Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Representatives of the world's largest energy firms attend the second bidding round for oilfields in Baghdad December 11, 2009. Dealmakers from the world's largest energy firms assembled amid tight security at Iraq's Oil Ministry on Friday to compete for deals to develop some of the country's most prized oilfields. Royal Dutch Shell and Malaysia's Petronas on Friday won the rights to develop one of the world's largest remaining untapped oilfields as Iraq staged its second auction of oil contracts since the 2003 U.S. invasion.
  2. Portuguese Investment Bank BPI president Fernando Ulrich addresses the Reuters-TSF economic conference in Lisbon December 11, 2009.
  3. Vyacheslav Fetisov, Senator for the Primorsky Kray of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, and President of ice hockey club CSKA Moscow, talks to the media during a team training session before their Continental Hockey League game against SKA St Petersburg in Moscow December 11, 2009. Fetisov, aged 51, finished his career as a player in 1998 but unexpectedly ventured to return to professional sports, referring his decision to the absence of numerous CSKA Moscow�s players due to their injuries, local media reported.
  4. TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 11: Chris Tadrosse (R) of the Fury and Wayne Srhoj of the Glory contest the ball during the round 18 match between the North Queensland Fury and the Perth Glory at Dairy Farmers Stadium on December 11, 2009 in Townsville, Australia.
  5. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown answers questions during a joint news conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 11, 2009.
  6. A man looks at a digital animated installation titled "100 Years Sea", portraying the possible rise in sea level at the end of the century, in Tokyo December 11, 2009. The artwork, projected on a 23 meters (82 feet) long screen, is displayed to mark the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, also known as COP15 being held in Copenhagen.
  7. TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 11: Jeremy Brockie (L) of the Fury and Naum Sekulovski of the Glory contest the ball during the round 18 match between the North Queensland Fury and the Perth Glory at Dairy Farmers Stadium on December 11, 2009 in Townsville, Australia.
  8. TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 11: Terry Cooke (L) of the Fury and Victor Sikora of the Glory contest the ball during the round 18 match between the North Queensland Fury and the Perth Glory at Dairy Farmers Stadium on December 11, 2009 in Townsville, Australia.
  9. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2nd L) talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates (L) and his Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen next to them on the second day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 11, 2009.
  10. TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 11: Paul Kohler (L) of the Fury and Mile Sterjovski of the Glory contest the ball during the round 18 match between the North Queensland Fury and the Perth Glory at Dairy Farmers Stadium on December 11, 2009 in Townsville, Australia.
  11. TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 11: Chris Tadrosse (R) of the Fury and Wayne Srhoj of the Glory contest the ball during the round 18 match between the North Queensland Fury and the Perth Glory at Dairy Farmers Stadium on December 11, 2009 in Townsville, Australia.
  12. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: A hot air balloon for the Fly Me Home charity is inflated outside St Paul's Cathedral on December 11, 2009 in London. The balloon will be signed by 30,000 people before flying accross London to raise awareness of the growing number of young people without homes in the UK.
  13. Palestinians inspect the damage to a mosque in the West Bank village of Yasuf south of Nablus, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Assailants vandalized a Palestinian mosque early Friday, burning prayer carpets, holy books and leaving behind a graffiti message in Hebrew indicating the rampage was the work of settlers angry over Israel's plans to curb settlement building.
  14. A Palestinian woman reacts after a mosque was vandalized in the West Bank village of Yasuf south of Nablus, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Assailants vandalized a Palestinian mosque early Friday, burning prayer carpets, holy books and leaving behind a graffiti message in Hebrew indicating the rampage was the work of settlers angry over Israel's plans to curb settlement building.
  15. Indian police douse fire on a paramilitary post during a protest in Srinagar, India, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Hundreds of Kashmiris clashed with Indian troops, torching a paramilitary post and hurling rocks, after soldiers fired warning shots and tear gas and beat them with batons to quell anti-India protests in the region's main city.
  16. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi smiles as he arrives on the second day of a two-day EU summit, at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. The leaders of Britain and France say EU leaders will commit more than euros2 billion ($3 billion) a year to help poorer parts of the world combat global warming.
  17. German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives on the second day of a two-day EU summit, at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. The leaders of Britain and France say EU leaders will commit more than euros 2 billion ($3 billion) a year to help poorer parts of the world combat global warming.
  18. A Palestinian man shows charred remains from a fire that burned holy books in a mosque in the West Bank village of Yasuf south of Nablus, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Assailants vandalized a Palestinian mosque early Friday, burning prayer carpets, holy books and leaving behind a graffiti message in Hebrew indicating the rampage was the work of settlers angry over Israel's plans to curb settlement building.