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This week in photos: October 6-12, 2012

 

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Wackiness abounds during 2013 Bay Area race

Wackiness abounds during 2013 Bay Area race

Officials say that over 30,000 runners participated in the 102nd Bay to Breakers Sunday morning and as of noon that day, San Francisco Police had yet to report any notable incidents.

Images from the weekend

Images from the weekend

Browse some of the most interesting photos shot from around the world over the weekend.

Photos: Frantic 911 call leads to 3 missing women in Ohio

Photos: Frantic 911 call leads to 3 missing women in Ohio

The woman's voice was frantic and breathless, and she was choking back tears. "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she told a 911 dispatcher. "I've been kidnapped and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."

 
  • TEA TIME--Afghan National Police officers line up with their tea glasses before breakfast at the Police Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. NATO defense leaders gathering in Brussels Tuesday are committed to the war in Afghanistan, according to U.S. and alliance officials, but there are growing signs that the Afghan political and military hostilities against the coalition are starting to wear on the coalition.
  • New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki, right, of Japan, leaps past Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters to score a run on a double by Robinson Cano in the first inning of Game 2 of the American League division baseball series on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
  • An unidentified American Airlines passenger reacts while trying to make arrangements after her flight was delayed in Miami, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. American Airlines says a combination of wear, poor design and even soda spilled into the tracks can cause seats on its Boeing 757s to pop loose during flight. American is canceling 44 flights today after it scrapped 50 flights Thursday because of the seat problem. The airline said Friday that all seat repairs on its Boeing 757 airplanes should be done by Saturday. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
  • A Bangladeshi child laborer works at a factory producing aluminum vessel in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Bangladesh adopted the National Child Labor Elimination Policy 2010, providing a framework to eradicate all forms of child labor by 2015, but according to the International Labor Organization, there are about 3.2 million child laborers in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
  • BORDER PATROL FUNERAL--Border patrol agents carry the casket of agent Nicholas Ivie during Ivie's funeral at the UCCU Center at Utah Valley University in Orem on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. Agent Ivie, a Provo, Utah native, was killed in a shooting at the Arizona-Mexico border October 2nd.
  • THAT'S GONNA LEAVE A MARK--Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning sniffs smelling salts on the sideline in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots won 31-21.
  • BIKING IN BEIJING--Cyclists ride past the Tiananmen Gate in the first stage time trial of the UCI Tour of Beijing cycling competitions in Beijing Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012.
  • FATAL FIRE IN BALTIMORE--Barbara Hopkins, left, hugs her grandson, whose nickname was only given as Mick, outside of Hopkin's son's house in Baltimore, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, where an early morning fire claimed the lives of an adult and four children.
  • NICE LINE--Visitors take snapshots of the BMW i8 concept car, at the end of the first week of the Paris Auto Show, Saturday Oct. 6, 2012.
  • TROOPS RETURN--Army Pfc. Derek Southard, center, is hugged by his mother Shawn Southard, left, and his sister Jaylee Hepner, right, during a welcome home ceremony for soldiers from the Army's 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 at Fort Stewart, Ga. Overall about 2,200 soldiers from Fort Stewart's 3rd Infantry Division have deployed to Afghanistan this year.
  • AERIAL DANCE--Indonesian Air Force helicopters perform in a show of force during a ceremony commemorating the 67th anniversary of Indonesian Armed Forces in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
  • Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain spins off the track at the start of the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
  • TOMB FOR A QUEEN--A tourist uses a hand fan, inside the tomb that belongs to Queen Meresankh III at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. When Queen Meresankh III died shortly after the reign of Khafre, Meresankh was buried in an extensively decorated mastaba tomb at Giza along with a rock-cut chapel. Inscriptions on the tomb provide both the time of her death and the date for her funeral, which followed some 272 days after her death.
  • MOMMA'S GONNA SNAP--A four-day-old male Brazilian Tapir cub interacts with his mother Passiflora in an outdoor enclosure at Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv, Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. The Tapir cub is the first male cub to be born in the Safari.
  • TRAFFIC JAM AT 200 MPH--Tony Stewart (14) flips over as Kasey Kahne (5), Clint Bowyer (15), Dave Blaney (36), Terry Labonte (32), Regan Smith (78), Jeff Burton (31), Jimmie Johnson (48), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88), Paul Menard (27) and David Ragan (34) crash around him during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012.
  • TEACH A MAN TO FISH--Pakistani fishermen pull their net out of the sea onto the beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012.
  • SENTENCED--Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, effectively a life sentence, in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall.
  • ELECTRIFYING--Magician David Blaine stands inside an apparatus surrounded by a million volts of electric currents streamed by tesla coils during his 72-hour
  • A caddie stands with the flag of the 9th hole during the first round of the Portugal Masters golf tournament at the Victoria golf course in Vilamoura, southern Portugal, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
  • INTO THE NIGHT--This time exposure photo shows the Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifting off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. The rocket is carrying supplies to the International Space Station.
  • WE WANT TO TALK WITH YOU--Police officers detain political activist Roman Dobrokhotov during the unauthorized meeting to mark Russian President Vladimir Putin's birthday in Moscow, Sunday Oct. 7, 2012. Vladimir Putin turns 60-years old on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, and has recently sought to demonstrate his youthful vigor by many personal endeavors, but while he has shown creativity in his action-man stunts, the Russian president seems surprisingly vulnerable to the vagaries of oil prices.
  • JUST DON'T TRY A HEAD BUTT--In this Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 photo, Dogo Ndiaye strokes ram Papis General as competitors await the judges' final decisions, in the Fann area regional final of the Khar Bii competition, in Dakar, Senegal. In a nation where sheep are given names and kept inside homes as companion animals, the most popular show on television is
  • NATURE'S LIGHT SHOW--An electrical storm lights up the night sky behind the business district in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012.
  • DEBATE PREP--Shadows are cast across the floor as people pass by outside the debate hall ahead of the vice presidential debate with Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Vice President Joe Biden, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, at Centre College in Danville, Ky.
  • YOU COULDN'T CARRY HER FACE UP?--Anne Murray tries to keep her face out of the muddy waters as she is carried by her husband, Sean Murray, during the 2012 North American Wife Carrying Championship Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 in Newry, Maine. The duo placed tenth with a time of 1:07.46. The event, inspired by Finnish folklore, features men carrying women on their backs in whatever way they can while negotiating an obstacle course featuring hurdles, sand traps and a water hazard.
  • CRANBERRIES, CHECK. NOW WE NEED THE TURKEY AND DRESSING--Workers at DeGrandchamp Farm in South Haven, Mich., push cranberries toward harvesting equipment Thursday Oct. 11, 2012. About 90 percent of the crop-will be
  • TOLD YOU THAT WOULD PUT AN EYE OUT--This Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo made available by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows a giant eyeball from a mysterious sea creature that washed ashore and was found by a man walking the beach in Pompano Beach, Fla. on Wednesday. No one knows what species the huge blue eyeball came from. The eyeball will be sent to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg, FL.
  • INDIAN FASHION WEEK--A model displays a creation by Anupama Dayal during the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012.
  • DEBATE FANS IN PLACE--Supporters wave signs during a rally outside the Norton Center on the campus of Centre College before the vice presidential debate, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Danville, Kentucky. Vice President Joe Biden debated Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
  • WHAT A DRAG--Oct. 6, 2012 - Columbia, SC - Georgia Bulldogs running back Todd Gurley (3) can't get traction against South Carolina Gamecocks linebacker Shaq Wilson (54). 3rd quarter action in their game Saturday, October 6, 2012. Georgia was behind, 28-0 at the end of the quarter. The sixth-ranked Gamecocks beat the fifth-ranked Bulldogs 35-7.
 

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