Protesters, one wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and holding a poster that reads “The revolution starts from Rosia Montana,” sit on the pavement, blocking the traffic in front of the Romanian parliament during a protest against a Canadian gold mining project in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alim Silalahi, a worker, dries boiled soy beans as he makes tempeh, fermented soy bean cake, at a home factory in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Monday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two women cover their mouths and noses with a jacket as they cross a street covered by dense smog in Harbin, northern China. Visibility shrank to less than half a football field and small-particle pollution soared to a record 40 times higher than an international safety standard in one northern Chinese city as the region entered its high-smog season. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An auction house worker poses for the photographers next to a Roman marble female head dating to the late 1st century B.C., early 1st century A.D. in central London. The artifact is one of 130 lots that will be offered in Christie’s sale of Antiquities on Oct. 24. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An Indian woman shows her husband her hand after getting it painted with henna on the eve of the Hindu festival “Karwa Chauth” in Allahabad, India. Karwa Chauth is celebrated in northern India where married women fast a day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Geese of the Landi GmbH company are taken to their barn in Veckenstedt, Germany, on Monday. The company raises up to 8,000 geese every year to sell them at Christmas. Roast goose is also a traditional food for St. Martin on Nov. 11. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man with a cart passes in front of a street painting Monday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The mural, by artist Alfredo Segatori, known as “Pelado”, covers a wall of a bridge in the Palermo neighborhood. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland announces Monday he is stepping down during a news conference at Comerica Park in Detroit. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Sparks Middle School student cries and is comforted Monday after being released from Agnes Risley Elementary School, where some students were evacuated to after a shooting at SMS in Sparks, Nev. A middle school student opened fire before school, wounding two boys and killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children. The gunman also is dead. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS