A lighter look – in pictures

Nick Clegg looking a little unsure about how to handle strikers, at the Liberal Democrats' autumn conference in Glasgow. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

First pushy parenting … and now pushy kids. Four-year-old Reign Schlander pushes heavyweight Kelly Gneiting out of the ring before the start of the US Sumo Open in Los Angeles. Photograph: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

For whom the bell lolls - herdsmen lead cattle through the morning mist to their stables in the valley near Oberstdorf, southern Germany. Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP

Seeing spots? A model presents a creation by the Spanish designer Carlos Diez during Madrid fashion week. Photograph: Juanjo Martin/EPA

...or feeling a bit blue? A reveller celebrates the anniversary of El Salvador's independence. Photograph: Xinhua /Landov / Barcroft Media

A cabbage tries to escape the judges during the vegetable championships at the Harrogate autumn flower show in North Yorkshire. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/Guardian

Pig-headed: a woman in a pig costume protests over the "pork barrel" scam, the alleged misuse of development assistance funds, at Luneta Park in Manila. Photograph: Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images

Men behaving madly: members of the Brazilian dance company Gentlemen de Rua perform on the steps of the Municipal theatre in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters

Must be a trunk call. Miss Portugal, Elisabete Rodrigues, poses with a Sumatran elephant during a visit to Bali Safari Park. Photograph: --/AFP/Getty Images

Runway runaway: a model skateboards down the catwalk at the Sara Coleman show during Madrid fashion week. Photograph: Juan Naharro Gimenez/Getty Images

Watch out Wiggo! Two late entrants to the Tour of Britain entertain the crowds at the finish line in Kendal. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Guess who I had on the back of my bus? Angela Merkel on tour before the German elections this weekend. Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images