Students from St Andrews University take part in a foam fight as part of the
traditional Raisin Monday celebrations in St Andrews, Scotland. The tradition
dates back to the early days of the university where new students would give
senior students a pound (0.45kg) of raisins in gratitude for their help in
adapting to university life, in exchange for a receipt written in Latin.
Failure to produce such a receipt could result in a dousing in the local
fountain. Nowadays the raisins have been replaced with a bottle of wine and the
dousing with foam.
Pigeons and camels make an appearance at a cattle market near Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
A Muslim pilgrim prays near where the Prophet Mohammed is said to have received
his inspiration to preach Islam.
A snowman toy sits in the window of a damaged gift shop in Cockermouth,
England, awaiting the return of the property owners, after the worst floods
ever recorded in the area.
A woman stands in line at a food distribution center for widows in Kabul,
Afghanistan.
Indonesian women sell their harvest in a traditional floating market on the
Martapura river in Lok Baintan, south Kalimantan, Indonesia, 23 November 2009.
