Best photos from October 9
A worker cleans up a pool inside the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin mosque in Putrajaya October 9, 2013.SAMSUL SAID/Reuters
Saudi soldiers exercise before a military parade drill in preparation for hajj, or pilgrimage, at a military camp in Arafat, outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Security is a major concern during the annual hajj, or the pilgrimage to Mecca required of every Muslim who can afford it.Amr Nabil/The Associated Press
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine during their men's singles match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai October 9, 2013.CARLOS BARRIA/Reuters
A vendor holds garlands of marigold flowers as he waits for customers at a wholesale flower market ahead of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata October 9, 2013. The garlands are in great demand as people seek to decorate temples and their homes during the Durga Puja festival which is the biggest religious event for Bengali Hindus.RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/Reuters
Indian women watch from the window of their house as rescue workers clean up the debris of a collapsed building in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013.Tsering Topgyal/The Associated Press
A Bangladeshi firefighter douses a fire at a garment factory in Gazipur outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. The fire killed nearly a dozen people at the garment factory in Bangladesh.The Associated Press
Members of the Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca October 9, 2013.IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/Reuters
A man looks down after feeding pigeons from his window in central Madrid October 9, 2013.SUSANA VERA/Reuters
People look at a light installation at the Berlin Cathedral during the opening day of the "Festival of Light" show in Berlin October 9, 2013. Several landmarks and tourist spots will be illuminated in the German capital from October 9 to 20.TOBIAS SCHWARZ/Reuters
A family of elephants walks after cooling themselves in a pond during a census at the Amboseli National Park, 290 km southeast of Kenya's capital Nairobi, October 9, 2013.THOMAS MUKOYA/Reuters