Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Palestinian taxis with posters of the late leader Yasser Arafat, center left and President Mahmoud Abbas, center right, are seen in the West Bank town of Nablus, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The fifth anniversary of Arafat's death will be marked on Monday. Arafat died Nov. 11, 2004, in a Paris hospital at age 75.
  2. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, during a joint press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Bildt, whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, says no change is expected in the number of European troops in Afghanistan.
  3. In this image taken off TV footage aired by Express News, shown is a view of destruction caused after a suicide attack in Charsadda near Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. A suspected car bomb exploded just outside a crowded market in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 20 people and wounding 55, police said.
  4. A woman lays flowers on a monument with the names of some 20,000 victims of the communist rule, in downtown Sofia on November 10, 2009. Bulgaria spent 45 years under communist rule which collapsed on November 10, 1989.
  5. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 10: Singer Seal performs on stage at the State Theatre on November 10, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  6. HERZOGENAURACH, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 10: 'Deutscher Fussball Bund' is stitched in the back of the new German FIFA World Cup 2010 jersey 'Teamgeist' seen at the adidas Brand Center on November 10, 2009 in Herzogenaurach, Germany.
  7. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 10: Singer Seal performs on stage at the State Theatre on November 10, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  8. U.S. soldiers stand guard during a patrol in Baghdad Island resort in northern Baghdad, November 10, 2009.
  9. Twentieth century chandeliers in the Louis XV style from the private collection of late French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent and French businessman Pierre Berge are on display November 10, 2009 ahead of auction in Paris.
  10. A woman pushes a trolley outside a Karstadt Multimedia-Markt retailer in Berlin's Biesdorf district November 10, 2009. Karstadt, German retail group Arcandor's insolvent department store chain, is in good shape to stay in business for the time being as the search for an investor begins, its administrator said.
  11. A view of a salon with furnishings from the private collection of late French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent and French businessman Pierre Berge are on display November 10, 2009 ahead of auction in Paris.
  12. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 10: Singer Seal performs on stage at the State Theatre on November 10, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  13. BIRKENHEAD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 10: Members of the 'Magnificent Seven' lottery syndicate that won a share of the UK's biggest ever lottery pose with their cheque during a news conference on 10 November 2009. Birkenhead, England. (L-R) Emma Cartwright, Ceri Scullion, Sean Connor, Alex Parry, James Bennett, Donna Rhodes and John Walsh scooped a £45,570,835.50 share of a total jackpot of £90 million giving them £ 6.5 million each.
  14. Buddhist people stretch their arms to receive holy threads from a volunteer during the teaching session by their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Tawang in the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh November 10, 2009. Tibet's exiled spiritual leader has been on a visit to Tawang since Sunday.
  15. Children wear face masks for protection against the H1N1 flu virus at a school in Bucharest November 10, 2009. Romania's health authorities declared on Tuesday that 1001 people have been infected with the H1N1 virus since the first case in the Balkan country was reported in May.
  16. Flanked by Oliver Bierhoff, left, manager of the German national soccer team, and headcoach Joachim Loew, right, national soccer players, from left, Michael Ballack, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Per Mertesacker present the new jerseys of the German national soccer team for the upcoming soccer World Cup in South Africa in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
  17. Flanked by Oliver Bierhoff, left, manager of the German national soccer team, and headcoach Joachim Loew, right, national soccer players, from left, Michael Ballack, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Per Mertesacker present the new jerseys of the German national soccer team for the upcoming soccer World Cup in South Africa in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.
  18. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt gestures during a joint press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Bildt, whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, says no change is expected in the number of European troops in Afghanistan.