Day in pictures

Gas, rocks and lava are thrown up by the Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau) volcano in Indonesia.

Schoolchildren practise dancing in a playground in Beijing. China's Education Ministry has introduced dancing in schools across the country to combat obesity among students.

An elderly man walks past clay demons in Calcutta. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, and prayers for the goddess Kali are celebrated on Friday.

The Burj Dubai tower, still under construction, rises in Dubai. The tower is both the world's tallest building and the tallest free-standing structure on earth.

A woman feeds a seagull at Warnemuende, on the Baltic Sea in northern Germany.

Moni, a 17-year-old orang-utan, with her four-day-old baby at a zoo in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Egyptian and US forces start dawn exercises near Cairo.

Relatives hold a portrait in Kabul of Afghan MP Mohammad Arif Zarif, who was killed in a suicide bombing in Baghlan province on Tuesday.

Spanish violinist Patricia Arguelles plays in a glass box in Madrid. The young musician and composer is spending seven days in the box, writing a piece of music under the public eye.

British strongman Manjit Singh pulls a bus with his ears in London as part of a world record attempt.

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