Photo of the Day: England Basks in its Hottest October Day on Record

Crowds of sun seekers fill the beach on October 1 in Brighton, England. The U.K.’s national weather service the Met Office says Saturday’s temperature reached 85.8 F (29.9 C) at Gravesend in southeast England. That is the highest October temperature since records began a century ago, beating the previous high of 84.9 F (29.4 C) reached on Oct. 4, 1985. (Peter MacDiarmid / Getty Images / AP)

Photo of the Day: Across the MINI

London 2012 Olympics long jump hopeful British athlete J.J. Jegede successfully jumps over the roof of three MINI cars in central London, on September 28, 2011, during a photocall to promote a new MINI vehicle. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

Photo of the Day: Diver Swims with Whale Shark in Yantai, China

An aquarium employee swims with a whale shark in an aquarium tank in the city of Yantai, northeastern Shandong province, China. Yantai is expecting a surge in tourist arrivals for the upcoming national day celebrations. (AFP / Getty Images)

Photo of the Day: Nevermind

Water Babies has recreated the classic Nirvana Nevermind album cover to celebrate its 20th anniversary and release of the Deluxe Edition later this month (26 September). Water Babies is the world’s largest baby swimming company, specialising in teaching parents how to teach their children to swim from birth. Water Babies offer an underwater baby photography service at the end of each course, allowing parents to capture their little ones floating under water, just like Finlay Davies Muir, photographed here. (Jez Dixon for Water Babies)

Photo of the Day: Her Second Birthday

African lion Adia celebrates her 2nd birthday at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Wash. (Dennis Dow/Woodland Park Zoo) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Heavy Rains Fall over Bangkok

Heavy rain falls over the city of Bangkok at sunset during the monsoon season on Sept. 18. The East Asian monsoon is a monsoonal flow that carries moist air from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean to East Asia. It affects approximately one-third of the global population, influencing the climate of Japan, the Koreas, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and much of mainland China. (Nicolas Asfouri / AFP – Getty Images) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: The Largest Collection of Stuffed Dogs in the World

The largest collection of stuffed dogs in the world, was created by the last owner of the Bitov Castle, Baron George Haas, who commited suicide in 1945 before deportation to Austria, at Bitov Castle in Bitov, South Moravia. The Baron had thousands of animals and around 200 dogs, of which 51 were stuffed after their death and are part of the Guinness World Record collection. (Radek Mica/AFP/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Children Watch Revealing Lingerie Show

Underage spectators are simply too captivated. (chinaSMACK)

Photo of the Day: Runaway Planes

Airplanes sit on the runway at the Bloomsburg Airport in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania as floodwater from the Susquehanna River continues to cover the airport. (Jimmy May/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Paint it Black

Riot police stand guard after been attacked with paint bombs by protesters, during a demonstration by students and teachers on September 7, 2011, in Bogota, Colombia, during the National March for the defense of public education. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA/AFP/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Sitting in the English Garden

22-year-old Jana and her dog Rocco sit in the summer weather in the English Garden in Munich, southern Germany on September 6, 2011. Germany is experiencing a mix of sunny and rainy weather. (SVEN HOPPE/AFP/Getty Images)

Photo of the Day: White Power

An albino hedgehog walks in the Zoo of the Botanical Garden (Dendrarium) in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, on September 5, 2001. The hedgehog was found at one of the construction sites of the 2014 Winter Olympics. (MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Inside the Afghan Barbershop

Photos of Indian movie stars adorn an Afghan barbershop at Forward Operating Base Bostick in the Kunar Province of northeastern Afghanistan. The area, a major infiltration route for Taliban fighters coming from Pakistan, has seen some of the heaviest fighting of the Afghan war. (John Moore/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.

Photo of Holden Crater on Mars

Holden crater is 87 miles wide, filling the left side of the image, while to the right is the remaining part of Eberswalde crater, which has a diameter of about 40 miles. They are located in the southern highlands of Mars. (NASA)

Photo of the Day: Giant Wave

A body surfer rides a high wave at the Wedge in Newport Beach, California. Waves measuring up to 20 feet pounded the beach as a winter storm off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand brought unusally high surf to Southern California beaches. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Run for Your Life

A crowd of Chinese tourists run away as a tidal bore breaks through the dam by the Qiangtang River in Haining, east China’s Zhejiang province on August 31, 2011. Visitors gather to experience the Qianjiang Tidal Bore from early morning, an annual tradition for the residents living nearby. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Comic Book Fans Gathered in NYC to Celebrate New DC Comics Release

Fans at DC Comics Midnight Madness Event Celebrating the release of New No. 1 issue of “Justice League” at Mid Town Comics on August 30, 2011 in New York City. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

Photo of the Day: Emergency Rescue

One of two people rescued from a sailboat, right, uses a line to make his way onto the beach on Willoughby Spit in Norfolk after they were rescued from the boat that foundered in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. A rescuer, left, waits for the second person to exit the boat. (Bill Tiernan/TheVirginian-Pilot) Click photo to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Hurricane Rider

Cory Ritz braces himself as a wave bursts onto a pier at the Boynton Beach inlet from Hurricane Irene. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Me, Myself & Irene

Hurricane Irene (top center) churns over the Bahamas in this MODIS satellite image. Irene, now a Category 3 storm with winds of 120 miles per hour, is projected to possibly clip the Outer Banks region of North Carolina before moving up the eastern seaboard of the U.S. (NASA via Getty Images)

Photo of the Day: Deepwater Dweller

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released this photo, taken in 2002 about one mile deep near a huge underwater volcano near Monterey Bay, which shows this strange marine animal, thought to be a new species that has yet to be described or named. It is a type of mollusk, called ‘nudibranch’, that sheds its shell early in life. Scientists think there are millions of species, like this one, that have yet to be named or even discovered. (NOAA)

Photo of the Day: Unexpected Crash

A salt spreader dangled three stories high Wednesday after it crashed though a wall at a Sanitation Department repair facility in Queens. The cause of the crash is under investigation. (Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Dangerous Kiss

A python regius inspects the head of a bunny on August 17, 2011 in Leipzig, eastern Germany, during a photocall to promote the “Hund & Heimtier” pet fair. Organisers of the fair running from August 20 to 21, 2011 expect among others about 5,000 dogs to be presented. (PETER ENDIG/AFP/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: Bad Boy

A seal turned up on a beach near Inwood Hill Park off Dyckman Street in Manhattan Wednesday. Citing marine biologists, local police said the seal has been known to visit the area on occasion. (Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal) Click image to zoom.

Photo of the Day: The Zoo Star

Scooter the sea lion at Central Park Zoo. (Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal) Click image to zoom.