Michael Bloomberg – 11/4/2013 – New York, New York – LA FONDAZIONE NY 2013 Gala held at The Morgan Library & Museum, NYC. Julio Gamboa/BFAnyc/Sipa USA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: sipaphotosfour442876
Well it’s nothing like last year on this Tuesday’s Election Day. Instead of voting for the next President of the United States, Americans are voting for city council members, mayors and governors. Major mayoral races include John Connolly and Marty Walsh from Boston, and Bill de Blasio and Joseph Lhota, from New York City. Both cities have held mayors Thomas Menino and Michael Bloomberg, respectively, for more than a decade – and in Menino’s case, two decades!
Newscom gets between 30-60,000 images a day from our partners around the world, and it’s easy to miss some truly amazing images if you aren’t specifically looking for them. So each week, we’ll go through our collections and present to you our favorites. Our job is to pick whatever catches our eye. Your job is to simply enjoy them. Check out the entire lightbox of this week’s best pictures back at Newscom, and read on to see other stories from this past week.
In important governor races, Chris Christie is hoping to clinch New Jersey, while Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli battle it out for Virginia.
A voter holds a cupcake decorated with the Democratic ticket at a polling station at Spring Hill Elementary School in McLean, Virginia November 5, 2013. Virginia voters went to the polls on Tuesday in a closely watched election for governor. KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlsix125725
Welcome to Movember or Novembeard, the month were beard and moustache enthusiasts gather to show off their dedication and hard work of growing facial hair! The World Beard and Moustache Championships were held in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany this year and as always, showed off some pretty impressive hair grooming. See more pictures at Newscom!
Dieter Besuch takes part in the Beard World Championship in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, 02 November 2013. More than 200 participants from 20 countries take part in the competition. Franziska Kraufmann/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: dpaphotostwo014691
He may be called an amateur photographer, but Greg Parker, from the United Kingdom, has dedicated his life to astronomy and astrophotography. In his backyard, this Professor of Photonics at the University of Southampton, built his own observatories and telescopes that have captured beautiful images of deep space.
An amateur photographer took these amazing shots of the clear night sky on a camera attached to telescopes from his back garden. The heart and soul nebula can be clearly seen in one photo glowing red in the dark sky, lit up by the surrounding stars. In other photos, the orion and scorpion nebula can also be seen amongst the stars otherwise invisible to the naked eye. Greg Parker, from Brockenhurst, Hants, installed two 3,000 pound observatories in his garden and attached cameras to the telescopes inside them. Pictured: The night sky showing the setup in Gregs garden. The bright light is the moon. Solent News / Splash News/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: spnphotosfour807781
Weird, wacky and odd? Yes indeed! Apparently these orange Julia Butterflies, and yellow Sulphur Butterflies, need abundant amounts of sodium to survive. So where better to get your nutrients? Turtle tears of course! Much like human tears and sweat, these turtles provide salt where the distance is too far from other sources, like an ocean.
A stream of brightly-coloured butterflies are seen smothering the heads of turtles as they bizarrely try and drink their tears. Solent News / Splash News/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: spnphotosfour808443
Just trying to capture a great photo at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show, this photographer was in the wrong spot at the wrong time. The poor guy who is probably used to being on the other side of the camera, was caught in this perfectly captured moment. Though it’s a fantastic photo, we definitely feel sorry for what happened shortly afterward…ouch!
A photographer is ejected from a bull on the loose during the Rodeo section of the 2013 Royal Horse Show in Toronto, Canada, Nov. 3, 2013. Zou Zheng/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: ptsphotoshottwo329209
Scroll down for more great photos from this week and be sure to check back next week, for more of your favorite Editors’ Picks photos.
Police walk along railroad tracks, along with a bomb sniffing dog, ahead of the roll out of the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket to the launch pad on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for November 7 and will send Expedition 38 Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA and Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Bill Ingalls/N.A.S.A/SIPA/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: sipaphotosfour442625
Afghan children play outside their houses at a slum area in Herat province in eastern Afghanistan on Nov. 5, 2013. Xinhua Kabul Xinhua News Agency/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: xnaphotos311299
These playful penguins are not fazed by the sub-zero temperatures as they dive into freezing water from a giant iceberg. The huge colony of waddling animals slowly make their way to the edge of the huge iceberg before jumping into the water. Gentoo, adelie and chinstrap penguins all dive into the water as they enjoy an afternoon swim in the Antarctic. And a photographer has braved the adverse weather conditions to capture the unique moment from a different perspective. Justin travelled to the Petermann Island in the Antarctic Peninsula to observe the penguins fascinating behaviour. Solent News / Splash News/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: spnphotosfour813930
Girls sit near a dumping ground in Peshawar November 5, 2013. STRINGER/PAKISTAN/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrlsix125694
2013 State Opera and Ballet. Sasha Waltz & Guests in Co-Production with Mariinsky Theatre. imago stock&people/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: imagostock588213
Brazil’s national soccer team player Lucas kicks the ball during a training session in Belo Horizonte June 25, 2013. Brazil will play against Uruguay in their Confederations Cup semi-final soccer match on Wednesday. RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: rtrukonsports085649
November 03, 2013: Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant #88 during an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX Dallas defeated Minnesota 27-24. Albert Pena/Cal Sport Media/Newscom. License this image from Newscom.com: csmphoto826411
Check out many more great pictures from Newscom this week, and catch up on past Editors’ Picks posts from FocalPoint:
Editors’ Picks: Halloween Surfing, Wild Weather, & National Cat Day
Editors’ Picks: Beautiful Kenya, Banksy, & Painting With Your Eye?
Editors’ Picks: Eid al-Adha, Mecca Pilgrimage, & Comebacks in New England
