles continue to rage inside over the looming shutdown of most of the U.S. government in Washington, September 30, 2013. The U.S. Congress, still in partisan deadlock on Monday over Republican efforts to...

U.S. President Barack Obama finishes a statement to the media about the government shutdown in the briefing room of the White House in Washington September 30, 2013. Obama said on Monday a government shutdown was entirely preventable and accused Repu...

Emmy Rossum arrives at the LA Philharmonic’s Walt Disney Hall 10th Anniversary Celebration at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 in Los Angeles. Ap photo

Julie Andrews arrives at the LA Philharmonic’s Walt Disney Hall 10th Anniversary Celebration at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 in Los Angeles. Ap photo

Director Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks pose with Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. and chairman of SPE's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, at the premiere of 'Captain Phillips' in Beverly Hills Reuters

Miss Universe 2012 and Miss USA 2012 Olivia Culpo (R) wearing floral garlands, gets a traditional Indian welcome upon her arrival at a school in New Delhi September 28, 2013. The women whom Culpo came to the school to visit used to clear human waste ...

Miss Universe Olivia Culpo, is reflected on the glass of a Lord Buddha painting displayed on a wall during a visit to the Tihar Jail in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. Tihar is a massive complex of nine separate jails in New Delhi that is o...

Miss Universe, Olivia Culpo of the USA, watches a performance by inmates as designer Sanjana Jon, adjusts her veil during a visit to the Tihar Jail in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. Tihar is a massive complex of nine separate jails in New ...

A vendor arranges mannequins dressed in traditional clothes at a shop near a main market in Colombo, October 1, 2013. REUTERS

Famous bollywood couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan during an event in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan during an event in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

Boxer Mary Kom with her son Prince during a press conference in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is weighed against silver during the inauguration of the Diamond Hall at the Mumbai Diamond Merchants Association in Mumbai on Monday. PTI Photo

Brisbane Heat team players watch rain as their match with Sunrisers Hyderabad was abandoned without a ball being bowled. As Titans win against Trinidad & Tobago according to Duckworth-Lewis method after rains interrupts play during the CLT20 at Ahmed...

Kolkata: Freedom fighter and vice-president of Bapuji Smarak Samiti Jatin Chandra Das cleaning a statue of Mahatma Gandhi ahead of Gandhi Jayanti, in Kolkata on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Gandhinagar : Police arrest supporters of Congress party during their protest march to Assembly over various issues, at Gandhinagar on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Hyderabad: TRS President K Chandersheker Rao addresses the media in Hyderabad on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Bikaner: Senior citizens participating in a marathon to mark the International Day of Older Persons in Bikaner on Tuesday. PTI Photo(

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and his father director Rakesh Roshan during a promotional event of their upcoming film 'Krrish 3' in Mumbai on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a teaching session in Dharamshala on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt arrives at his residence in Mumbai on Tuesday after he was granted a two-week parole by Pune's Yerawada Central Jail authorities for medical reasons. PTI Photo

Kochi: Serfares Navas being produced in a special NIA court in Kochi on Tuesday in connection with the Kashmir terrorist recruitment case. PTI Photo

Kochi: Tadiyantavide Naseer (back), an LeT terrorist, and his aide Shafas (front) being produced in a special NIA special court in Kochi on Tuesday in connection with the Kashmir terrorist recruitment case. PTI Photo

Lt Gen Philip Campose, GOC-in-C Western Command, flagged in trekking teams of 6 Mechanised Infantry and 14 Mechanised Infantry which had successfully carried out trekking expedition in Himachal Pradesh, at Western Command HQ, Chandimandir near Chandi...

People clean a statue of Mahatma Gandhi ahead of Gandhi Jayanti in Bhubaneswar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Gandhi Jayanti is a national holiday in the country, marking the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. (AP Photo)

Elderly people participate in celebrations to mark International Day of Older Persons at an old age home in Ahmadabad, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of ...

An elderly woman walks at a park on International Day of Older Persons in Mumbai, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, accordin...

Police arrest one of the woman activists of Krisak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) during a protest demanding land patta for the indigenous people in Guwahati on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Artists dressed as characters in Ramayana wait to participate in a procession as part of Dussehra festival celebrations in Allahabad, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. The Hindu festival Dussehra commemorates the triumph of Lord Rama over the demon king Ravana...

A man walks in front of a placard urging people to donate blood during a rally observing National Voluntary Blood Donation Day in Hyderabad, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo)

Students celebrating during the 15th convocation ceremony at University of Hyderbad on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Cancer survivors cricketer Yuvraj Singh and Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala during a program 'Cancer has an Answer' in Kolkata on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Police detain a demonstrator during a protest in front of the secretariat building in Guwahati, Assam October 1, 2013. Hundreds of demonstrators on Tuesday held a protest demanding permanent land settlement for the indigenous people of Assam living i...

Photos by Joseph Ephrem De Souza

Photos by Joseph Ephrem De Souza

Photos by Joseph Ephrem De Souza