Best pictures from October 31
The moon sets behind the snow covered Chemispitze mountain during sunrise above Mastrils, Switzerland, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.Arno Balzarini/The Associated Press
Pope Benedict XVI waves from his Popemobile as he arrives to lead the general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican October 31, 2012.MAX ROSSI/Reuters
A dog named Shaggy is handed from a National Guard truck to National Guard personnel after the dog and his owner left a flooded building in Hoboken, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Some residents and pets are being plucked from their homes by large trucks as parts of the city are still covered in standing water.Craig Ruttle/The Associated Press
Russian police detain opposition leader Edouard Limonov during an unauthorised opposition protest in downtown in Moscow, Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012. The Russian opposition protests on the 31st day of each month in a nod to the 31st article of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly.Sergey Ponomarev/The Associated Press
Renter Donna McBride weeps as she sees the damage done to her home by the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy in Lindenhurst, New York, October 31, 2012. The U.S. Northeast began crawling back to normal on Wednesday after monster storm Sandy crippled transportation, knocked out power for millions and killed at least 45 people in nine states with a massive storm surge and rain that caused epic flooding.LUCAS JACKSON/Reuters
This image released by the New England Aquarium shows a one-pound female lobster, known as a "split," that was caught by a Massachusetts fisherman last week and arrived at the aquarium in Boston Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Officials say such rare Halloween coloration is estimated to occur once in every 50 million lobsters.Emily Bauernseind/The Associated Press
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 30, fall colors mix with stubborn, green remnants of summer in a blurring of the seasons during a 1/4 second pan of a bicyclist speeding through tree-lined streets in Walla Walla, Wash.Jeff Horner/The Associated Press
Volunteer firefighter Jay Parot uses a fire hose to wash out the Crisfield Fire Department after superstorm Sandy forced several inches of water inside, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Crisfield, Md. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.Alex Brandon/The Associated Press
Exercise riders walk their horses during training sessions for the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press
Young people in costume take part in the "Evil spirits Parade" flash mob as they celebrate Halloween in the centre of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, October 31, 2012. Around hundred people took part in the flash mob which was organised on social networks.ILYA NAYMUSHIN/Reuters
Smoke from burning tyres rises above a section of the controversial Israeli barrier in Shuafat refugee camp, in the West Bank near Jerusalem October 31, 2012.AMMAR AWAD/Reuters
The shadow of Air Force One is seen as it approaches Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey, October 31, 2012. U.S. President Barack Obama will survey Hurricane Sandy damage in New Jersey.LARRY DOWNING/Reuters
Crosses are pictured at the "Friedhof der Namenlosen" (Cemetery of the Anonymous), near the Danube river at the eastern periphery of Vienna October 31, 2012. The graveyard was set up in 1840 for anonymous drowned persons who were found at this place at the Danube river banks. Some 478 victims rest at this place, the last one was entombed in 1940. The word on the cross reads "Unknown".HERWIG PRAMMER/Reuters
A deer is seen near some fallen trees in the wake of Hurricane Sandy is seen in Cleveland, Ohio Wednesday October 31/2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Five-year-old Maya Dumas (L) and her 9-year-old sister Cleo photographed while trick or treating for halloween on Cowan Ave., Toronto October 31, 2012.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Burnt houses are seen next to those which survived in Breezy Point, a neighborhood located in the New York City borough of Queens, after it was devastated by Hurricane Sandy October 31, 2012. New York City and the sodden U.S. Northeast began an arduous journey back to normal on Wednesday after mammoth storm Sandy killed at least 64 people in a rampage that swamped coastal cities and cut power to millions.ADREES LATIF/Reuters
People photograph the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in New York. Much of lower Manhattan is without electric power following the impact of superstorm Sandy.Mark Lennihan/The Associated Press