The MOST awesome photographs in the last 48 hours

We present a collection of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the last 48 hours!

Opening photograph: Belgian riot police are covered with foam sprayed by Belgian firefighters during a protest for better work conditions in central Brussels, on Monday.

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A demonstrator from the group called Black Bloc runs outside the municipal assembly during a protest supporting a teachers' strike in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday.

The protest is to demand changes in the public state and municipal education system.

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A volunteer from the newly formed Aam Aadmi Party, wearing a cap showing a broom, the party's election symbol, campaigns in the old quarters of Delhi.

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Tourists ride camels during National Day Golden Week, a seven-day national holiday, at the Mingsha Shan oasis in Dunhuang, Gansu province, China.

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man reacts upon hearing news about the death of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual mentor of the ultra-religious Shas political party, in Jerusalem.

Yosef, an Iraqi-born sage who turned an Israeli underclass of Sephardic Jews of Middle Eastern heritage into a powerful political force, died on Monday at the age of 93, plunging masses of followers into mourning.

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Rashaad Gomez practises parkour in a park in New York. Parkour, the free-wheeling outdoor sport of vaulting, bouncing, jumping and flipping through the urban jungle, has inspired a new breed of indoor fitness centers where buildings are boxes, sidewalks are mats and caverns are foam pits.

Fitness experts say the soft landings, controlled environment and instruction in these gyms have transformed the risky pastime of urban youth into a fitness option accessible to just about everyone.

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Britain's Prince William trains in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, in central London, on Monday.

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A commuter looks out of the window of a 60-year-old cable car in the town of Chiatura, some 220 km northwest of Tbilisi, Georgia.

Dating to the Soviet era, Chiatura's public cable cars were built to facilitate the manganese mining industry, which formed the bedrock of the town's economy. Sixty years later, 15 of Chiatura's 21 cable car routes are still running, covering a total length of over 6000 meters, and they are still the quickest and most convenient way of getting around, despite their advanced years.

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A view of a sign stand at the US Capitol in Washington. As the U.S. Government shut down enters its 9th day, US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said that there is "no way" Republican lawmakers will agree to a measure to raise the nation's debt ceiling unless it includes conditions to rein in deficit spending.

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Workers put up a sign on a newly constructed office and apartment building in the heart of London.

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Widows sing and dance inside a marquee where an idol of Hindu goddess Durga is installed ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, on Monday.

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Artist JR poses with his public art installation "Actions" on the Terrace at Somerset House in London. The art installation includes a photo booth where the public can get their photos taken and printed onto poster paper which are immediately posted onto the surrounding walls and pavement.

The installation will run until Friday at Somerset House and then move to Lazarides Gallery until November 14, according to Somerset House's spokesperson.

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People take pictures of a storm surge under the influence of Typhoon Fitow in Wenling, Zhejiang province, China.

China issued a red alert ahead of Typhoon Fitow, which landed at east of the country on early Monday, according to local media.

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A combination picture shows family photos and mementos (L) on a grave stone of US Army Staff Sgt Quadi Hudgins, who died in Iraq, which were later removed (R) at the Arlington National Cemetery.

The cemetery has recently begun enforcing a policy that forbids the placing of mementos on graves which contains graves from those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The cleanup has outraged many families of those buried here.

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Members of Bolivia's National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu, a confederation to politically represent certain indigenous communities, sit outside the congress building as they keep vigil for their leaders who have been on a hunger strike for the last four days, in La Paz, Chile, on Monday.

The CONAMAQ are protesting against the results of the last census, which caused the geographical region they represent to lose congressional seats for the next legislative elections in 2014, according to local media.

The hunger strikers called off their protest on Monday, when it became clear their action would not elicit the government to alter the results of the census.

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