Long-awaited embraceFreed Chilean miner embraces his wife as President Sebastian Pinera applauds, on Oct. 13. This miner was one of 33 miners

rescued by capsule after spending more than two months trapped underground in the San Jose Mine in Chile.

Holy processionRoman Catholic pilgrims press together while following the

image of the local saint Our Lady of Nazareth as it is paraded during the annual religious festival in Brazil, in the city of Belem. More than 1 million Catholics participated.

Cotton pickingA Kyrgyz woman and her son pick cotton in a field near

the village of Aravan some 15 miles outside Osh, on Oct. 11. Nationalists unexpectedly emerged as the

strongest force in Kyrgyzstan's closely fought elections.

Bog frogA frog floats with cranberries awaiting harvest on a cranberry bog in Wareham, Mass., on Oct.

13.

Act of vengeanceCrowds attack a train and set it on fire after it struck and killed three people in Sirajganj, Bangladesh, on Oct.11.

Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse angry protesters.

Oktoberfestan 11-month-old pug, is pictured wearing miniature traditional Bavarian 'Lederhosen' during a visit with

his owner to Munich's 177th Oktoberfest.

Vocabulary

• embrace• capsule• Emerged• procession• bog• cranberries• disperse