Week in pics: ferocious zombies, blazing Nascars and athletic bravery

Driver David Ragan catches fire in an on-track incident during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.

A colourful spectacle emerges as planes fly over the grid before the Formula One Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo di Monza in Monza, Italy.

Californian International Bird Rescue has reported an unexplained increase in the number of malnourished sea birds, such as this rescued murre.

Men's archery teram claims bronze.

Migrants from the Middle East walk along a railroad separating Serbia and Hungary.

Stan Wawrinka serves during his Round Three singles match at the US Open.

A French bull runner competes in a Spanish 'Corte Puro' competition. The aim is to get as close to the bull as possible without being gored.

A traditional fisherman rides a small boat as clouds shadow over Inle Lake in Myanmars northeastern Shan state.

A UTEP Miners player makes a tackle better suited to the playground than a professional sporting game.

Tobacconists wear kangaroo costumes and masks as they hold placards reading in French 'Neutral cigarette packaging Doesn't work in Australia'. Demonstrators dumped tons of carrots in front of the Economy Ministry building to protest against the French government's proposed plain packaging legislation.

Simona Halep of Romania returns the ball in her US Open match against Sabine Lisicki of Germany.

We promise it's just make-up. This participant in the Zombie Walk in Duesseldorf, Germany, put some serious effort into his costume.

Actor Arturo Brachetti is ecstatic as he arrives for the screening of 'Rabin, The Last Day' shown at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido.

Chewie and the Stormtroopers take the field on Star Wars Day before a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.

A young migrant boy tries on shoes donated by the people of Hungary at Keleti station in Budapest, Hungary.

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