A lighter look

Catwalk or dog-walk? A model and his owner step out during the MAN show at the London Collections: Men AW13 at the Old Sorting Office in London. Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage

A not very ticklish turtle receives a quick belly scrub in the ocean display tank during the annual 'deep clean' at Sea Life, London Aquarium on the South Bank. Photograph: Mikael Buck/PA

Land ahoy! I told you we should have gone straight on at the bridge! The yacht Princess 98 in Düsseldorf, Germany, on her way to the upcoming International Boat Fair. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AP

Make sure you get my good side - a journalist photographs an African bullfrog during the annual stocktaking at Dresden Zoo, eastern Germany. Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP

Will the festive fun never end? The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, poses with young carol singers at the Chancellery in Berlin. Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Up close and personal: divers perform with Beluga whales inside a tank at the Harbin Polarland Aquarium, part of the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, in Heilongjiang province, northern China. Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

Just when you thought the commute couldn't get any worse … Indonesian clown Andri Hendri performs on a train in Jakarta. Photograph: Beawiharts/Reuters

So who's wearing the trousers? Models appear on the catwalk during the JW Anderson Autumn/Winter menswear show as part of the London Collections: Men event at the Old Sorting Office, London. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Ever feel like you are swimming against the tide? The US president, Barack Obama, jumps into the ocean at Pyramid Rock Beach in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Photograph: The White House/Getty Images

Comrades in arms - The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, (R) holds a brief meeting with French actor Gérard Depardieu, who is on a private visit to Russia. Depardieu was later given a Russian passport. Photograph: Klimentyev Mikhail/Corbis

Hurry, only 349 shopping days until Christmas! Bargain-hunters crawl under the shutter during the opening of Cora general store, in Mons, outside Lille, northern France, on the first day of the winter sales. Photograph: Michel Spingler/AP