People walk under lanterns displayed on the eve of Seoul Lantern Festival in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

Saudi firefighters put out a fire after an explosion which severely damaged an industrial building in eastern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. At least 22 people were killed when a fuel truck crashed into a flyover in the capital, triggering the explosion that brought down the industrial building, Saudi state television reported. (Reuters)

Bo, a 55-day-old baby Echidna known as a puggle, rests in the hands of vet nurse Annabelle Sehlmeier at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. (Reuters)

People walk past a beach club destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Sea Bright, New Jersey, October 31, 2012. (Reuters)

Farmers fill their bottles with water from a water tanker during a protest rally organized by the All India Farmers Union and the Indian Farm Worker Union in Delhi. Farmers asked for a list of their demands, which included a retirement fund for field workers and farmers, to be fulfilled. (Reuters)

Men dispose shopping carts full of food damaged by Superstorm Sandy at the Fairway supermarket in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn in New York, October 31, 2012. The food was contaminated by flood waters that rose to approximately four feet in the store during the storm. (AP)

Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz celebrates after winning a match against Andy Murray of Britain during the Paris Masters tennis tournament, France. (Reuters)

People carry their luggage in a flooded St Mark’s Square at night during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy. The water level in the canal city rose to 140 cm (55 inches) above normal, according to a monitoring institute. (Reuters)

A model presents a creation of Chinese designer Xu Ming for a Haute Couture collection at China Fashion Week in Beijing. (Reuters)

Scene from the beautiful shores of Denmark (VOA reader sent via Instgram @felecool)