Highlights of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at East Asia Leaders meetings in Brunei.
The Olympic village in the mountain ski resort of Rosa Khutor is seen from Rosa peak of Aibga mountain, some 40 kilometres east from Sochi September 26, 2013.
For many, the National Day holiday from Oct 1 to Oct 7 is a golden week of travelling or family gathering, but there are those whose holiday is nothing but a normal work day, as can be seen the following photos.
About 1.8 million years ago, the ancestors of Chinese people began to use fire and stone tools on this land. About 5,000 years ago, they learned how to extract salt from water in this area. More than 4,000 years ago, the early Chinese emperors Yao, Shun and Yu successively made this place the capital cities during their reigns.
Allison displays her tattoos during the ninth London Tattoo Convention in London.
Chinese soldiers undergo arduous competition during military training on the plateau region in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Snack vans can be found in lay-bys along main roads across Britain, offering motorists and other passers-by a cheap, independent alternative to conventional service stations.
A woman takes a break as she harvests cotton near the dried up Shiyang river on the outskirts of Minqin county, Gansu province.
Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, has served for a whole year in the People's Liberation Army, since it was commissioned into the Chinese navy on Sept 25, 2012.
A Russian "TOS-1 Buratino" multiple rocket launcher fires during the "Russia Arms Expo 2013" 9th international exhibition of arms, military equipment and ammunition, in the Urals city of Nizhny Tagil, September 25, 2013.
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 24, 2013.