News in pictures on Oct 23

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Oct 23, 2009
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A young boy climbs through pumpkins at a pumpkin patch in Easton, MD. The annual holiday celebrated on October 31, Halloween has its roots in the Gaelic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. -- PHOTO: AFP



Shi Liliang, 33, a monk from Southern Shaolin Temple, performs a special Chinese martial art stunt known in Chinese as Shuishangpiao or 'running on water', at a reservoir on the outskirts of Quanzhou, Fujian province. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



A visitor looks at a painting by Austin Parkhill of Arvada, Colorado, titled, 'J & H' prior to the opening of an exhibition featuring work from the 'Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009' at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. The competiton aims to encourage contemporary portraiture, especially among emerging artists. -- PHOTO: AP



Artists of the 'Cirque du Soleil' perform during their show 'Varekai' in Moscow. 'Varekai' is the first show of the 'Cirque du Soleil' in Russia. -- PHOTO: AP

Men ride horses and shoot their guns during an exhibition at the horse's Show in El Jadida. -- PHOTO: AP



A demonstrator walks with signs during a protest against former US President George W. Bush while he gave a luncheon speech in downtown Montreal. -- PHOTO: AP



A man rides a motorised bicycle loaded with goods past a portrait of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



Base jumper Deane Smith of Calne in England leaps before parachuting down from Kuala Lumpur Tower in Malaysia's capital. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Joshua Grant (right) and Brock Hayhoe (left), two members of the New York professional all-male dance company 'Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo', known as 'The Trocks', pose in front of a fountain in Sydney's Kings Cross on October 23, 2009. The Trocks combine the physical capabilities of male dancers with the grace and grandeur of ballerinas and begin an Australia wide tour in Melbourne on October 27. -- PHOTO: AFP



A farmer walks on desertified land near a lake in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. China supports the development of a low-carbon economy, and will not shrug off its due responsibilities in countering global climate change, an environment expert with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



Thai students wave flags to greet leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) before the opening of the 15th Asean summit in the seaside town of Hua Hin, about 190 km south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



Thai dancers in a traditional performance during the opening of the 15th Asean summit in Hua Hin, Thailand. -- PHOTO: REUTERS