Monday: The day in photos

Bishops attend a session of Catholic bishops at the Vatican on the theme of “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church.” Of the 253 archbishops, bishops and cardinals summoned to the three-week long synod, 51 are from Africa, 62 are from the Americas, 41 are from Asia, 90 are from Europe and nine are from the Pacific with, for the first time, representatives and prelates from other religions.  (Filippo Monteforte / AFP / Getty Images)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a live chicken above his head to perform the Kaparot ritual in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem before the start of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. In Kaparot, prayers are recited to symbolically transfer the sins accumulated through the year into the chicken. The chicken is then slaughtered according to Kosher law, and often the meat is given to charity. Yom Kippur begins at sundown on Wednesday.  (Jim Hollander / EPA)

Palestinian Mariam Mazloum, 60, sorts olives during the harvest in the West Bank village of Janiya near Ramallah. Palestinians began the annual harvest of olives, a staple for many local farmers who use them to make oil.  (Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press)

Amelie Solja of Germany plays during the quarterfinals at the European Table Tennis Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.  (Anatoly Maltsev / EPA)

A constable guards Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. A strict curfew in Indian Kashmir was imposed Sunday as thousands of troops have been deployed to prevent a pro-independence rally from taking place today. The curfew includes all Muslim towns within Indian Kashmir. Separatist leaders also have been detained. Kashmiri people have been protesting against Indian rule claiming that they are alienated from the Indian state and want a platform for autonomy.  (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)

Yuri and Sasha, a pair of rare Amur tigers, get fed at their new home the Highland Wildlife Park in Kincraig, Scotland. With only 500 of the tigers remaining in the wild, wildlife conservationists hope the pair will continue to contribute to the worldwide breeding programm, which acts as a safety-net against extinction.  (Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images)

People walk with bikes in a park in Moscow as leaves turn golden with the onset of autumn.  (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP / Getty Images)

A runner, also known as “mozo,” lies unconscious as he is gored by a young bull during an running of the bulls during the Virgin of Pilar’s festivities at the bull ring in Zaragoza, Spain.  (Javier Cebollada / EPA)