The Week in Pictures
Updated:A selection of the best images from around the world this week
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1 Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier as he set the record for the world's highest skydive
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2 A Syrian rebel sniper aims his rifle though a hole in the wall as he guards a post in Syria's northern city of Aleppo
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3 The sun rises behind Damien Hirst's bronze sculpture of a pregnant woman in Ilfracombe, England
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4 Indian artists put on their make-up before performing the Ramleela ahead of the Hindu festival of Dussehra in Amritsar
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5 Workers inspect the damage caused by localised flooding in Dura Den, Scotland
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6 Republic of Ireland midfielder Keith Andrews challenges Hallur Hansson of the Faroe Islands in the World Cup qualifier in Tórshavn
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7 A boy plays among pigeons in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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8 Titan the robot was one of the attractions at this week's Dublin Web Summit
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9 A protester kicks out at police during a riot in the Greek capital, Athens
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10 A young deer hides amongst the autumnal bracken at the National Trust's Dunham Massey Park in Knutsford, England
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11 Jon Lewis Dickinson connects with Shane McPhilbin during their British Cruiserweight Title fight in Liverpool
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12 US Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama try to talk over each other in their second debate
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13 Jockey Craig Newitt (right) rides Isabella Snowflake to victory at the Caulfield Thousand Guineas Day at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne
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14 A woman tries to salvage items from the burnt-out Saida Manoubia shrine in the western La Manouba suburb of Tunis
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15 Brother Colm O'Connell receives an Honorary Doctorate from DCU for his services to sport, including his coaching of Kenyan Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha
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16 Water flows onto the platform at Plunkett Station in Waterford after heavy rain in the southeast
