- SYRIA
Rescue teams and security forces search at the scene of car bomb explosions that hit the northern city of Aleppo on October 3. Three car bombs killed at least 35 people and wounded 70 others (XINHUA/AFP) - SPAIN
Police vans block a street leading to the parliament building in Madrid on September 29, during a demonstration against a political system that protesters say deprives ordinary Spaniards of a voice in the crisis (XINHUA/AFP) - THE UNITED STATES
U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on October 3 in Denver, Colorado, at the start of the first of three presidential debates (XINHUA/AFP) - LIBYA
Benghazi residents and activists make a human chain in the shape of a "pink ribbon" lit by a central firework during a rally to mark international breast cancer awareness month on October 1 (XINHUA/AFP) - INDONESIA
A ranger inspects a 10-day-old baby elephant at Sarah Deu conservation response unit in Sampoiniet, Aceh Jaya, on September 27. There are fewer than 3,000 Sumatran elephants remaining in the wild, a 50-percent drop in number since 1985 (XINHUA/AFP) - THE EUROPEAN UNION
An Ariane 5 rocket carrying two satellites, ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10, blasts off on September 28 from the European space center of Kourou, French Guiana. The ASTRA 2F will provide satellite TV links to Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The GSAT-10 carried equipment for GPS and GEO navigation systems (XINHUA/AFP)
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