October 6, 2008: Today in Pictures

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October 6, 2008: Today in Pictures

Today's best photos: around the world in pictures is a daily look at photos from Atlanta, national and world news, entertainment, sports and celebrities through the eyes of photographers from ajc.com and other sources.

On Monday Ashley Robinson (formerly Ashley Smith) testifies under the questioning of lead prosecutor, Kellie Hill (right) to show how Robinson was bound by alleged gunman Brian Nichols in 2005. Nichols is accused of killing three people at the Fulton County Court House and a customs agent in North Atlanta in 2005.

Colombian Air Force helicopters fly during an exhibition to celebrate the Air Force Academy's anniversary in Cali, Colombia, on Sunday.

Amanda Kang, 9, is outfitted with the traditional Korean garb called hanbok before performing a "Hwakwannmu" dance in norcross at Saturday's Rice Festival. Kang is with the Atlanta Dance Academy.

On Monday brokers at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, watch European stock markets plunge as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe fail to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth.

The fog rises to almost cover two runners in midtown Atlanta's Piedmont Park on Monday morning. The high temperature for today is expected to be 84-degrees with lows in the 50's for the rest of the week.

Texans' quarterback Sage Rosenfels (18) flies over Indianapolis Colts' defensive end Dwight Freeney (93) after being hit by Raheem Brock (79) in Houston on Sunday. Rosenfels fumbled the ball and the Colts returned the fumble for a touchdown.

Dressed as a Civil War widow in the first stage of mourning, Carolyn Balog of Hampton walks among the graves at Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery during the Sunday in the Park street festival.

A man walks in a boulevard in downtown Moscow on Monday where autumn is in full swing.

Newcomer Ashton Shepherd wows the crowd during the Alan Jackson Country music show at Alpharetta's Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Sunday night.

Falcons wide receiver Michael Jenkins (12) makes a spectacular catch on 3rd down to keep a 4th quarter drive alive and draws an unneccessary roughness penalty from Packers cornerback Will Blackmon in Green Bay on Sunday.

Dogs wait in line to be blessed during a blessing of the animals service outside the San Francisco church in Lima, Peru, on Sunday.

Mallory Poteet of Kennesaw hangs out in front of the dart boards at Three Bears Cafe in Marietta.

An election official takes the fingerprints of an Afghan woman for her voter identity card at the registration office north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Afghanistan began registering voters for next year's presidential polls, an election likely to be the most dangerous and challenging since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001.

N'dine Drame displays her style which she describes as "edgy with a classic twist" in her boyfriend's Castleberry home in Atlanta. Drame weas a vintage jacket from the 80's a skirt by Claudia Reis from Germany, shoes by Joy, and a vintage Chanel clutch.

Waitresses swing skirts and celebrate the end of the Oktoberfest 2008 beer festival in Munich, Germany, on Sunday evening. Thousands visited the world largest beer festival during the last two weeks.

Turn eight corner marshal Ted Johns waves the blue passing flag as the class leader in the P1 Peugeot team's #7 car passes at the Petit Le Mans road race at Road Atlanta on Saturday.

Thrashers forward Ilya Kovalchuk (left) and forward Colby Armstrong celebrate a goal against the Predators during their NHL pre-eason hockey matchup in Atlanta on Friday.

Sedric Griffin (54) celebrates with Georgia Tech fans after the Yellow Jackets defeated Duke 27-0 in Atlanta on Saturday.

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On Monday Ashley Robinson (formerly Ashley Smith) testifies under the questioning of lead prosecutor, Kellie Hill (right) to show how Robinson was bound by alleged gunman Brian Nichols in 2005. Nichols is accused of killing three people at the Fulton County Court House and a customs agent in North Atlanta in 2005.

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