World Pictures/Videos of the Day

Miragedriver said:

A bizarre ball of flame has been caught on camera flashing across the sky in remote Siberia. The extraordinary yellow flash can be seen blanketing the heavens over a road near Yekaterinburg - around 1,000 miles east of Moscow. So far Russian emergency services have refused to comment on the cause of the blast which was captured by a motorist's dashcam video.
Picture: VYACHESLAV BULATOV-THE SIBERIAN TIMES / CATERS NEWS



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Here is a video version of this photo.

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An Olive Ridley turtle from the Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre bites into a squid as it enjoys a swim in the sea, near their sanctuary off the north-east coast of Australia
Picture: Christian Miller/HotSpot Med



Swans fighting in Rongcheng, Shandong Province, China
Picture: Quirky China News/REX



People walk along an avenue of plane trees in Frankfurt, Germany
Picture: AP Photo/Michael Probst



An olive toad put on a slick performance as it executed some impressive break dancing moves as it escapes the clutches of a hungry hammerkop bird at a waterhole in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe
Picture: GARTH THOMPSON / CATERS NEWS



A kingfisher makes the most of the chance to catch fish before winter closes in. Diving into the river at speeds of up to 70-miles-per-hour the fish this magnificent native-British bird feeds on do not stand a chance. Local postie and amateur wildlife photographer Rob Cross from Bideford in North Devon has spent hundreds of hours observing this much-loved bird from the banks of the River Torridge.
Picture: Media Drum/Rob Cross



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Jeff Head said:

Strong winds kicking up white caps on the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon

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Wow! That’s a lot of whitecaps! Riding a kayak in those water would be like that open scene in the old “Victory at Sea” series.



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A simply amazing catch in the NFL football game last night by the New York Giants Odell against the Dallas Cowboys (My Cowboys went on to win the game 31-18):



A very similar catch occurred last year by Detroit Lions Durham against the green Bay Packers...but he is not as contorted and used all five fingers while Odell did it with only three.



And I always really liked this New York Giants on the helmet catch by Tyree against Detroit in one of the Super Bowl game.

Miragedriver said:

Swans fighting in Rongcheng, Shandong Province, China
Picture: Quirky China News/REX

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Fighting? It looks like a perfect ballet.

The fading sun casts long shadows and rays through the mists above the southern end of Lake Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria
Picture: Drew Buckley/REX



Lady Gaga was spotted partying at the VIP Room after her concert in Paris
Picture: CAU ANTOINE/SIPA/REX



Sailor Brian Carlin took this photo onboard Team Vestas Wind during the 2nd leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. 'The first signs of a blue sky since the leg start in Cape Town and I just found out the front of this boat looks like a pig's nose!'
Picture: Brian Carlin/Team Vestas Wind/Volvo Ocean Race via Getty Images



Dr. Joe Wallace uses a pressure washer to cut years of algae growth off the Eye Spy statues at Silver Springs State Park in Ocala, Florida. The newly formed Silver Springs professional dive team made its first dive to clean the bottom of the park's glass-bottom boats and pressure wash years of algae from iconic statues left behind from a production of the television series I Spy during the 1960s.
Picture: AP Photo/The Ocala Star-Banner, Alan Youngblood



A container ship sails in the Mediterranean Sea as lightning lights up the sky as seen from the Israeli coastal moshav of Mikhmoret, north of Tel Aviv
Picture: JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images



A traditional Saman dance is performed by 5,057 men and boys belonging to the ethnic Gayo tribe during a ceremony in Gayo Lues highland district in Indonesia's Aceh province
Picture: CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images



Miss World 2013, Megan Young (Front-C) poses with Miss World 2014 contestants during a photocall at the Marriott Hotel in London. Miss World 2014 takes place in London on 14 December.
Picture: EPA/ANDY RAIN


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This beautiful photo seems to show two seasons in one picture. The picture was taken in the Arnastapi area of Iceland, where the Stapafell mountain can be seen to divide the picture into summer to winter. The photos were taken by Maciel Winiarczyk on a recent trip. He said he was 'very lucky to capture this as it only lasted a few moments.'
Picture: Maciel Winiarczyk / Ross Parry



Two waterspouts twist together during a storm off the coast of San Bartolomeo al Mare, Italy. The footage was captured by Nicola Ferrarese, who spotted the phenomena while working in his hotel in San Bartolomeo al Mare, Italy. Waterspouts are tornadoes which form over water during severe storm weather.
Picture: Nicola Ferrarese/Barcroft Media



The picturesque Cotswold town of Malmesbury also woke up looking like a winter wonderland
Picture: Terry Mathews/Alamy



Bianca Buitendag of South Africa, wins her Round 1 heat at the Target Maui Pro in Maui, Hawaii. Buitendag scored one of the highest single wave scores of the day, a near perfect 9.80, out of a possible 10.00, and has advanced directly into Round 3.
Picture: AP Photo/Association of Surfing Professionals, Kirstin Scholtz



Students at Elmhurst School of Dance, Birmingham, pose for a photograph during a visit by the Duchess of Cornwall
Picture: Rui Vieira/PA



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Members of the United States Marine Corp Color Guard pose for a photograph with choristers ahead of a thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral
Picture: Getty Images



Legia Warsaw supporters light flares during the Group L Europa League match between Sporting Lokeren and Legia Warsaw at Daknam Stadium in Lokeren, Belgium
Picture: AP



A hippo yawns in the Chobe National Park in Mozambique
Picture: Renee Doyle/Solent News



This is the moment a lucky seal escaped certain death - avoiding a great white shark's jaws by inches. The giant great white burst from the water only for the seal to bounce off the tip of its nose high into the air. On the way down, the hungry shark snapped, missing the airborne mammal by the smallest of margins. The incredible moment was captured by underwater photographer Sergio Riccardo, 51, who photographed the scene near Cape Town, South Africa.
Picture: SERGIO RICCARDO/ CATERS NEWS



Pope Francis exchanges his skull-cap with a believer at the VaticanPicture: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino



left - roght) Lourdes Coteron, Emanuela De Paula and Leomie Anderson durung a preview of the 'Next' Spring 2015 Lingerie Collection at The Savoy, London
Picture: Geoff Pugh/The Telegraph



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Here's our tenth grandchild, Melina Christine Head. 8 lbs and 20 inches long. She was born on September 30th at 11:19 A.M. Joyous, Grateful, Happy, Humbled. Can't wait to see her in person at Christmas!