LAST WEEKS IN PICSS

Presidential rivals Barack Obama and Mitt Romney teased each other at a charity fund-raiser. Referring to his Mormon faith, Mr Romney said he had prepared for the election debates by "not drinking alcohol for 65 years".

A Green Shield Bug walks on flowers in a garden in London, England, on Oct. 10. Many insects are struggling after a particularly wet and cold summer in the United Kingdom, according to wildlife charity The Buglife Conservation.

A child jumps on waste products used to make poultry feed at a tannery in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 9. Luxury leather goods sold across the world are made in this slum area where workers, including children, are exposed to hazardous chemicals and often injured in horrific accidents, according to a study released by Human Rights Watch on Oct. 9. None of the tanneries treat waste water, which contains animal flesh, sulfuric acid, chromium and lead, leaving it to spew into open gutters and eventually the city's main river.

A member of the Colla Vella de Valls descends after building a human tower during the 24th Tarragona Castells Competition in Tarragona, Spain, on Oct. 7. Locals compete in groups known as 'colles' atl festivals. The Catalan tradition is believed to have originated by dance groups from the late 18th Century.

Carlos Daniel Gonzalez, 6, holds his sister Izabel, 4, as they are accompanied by authorities after unknown gunmen killed their parents and other relatives in Villa Canales, Guatemala, on Oct. 9. Seven members of the family were killed, including two minors. Carlos survived by hiding during the attack.

A laborer looks out of a workshop that prepares idols of Goddess Durga in Kolkata, India, Oct. 16. Durga Puja, the festival dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga, is celebrated from Oct. 20 to Oct. 24.

Austrian stunt daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumps out of a capsule from 24 miles above Earth on Oct. 14. He landed safely on his feet in Roswell, N.M., becoming the first human to travel faster than the speed of sound outside an aircraft. After a four-minute, 20-second free-fall, Baumgartner descended the last several miles by parachute. "“When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about breaking records anymore, you do not think about gaining scientific data," Baumgartner said. "The only thing you want is you want to come back alive.”

Students wearing traditional dresses walk near a 1960s-era steam locomotive in the Carlos Antonio Lopez Railway maintenance shed, currently a museum, before dancing at a cultural fair in Sapucai, Paraguay. The steam train, inaugurated on Oct. 21, 1861, for cargo and passengers, shut down in 2001. It was resurrected in 2012 as a tourism attraction.

U.S. Army soldiers protect a wounded comrade from dust and smoke flares after an improvised explosive device blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 13. The soldier, 21-year-old Pvt. Ryan Thomas from Oklahoma, suffered soft tissue damage and after surgery in Afghanistan was scheduled to be evacuated to Germany.

A Free Syrian Army fighter illuminates the body of an unknown man, killed by Syrian Army artillery shelling, in Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 13, before burying it in a common grave. As casualties mount, Aleppo's few operating hospitals struggle to cope with the number of victims, mostly civilians, caused by several months of fighting between the government's forces and Syrian rebels.