September 30, 2013

9
A Capitol Guide Service employee leads a group of tourists through Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Members of the Capitol Guide Service are not considered "essential" employees and tours will halt upon a federal government shutdown if lawmakers do not pass a budget by midnight.

10
Orthodox monk Father Ioakim, 74, looks at a street graffiti, which displays Siberian characters of the 19th century including an Russian Orthodox monk, in Divnogorsk town outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

11
People work on non-functioning electrical items at a so-called 'Repair Cafe' in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, Germany.

12
A girl dressed in traditional attire poses as she takes part in rehearsals for the "garba" dance ahead of Navratri festival in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Sept. 29, 2013.