Photo gallery: A selection of pictures to brighten your day

A girl chases pigeons at Pashupatinath Temple during the Teej festival in Kathmandu on Sept 18, 2012. The three-day festival, commemorating the union of the Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, involves sumptuous feasts and rigid fasting. Hindu women pray for marital bliss, the well-being of their spouses and children, and the purification of their own bodies and souls during this period of religious fasting. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

An Indian white tiger cub rests at the zoo of Liberec, on Sept 8, 2012. Three rare white tigers were born here on July 1, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept 12, 2012. Some youths, aged between 12 and 23 years old, in Gaza are training in parkour which was developed in France. Parkour is a physical discipline of movement focused on overcoming obstacles. Training is held in cemeteries, and in former Israeli settlements. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A couple dances the tango at a beach bar near the river Spree in Berlin on Sept 16, 2012. On sunny weekends, tango enthusiasts meet at the beach bar in front of the Bode Museum to perform. -- PHOTO: REUTERS 

A couple cast their shadows as they dance the tango at a beach bar near the river Spree in Berlin on Sept 16, 2012. On sunny weekends, tango enthusiasts meet at the beach bar in front of the Bode Museum to perform. -- PHOTO: REUTERS 

Polish acrobatic flight formation team Grupa Zelazny perform during the ILA Berlin Air Show in Selchow near Schoenefeld south of Berlin, on Sept 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Fashion designer Betsey Johnson smiles after performing a cartwheel at the end of her retrospective fashion show and 70th birthday party during New York Fashion Week on Sept 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy jumps into the sea at a polluted beach in central Honiara on Sept 14, 2012. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Solomon Islands on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee on on Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) sings next to Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez during their meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Sept 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Adrian Guerrero, 4, jumps in the pool during an all-paid week-long vacation with his family at Los Alcazares, southeastern Spain, on Sept 7, 2012.  The Guerrero-Diaz family was one of three Spanish families with all members unemployed that won a free vacation in a contest held by a merchants association in Los Alcazares, near Murcia. Guerrero lost his job at a pipe coating factory over a year ago. His wife, a former housekeeper, has been unemployed for two years now. The family lives on the unemployment benefits that Guerrero gets, because his wife's ran out this past August. The number of Spain's households with all members unemployed reached 1,737,600 in the second quarter of 2012, according to the latest Labour Force Survey data released at the end of July by the Spanish National Statistics Institute. Picture taken on Sept 7, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Keyla Barreto (R), 6, shoots bubbles at her brother Jean, 5, at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California on Sept 5, 2012. The nation's largest county fair, running from Aug 31 to Sept 30, 2012 is celebrating its 90th anniversary. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A visitor pets a baby Tasmanian devil during a National Threatened Species Day event, held in central Sydney on Sept 7, 2012. The National Threatened Species Day is an event organised by the Zoo and Aquarium Association to educate local communities about the importance of threatened species and what people can do to help them, according to the organisers. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Students wear mock moustaches at Zocalo Square in downtown Mexico City on Sept 14, 2012. Mexico celebrates the 202nd anniversary of its independence from Spain on Sept 15. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman practices yoga during a mass floating event in the Dead Sea on Sept 14, 2012. Hundreds took part in the event to raise environmental awareness for the ailing sea, located at the earth's lowest point. The event took place on the one-year anniversary of the day when thousands of naked volunteers posed at the Dead Sea for U.S. artist Spencer Tunick, who also attended Friday's event. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Panda Hu Bao eats bamboo at Bifengxia giant panda Base in Ya'an, Sichuan province, on Sept 3, 2012. Hu Bao is one of the two giant pandas which will be sent to Singapore for a 10 year stay. Picture taken on Sept 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Four-year-old Rizky pours water on himself as he takes a bath in front of his house at a slum area in Jakarta, on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel drinks a mug of beer during the opening of the Oktoberfest in Berlin, on Sept 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy blows a feather from his hand as he plays in the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal on Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Dancers perform during the Future Cinema outdoor screening of the 1978 film 'Grease' in Barnes, southwest London on Sept 9, 2012. London-based Future Cinema, which specialises in immersive events fusing film, theatre, music and dance, transformed Barnes Common park into the movie's fictional setting of Rydell High School. Over 9,000 participants, donning 1950s attire, were expected at three showings over the weekend. -- PHOTO: REUTERS 

Inmates and their wives kiss each other during a mass wedding ceremony at the Lurigancho men's prison in Lima on Sept 6, 2012. Some 10 couples tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony at South America's biggest jail, which has more than 9,000 inmates. The mass marriage ceremony was part of a string of events to promote the integration of prisoners back into society, according to the organizers. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy plays on an artwork made of unwanted toys at the solo exhibition of Japanese artist Hiroshi Fuji, known for his creations that recycle unwanted toys and waste materials, in Tokyo on Sept 6, 2012. More than 100,000 unwanted toys collected by social groups across Japan for the past 13 years were used in the exhibition. Called 'Central Kaeru Station - where have all these toys come from?', the exhibition runs until Sunday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS  

An Afghan boy tries to catch a falling kite at a hilltop in Kabul on Sept 3, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

An Occupy Wall Street protester takes a nap next to his dog during activities organized by the movement 'OWS' at Foley Square, Lower Manhattan in New York, on Sept 16, 2012. Occupy Wall Street marks its first anniversary on Monday, and, in a bid to rejuvenate a movement that has failed to sustain momentum after sparking a national conversation about economic inequality last fall, activists plan once again to descend on New York's financial district. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Young Lipizzaner stallions are decorated with flowers on their way from the Alps to their winter stable in Maria Lankowitz on Sept 8, 2012. From the end of May until the beginning of September the Lipizzaner colts enjoy their summer sojourn in the mountains at a sea height of 1,500 metres, according to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Their return home to the Federal Stud Piber is traditionally celebrated before some of the colts are selected for training at the school. -- PHOTO: REUTERS