Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Prince Charles; Afghan labourers replenish brick ovens at a brick factory outside Kabul Joe Cada, a 21-year old poker professional from Michigan, poses with bundles of cash after winning $8.5 million in prize money at the World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas People gather on rooftops to survey a damaged street following a car bombing in Charsadda near Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. A suspected car bomb exploded outside a crowded market in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing more than 20 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) The flag-draped casket of Sapper Steven Marshall is brought into the Centre Street Church in Calgary. Sapper Marshall had been in Kandahar, Afghanistan, for less than a week when he was killed by an improvised explosive device while on foot patrol. Coffins of six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are driven through the streets of Wootton Bassett Marie, Kirby Fontaine A man dressed up as Santa Claus is surrounded by children in front of the Santa Claus post office in Himmelpfort in eastern Germany. Children from all over the world can send their letters with Christmas wishes to Himmelpfort and receive an answer from Santa Claus. English golfer Nick Faldo is knighted by the Queen at Windsor Castle. Children wear face masks for protection against the H1N1 flu virus at a school in Bucharest U.S. soldiers pay their respects at a memorial for the shooting victims at Fort Hood, Tex. Chief of the Defence Staff, General Walt Natynczyk, left, greets Captain Trevor Greene at the True Patriot Love dinner in Toronto. Capt. Greene was attacked in Afghanistan while meeting with tribal elders.

More Photos

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Owner of the Malabon Zoo Manny Tangko blows bubbles beside an orangutan during a Christmas event inside the zoo, in metro Manila

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

An activist from the AVAZZ organization (People in Action) looks out of a giant tree as he participates in a demonstration against the cutting of trees at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009. This decade has very likely been the warmest in the historical record, and 2009 will probably end up as one of the warmest years, the U.N. weather agency announced Tuesday at the second day of the 192-nation climate conference in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

An honor guard soldier stands at the Eternal Flame at the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Heavy snow hit the Russian capital for the first time this season as the temperature dropped to -5 C (23 F) after record breaking warm weather in December. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Thursday, December 3, 2009

A visitor looks at a painting by American artist Keith Haring in an exhibition called Just What Is It at the Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Red Carpet

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

The Queen meets singer Lady Gaga following the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, England. Leon Neal/Reuters

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Actor Thomas Kretschmann and model Shermine Shahrivar pose on the red carpet at the 61st Bambi media awards ceremony in Potsdam, Germany. Ahmad Masood/Reuters