Catch a rare glimpse of some royal bloomers as Queen Victoria's undies go under the hammer at an auction house in Edinburgh, a 425-metre long traditional turban makes a dramatic appearance at a Sikh celebration and extreme body art impresses Londoners in Piccadilly Circus.
The Pope travels by rail, a meerkat gets chomped by a Halloween pumpkin and a restaurant substitutes dining seats for toilet seats - all in the pictures of the day below: