Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Boys wear their clothes after taking a bath in a stream of warm water flowing out of a thermal power plant on the outskirts of Nagpur December 9, 2009. A 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by rich nations would be a "pretty good" result for a U.N. climate summit even though it falls short of developing nations' hopes, the head of the U.N. climate panel said on Tuesday.
  2. Hong Kong's Chan Ho Ling plays against Japan's Yuki Omiya in game two of the women's team squash final at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong December 9, 2009.
  3. Garbage burns in the backdrop of sewage water released in an open field fenced for real estate development, in Gurgaon, India, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries and activists who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.
  4. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 09: Designer Catherine Martin poses as she hosts a Designer Rugs cocktail evening at their Edgecliff showroom on December 9, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  5. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 09: Designer Catherine Martin poses as she hosts a Designer Rugs cocktail evening at their Edgecliff showroom on December 9, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  6. Hong Kong's Chan Ho Ling celebrates after defaeting Japan's Yuki Omiya game two of the women's team squash final at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong December 9, 2009.
  7. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 09: Designer Catherine Martin poses as she hosts a Designer Rugs cocktail evening at their Edgecliff showroom on December 9, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  8. Police inspect the site of a bomb attack in Yala province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Five bombs wounded 14 security forces in Thailand's restive Muslim south on Wednesday as the Thai and Malaysian prime ministers visited the region in a bid to end the violence.
  9. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 09: Designer Catherine Martin poses as she hosts a Designer Rugs cocktail evening at their Edgecliff showroom on December 9, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  10. DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 09: Maria Hjorth of Sweden putting at the 17th hole during the first round of the Dubai Ladies Masters, on the Majilis Course at the Emirates Golf Club on December 9, 2009 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  11. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 09: Designer Catherine Martin poses as she hosts a Designer Rugs cocktail evening at their Edgecliff showroom on December 9, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  12. Canadian director James Cameron poses for the media to promote his latest movie "Avatar" in Moscow December 9, 2009. The film opens in Russian cinemas on December 17.
  13. An Iraqi woman grieves for a relative killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including three car bombs that blew up near government sites.
  14. Police inspect the site of a bomb attack in Yala province, south of Bangkok, December 9, 2009. Five bombs wounded 14 security forces in Thailand's restive Muslim south on Wednesday as the Thai and Malaysian prime ministers visited the region in a bid to end the violence.
  15. Family members show pictures of their killed loved ones, found at the site of Monday's bomb blasts, at the Moon Market in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The twin bombings at the market in eastern Pakistan left dozens dead as militants struck back amid an army offensive against the Taliban, but the country's president said the bombings would not deter the government in its campaign.
  16. A police official stands guard at the site of Monday's bomb blasts at the Moon Market in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The twin bombings at the market in eastern Pakistan left dozens dead as militants struck back amid an army offensive against the Taliban, but the country's president said the bombings would not deter the government in its campaign.
  17. A police official stands guard at the site of Monday's bomb blasts at the Moon Market in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The twin bombings at the market in eastern Pakistan left dozens dead as militants struck back amid an army offensive against the Taliban, but the country's president said the bombings would not deter the government in its campaign.
  18. Indonesian students burn a poster of Vice President Budiono during a demonstration in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009. Thousands of people gathered at rallies throughout Indonesia on Wednesday to demand government action to end widespread corruption among politicians, police and other public officials.