Friday, Oct. 01, 2010

Shoulder surfer: Draco - the Golden Retriever puppy/babe magnet - takes Cyrus Scribner for a walk in Montpelier, Vt.

Big men on campus? Philippine frat boys streak the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Manila, resulting in smirks and giggles from the opposite sex. Don't worry, guys, they're laughing with you, not at you.

It's Amur time! The Amur tiger cub triplets are growing up fast at the Bronx Zoo.

The British are calling, the British are calling: Military extras take a brief anachronism break while filming "Pirates Of The Carribean: On Stranger Tides," at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London.

It's always best to cross at the Ford in the creek: In Ephrata, Pa., an Amish buggy rolls through storm-swollen Groff's Creek, which overflowed onto South Farmersville Road.

'Sub' compact: Amel Sincere bails out her car after floodwaters submerged the parking lot of the Waterford Apartments in Havertown, Pa..

They're playing our song: The AP photog says these two are stags fighting in a wildlife park near Kitzbuehel in the Austrian Tyrol, but obviously one is missing its rack. So what is it, a doe taking part in a mating ritual, or an antlerless buck picking a fight with the wrong deer? Where is Tom Stienstra when you need him?!

Oil convey attacked: In Shikarpur, Pakistan, saboteurs set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Public scourge: A man convicted of gambling is flogged with a rattan cane under Sharia law in Jantho, Indonesia's Aceh province.

Ecuador's police tear-gas their president: With a gas mask over his head, President Rafael Correa runs from tear gas in the chaos of a Quito police uprising prompted by a new law that cuts their bonus pay. Correa, who was shouted down and sprayed with water, was hospitalized for tear gas inhalation.

Yes, we have no bananas: But this guy must have something appealing for the monkeys of Ayodhya, India.

Graybeard: Brooding baboon, Tierpark Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich.

Hindu shampoo: A worker is careful to place goggles over Mahatma Gandhi's eyes before drenching him with soap and water on the eve of his birthday in Jammu, India.

Silhouettes on a wall: The afternoon sun casts shadows of students playing on a roof of a Hindu religious school in Ayodhya, India.

Brazil prepares to vote: The Christ the Redeemer statue stands above the clouds in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil was holding general elections Sunday.