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Pakistani students hold pictures of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last Tuesday by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a tribute at the Pakistani Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.Kamran Jebreili/The Associated Press

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A Filipino Muslim woman flashes peace signs after hearing news of the signing of a preliminary peace pact between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines.AARON FAVILA/The Associated Press

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Tourists walk along raised gangways above the floodwaters as others wade through the water in St. Mark’s square as high tides reach 1.05 meters above sea level, partly flooding the city of Venice, Italy.Luigi Costantini/The Associated Press

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A one-month-old white lion cub plays in an enclosure at Leon's Zoo in Leon, Mexico.Reuters

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Indian policewomen detain female government employees during a protest in Srinagar, Kashmir. The protesters demanded their long pending arrears and an increase in retirement age from 58 years to 60 years, union leaders said.FAYAZ AZIZ/Reuters

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A member of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) holds a rooster that was culled in a poultry farm infected by H5N1 bird flu virus at Bode in Bhaktapur, Nepal.NAVESH CHITRAKAR/Reuters

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People pray as they mourn the late former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Norodom Sihanouk died on Monday in a Beijing hospital. He was 89.DAMIR SAGOLJ/Reuters

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Hindu devotees dry their saris in the wind after taking a holy dip in the River Ganges on the occasion of Somvati Amavasya in Allahabad, India.Rajesh Kumar Singh/The Associated Press

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Indian beggars wait for alms to be distributed during Tarpan, a ritual for the peace of the souls of ancestors, on the banks of the River Ganges in Kolkata, India.Bikas Das/The Associated Press

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Dr. David O'Connell, a Research Associate in the Ecohydrology Research Group in the Earth and Environmental Science Department, University of Waterloo, installs and programs a surface water sampler on Spencer Creek, just downstream from the Valens Reservoir in Ontario. With him is masters student Sana Louie. They are studying the mobilization of nutrients during a flood pulse event, such as when a reservoir is emptied, which is scheduled to happen on Tuesday.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Eddie Tilley, 60, an injured worker on disability, stands with his signs while attending the anniversary of the Occupy Toronto movement at St. James Park.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail

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Young people gather at a memorial honoring teen Amanda Todd in Maple Ridge, B.C. Todd, a victim of bullying, took her own life last Wednesday.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday slides into San Francisco Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro during the first inning of Game 2 of their MLB NLCS playoff baseball series in San Francisco.STEPHEN LAM/Reuters

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Ontario's Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty walks out of the Government Caucus room at the Ontario Legislature with his wife Terri after resigning.Chris Young/The Globe and Mail

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