Grain elevator At least three people die in an explosion in a grain elevator in the US town of Atchison, Kansas.
Nor'easter A rare October snow storm hits the Northeastern United States and mid-Atlantic United States, leaving millions without power and killing two.
Pedestrian bridge Thirty people are feared dead after a footbridge in India's Arunachal Pradesh collapses into the Kameng River.
Australian The Australian airline Qantas grounds its entire fleet due to an ongoing union dispute, with a lockout to start on October 31, 2011.
War A rogue member of the Afghan National Army opens fire on Australian Army soldiers in Kandahar Province killing four, including an Afghan interpreter.
A suicide bomber targets a NATO convoy in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul, killing at least four Afghans, eight civilians, and five members of the International Security Assistance Force.