Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. A general view shows the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, November 30, 2009. Russia plans to start up Iran's first nuclear power station in March 2010 to coincide with the Iranian New Year, two sources closely involved with the project told Reuters. Russia agreed in 1995 to build the 1,000 megawatt nuclear power plant at Bushehr on the Gulf coast in south-western Iran, but delays have haunted the $1 billion project and diplomats say Moscow has used it as a lever in relations with Tehran. Picture taken on November 30, 2009.
  2. A voluntary worker assists a family in need in the charity food distribution centre "Les Restos Du Coeur" (Restaurants of the Heart) in Selestat, eastern France, December 1, 2009. The "Restos du Coeur" centres open during the winter months throughout France to distribute food to people in need.
  3. A Kosovo Albanian man visits the graves of people killed in 1998 by Serb forces, including a three-month-old baby Diturije Deliu, in the Drenica Valley in central Kosovo, December 1, 2009.
  4. A voluntary worker fills a shopping caddy for people in need in the charity food distribution centre "Les Restos Du Coeur" (Restaurants of the Heart) in Selestat, eastern France, December 1, 2009. The "Restos du Coeur" centres open during the winter months throughout France to distribute food to people in need.
  5. New Zealand's film director Peter Jackson (L) and U.S. actress Saoirse Ronan pose during a photocall to promote their latest film "The Lovely Bones" in Madrid December 1, 2009.
  6. BARCELONA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 01: Miguel Bose presents an AIDS Fundraising Concert on World Aids Day on December 1, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
  7. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) accompanied by French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) visits the CNIM mechanical boiler factory in La Seyne sur mer December 1, 2009.
  8. People remove the body of provincial lawmaker Shamsher Khan from site of suicide bombing in the compound of Khan's house in Dherai near Mingora, the main of town of Pakistan's Swat Valley, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. A teenage suicide bomber killed Shamsher Khan, an anti-Taliban lawmaker, in his house in Pakistan's Swat Valley, showing the militant threat in the region remains months after a military push there was declared a success.
  9. BARCELONA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 01: Miguel Bose presents an AIDS Fundraising Concert on World Aids Day on December 1, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
  10. BARCELONA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 01: Eugenia Silva presents an AIDS Fundraising Concert on World Aids Day on December 1, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
  11. BARCELONA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 01: Miguel Bose presents an AIDS Fundraising Concert on World Aids Day on December 1, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
  12. BARCELONA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 01: Eugenia Silva presents an AIDS Fundraising Concert on World Aids Day on December 1, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
  13. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh arrives to attend the funeral of Warrant Officer Class One Regimental Sergeant Major Darren Chant of the Genadier Guards in the Guards Chapel on the Wellington Barracks on December 1, 2009 in London, England. Warrant Officer Chant was killed whist serving in Afghanistan on November 3, 2009. He was one of five soldiers shot by an Afghan policeman they were training at a police checkpoint in the country.
  14. A person walk past infront of soccer balls on display at the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. South African Oscar winner Charlize Theron and Nobel Peace laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk will be among the star-studded cast attending Friday's World Cup draw ceremony.
  15. A plainclothes Pakistani police officer examines the site after a suicide bombing in lawmaker Shamsher Khan's house in Dherai near Mingora, the main of town of Pakistan's Swat Valley, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. A teenage suicide bomber killed Shamsher Khan, an anti-Taliban lawmaker, in his house in Pakistan's Swat Valley, showing the militant threat in the region remains months after a military push there was declared a success.
  16. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, right, is welcomed by Italian Industry Minister Claudio Scajola at the Economic Development Ministry, in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The CEO of Fiat was presenting to the government on Tuesday his plan to restructure production at the company's five Italian manufacturing plants, and will face strong opposition from leaders to any closures.
  17. An Indonesian man touches a red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness campaign, made of red candles during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
  18. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne, right, is welcomed by Italian Industry Minister Claudio Scajola at the Economic Development Ministry, in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The CEO of Fiat was presenting to the government on Tuesday his plan to restructure production at the company's five Italian manufacturing plants, and will face strong opposition from leaders to any closures.