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Bristol in Pics: Circus acts and Aqua the tiger

News imageSOULMEDIA/GIUGLIOTTO A female fire performer standing on stage as she holds up a baton lit with fire either end in one of her hands. She has tattoos and is wearing a black outfit. The photo has been taken at night.SOULMEDIA/GIUGLIOTTO

As the colder weeks draw, in the people in city came out in their best costumes to honour spooky season.

There was also a moment of reflection for black British, African, Caribbean and African American service people who fought in World War Two.

And there was plenty to celebrate after Noah's Ark Zoo welcomed Aqua, a tiger rescued from traffickers in Eastern Europe.

News imageSOULMEDIA/GIUGLIOTTO An actor attempting to scare a visitor at the FEAR Scream Park. He has short brown hair and is wearing dark goggles with red spirals on white lenses. The young woman he is attempting to scare appears to be laughing.SOULMEDIA/GIUGLIOTTO

Creep it real: Visitors at FEAR Avon Valley Scream Park got their thrills this Halloween week at the attraction's haunted houses and spooky mazes.

News imageSOULMEDIA/GIUGLIOTTO Two stage performers at one of FEAR Scream Park's night time events. One performer is leaning their body towards the camera and has one hand on their head and the other in front of them. They are both wearing white tightly-fitted outfits and are illuminated by the lighting.SOULMEDIA/GIUGLIOTTO

As well as spooky street performances, the immersive attraction has a variety of of live performances and fire shows.

News imageInaz Hussein A colourful photo banner with a collage showing several different images of black Britons who fought in World War Two.Inaz Hussein

Remember them: Descendants of Bristol's World War Two veterans gathered at the Bristol Beacon on Thursday to honour black British, African, Caribbean and African American service people who fought in the war.

News imageUrmilla Doraswami Joyce Morris pictured in front of the World War Two photo banner. She has short grey hair with a black head scarf and is wearing pearl earrings and red lipstick. She is smiling at the camera.Urmilla Doraswami

Bristol bus boycott activist Joyce Morris-Wisdom is pictured here in front of a photo banner commissioned by Paula Ogun Hector. The exhibition, called Tapestry of Black Britons, is on display at the Bristol Beacon until Monday.

News imageBBC Weather Watchers/Sarah Hopscotch A rainbow over a field in Thornbury taken on a cloudy autumnal day.BBC Weather Watchers/Sarah Hopscotch

When it rains: BBC Weather Watcher Sarah Hopscotch captured this lovely image of an autumnal rainbow over the skies of Thornbury on Saturday.

News imagePA Aqua the tiger pictured in front of some trees. The tiger is quite big with orange and black stripes. The animal's head is turned to the side.PA

Easy tiger: Aqua, a tiger which was rescued from traffickers in eastern Europe, has been given a new home in Bristol.

Aqua was brought to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Wraxall as part of a project to protect threatened carnivores.

News imageKhali Ackford A man with red hair juggling on stage. He is wearing a red vest top with a red and green floral pattern.Khali Ackford

Juggling act: Celebrated juggler Wes Peden closed the international festival Circus City: Bodies of Care to a full house at Circomedia.

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