October assignment: cover competition – in pictures

A 1974 street scene in Tokyo, Japan Photograph: Dennis Stock/Magnum A pedestrian scramble at Shibuya intersection, Tokyo Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian A horse at Cheltenham national hunt racing festival Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian A studio scene in Paris, France, in 2001 Photograph: Massoud Golsorkhi Bedgebury National Pinetum, near the Kent/East Sussex border Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Closeup of primulas Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain, in 1956 Photograph: Denis Thorpe for the Guardian Speed of Light, an art installation at Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh formed by attaching LED lights to runners Photograph: Murdo Macleod