Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Indian Buddhists nuns attend a special prayer session 'Avalokesteshvara Initiation' for Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at Yid-Gha-Choezin in Tawang, in the northwestern corner of Arunachal Pradesh state, on November 10, 2009. The Dalai Lama held a mass audience with tens of thousands of devotees November 9 on a 'non-political' visit to a region near India's border with Tibet that has drawn shrill protests from China.
  2. Indian Buddhists receive holy threads at a special prayer session 'Avalokesteshvara Initiation' for Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at Yid-Gha-Choezin in Tawang, in the northwestern corner of Arunachal Pradesh state, on November 10, 2009. The Dalai Lama held a mass audience with tens of thousands of devotees November 9 on a 'non-political' visit to a region near India's border with Tibet that has drawn shrill protests from China.
  3. PARIS - NOVEMBER 10: Benjamin Becker of Germany serves as a ball girl looks on during his first round match against Nikolay Davydenko of Russia during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on November 10, 2009 in Paris, France.
  4. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: All Blacks coach Graham Henry looks on during the New Zealand training session at Arena Civica on November 10, 2009 in Milan, Italy.
  5. TOKYO - NOVEMBER 10: Peruvian President Alan Garcia (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama during the signing ceremony at Hatoyama's official residence on November 10, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Garcia is on two days visit to Japan to strengthen the bilateral relationship.
  6. German vice-chancellor Guido Westerwelle and Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere (L) listen to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's address at the lower house of parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin November 10, 2009.
  7. A worker, lacking eye protection, welds a motorised two-wheeler with his eyes closed at a workshop in Mumbai November 10, 2009. India's annual industrial output growth probably cooled in September but was still robust on festival demand, and analysts said stimulus measures needed to continue next year to make the recovery durable.
  8. A mechanic works at a metal workshop in Mumbai November 10, 2009. India's annual industrial output growth probably cooled in September but was still robust on festival demand, and analysts said stimulus measures needed to continue next year to make the recovery durable.
  9. A mechanic works at a metal workshop in Mumbai November 10, 2009. India's annual industrial output growth probably cooled in September but was still robust on festival demand, and analysts said stimulus measures needed to continue next year to make the recovery durable.
  10. A girl displays her tattoo copied from the signature of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as she visits the mausoleum of Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara November 10, 2009. Thousands of Turks visited Ataturk's mausoleum on his 71st death anniversary. Ataturk, the first president of Turkey from 1923 and founder of the modern secular state, died on November 10, 1938. He was 57.
  11. In this photo released by the Inamori Foundation, Kyoto Prize laureate Peter Grant, center, smiles with Inamori Foundation Chairman Hiroo Imura, right, after being awarded Kyoto Prize during an awarding ceremony in Kyoto, Japan, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Grant, evolutionary biologist from Princeton University, and his wife, Rosemary, won the prize in biological sciences for their decades of research on evolution in the Galapagos Islands.
  12. Buddhist devotees pray during a preaching session of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Tawang, near the frontier with Chinese-controlled Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. China has protested the Tibetan spiritual leader's week long visit to the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, that began Sunday after months of rising friction between India and China.
  13. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and Japan's Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii pose for photographers before their meeting at a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Geithner is in Tokyo before flying on to an Asian summit in Singapore on Thursday.
  14. Swiss Minister of Justice Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf looks on during a news conference at the Geneva press Club in Geneva November 10, 2009. Switzerland will hold a referendum on banning the construction of new minarets on November 29 after a group of politicians from the Swiss People's Party (SVP) and Federal Democratic Union gathered enough signatures last year to force the vote.
  15. Britain's Health Secretary Andy Burnham attends a monthly news conference at 10 Downing Street in London November 10, 2009.
  16. A Buddhist monk wearing prayer beads on his head, attends a preaching session of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Tawang, near the frontier with Chinese-controlled Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. China has protested the Tibetan spiritual leader's week long visit to the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, that began Sunday after months of rising friction between India and China.
  17. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and Japan's Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii shake hands before their meeting at a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo, Nov. 10, 2009. Geithner is in Tokyo before flying on to an Asian summit in Singapore on Thursday.
  18. Buddhist devotees pray during the preaching session of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Tawang, near the frontier with Chinese-controlled Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. China has protested the Tibetan spiritual leader's weeklong visit to the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, that began Sunday after months of rising friction between India and China.