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Day in photos: Sept. 27, 2012

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A site coordinator walks past a Luminarium installation by British designer Alan Parkinson during the British Arts Festival in Wuhan, China. REUTERS
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Indian Muslims gather for a protest against the controversial film “Innocence of Muslims” in Kolkata. AFP/Getty Images
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A model presents a creation by Ann Demeulemeester during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris. AFP/Getty Images
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People with disabilities take part in a protest against the Greek government’s new austerity measures, including cuts of their allowances. Greece’s three-party coalition government agreed today on the “main points” of a 13.5-billion-euro ($17.4 billion) austerity package tied to the release of vital EU-IMF rescue loans. AFP/Getty Images
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A monkey crosses telephone wires over a street in New Delhi, India. AP Photo
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A child touches a Bad Piggy stuffed toy from the Angry Birds game during a press conference in Taipei. “Angry Birds” maker Rovio is set to launch a new title allowing users to play as the “Bad Piggies” from the smash-hit game and take revenge on the birds who attacked them with slingshots. AFP/Getty Images
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An Indian boy dives into the River Ganges as tourists ride a boat in Varanasi, India. AP Photo
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Visitors tour the illuminated decorations and lighting of small bulbs set up at popular Victoria Park to celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong. AP Photo
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A couple ride their bicycles during an autumn day in Moscow’s Izmaylovsky Park. An exhibition and entertainment complex imitating the architecture of old Russian churches and palaces is seen in the background. AP Photo
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A visitor looks at Nancy Fouts’s “Don’t Touch,” at the AKA Peace exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) in central London. Bran Symondson, a former soldier, conceived the AKA Peace project, in which artists turn decommissioned AK-47 assault rifles into works of art. REUTERS
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A Peugeot Onyx concept-car is displayed on media day at the Paris Mondial de l’Automobile. The Paris auto show opens its doors to the public from September 29 to October 14. REUTERS
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A policeman leads inmates tied to a rope along a road in China’s Sichuan province. REUTERS
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Contestants in “Miss Bumbum Brasil 2012,” a competition for the cutest bottom, line up in Osasco, a surburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazil’s 27 states and Federal District representatives compete for the cutest bottom. Competitors will be eliminated to 15 by Internet voting and the winner will be chosen at the grand final in Sao Paulo in November. AFP/Getty Images