This Week in Photos, Oct 8-14, 2010

A man lies on the ground, surrounded by candles, during a spiritual ceremony in Venezuela.

People picnic on the main deck of the Sydney Harbor Bridge during the Breakfast on the Bridge event in Sydney, Australia.

The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated during the Festival of Lights in Berlin, Germany.

Dan Navarro and Lena Marti dance atop a float at the Columbus Day parade in New York City.

The "Sunflower Seeds" installation- in London features 100 million hand-painted, ceramic sunflower seeds.

Duncan Berry watches as his children Jemima and Hugo choose books from the village phone box in northern England.

A Belington Terrier (L) and a Pomeranian Spitz at the International Dog Show in Afula, Israel.

Sixty couples walk to a lunch reception after a mass wedding ceremony at the Olympic Park in Beijing, China.

A man gets a haircut from a roadside barber in Mumbai, India.

Historical re-enactors act out the Battle of Hastings on the original battlefield near Hastings in southern England.

Saluki dogs take off in the first Gulf Challenge of the Arabian Saluki Championship in the desert near Khor, Qatar.

Workers make jian bing, a Chinese snack similar to pancakes, in the village of Xinzhuang in Shandong province.