Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Billy Bakker, left of the Netherlands and Barry Middleton of England competes for the ball during their game at the Champions Trophy field hockey tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Dec.3, 2009. Netherlands won the game 3-2.
  2. Prime Minister Stephen Harper inspects the honour guard with Wen Jiabao, Premier of the Peolpe's Republic of China, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
  3. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy accompanies Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni as she leaves the Elysee Palace following a bilateral meeting, December 3, 2009.
  4. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy accompanies Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni as she leaves the Elysee Palace following a bilateral meeting, December 3, 2009.
  5. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy kisses Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni as she leaves the Elysee Palace following a bilateral meeting, December 3, 2009.
  6. A worker throws his cigarette while smoke on a truck parked in front of a cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The U.N.'s environment chief said Tuesday he is optimistic that the climate change talks beginning in Copenhagen next week will reach a deal setting firm targets to cut carbon emissions.
  7. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy kisses Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni as she leaves the Elysee Palace following a bilateral meeting, December 3, 2009.
  8. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy accompanies Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni as she leaves the Elysee Palace following a bilateral meeting, December 3, 2009.
  9. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov (C) flanked by Finance Minister Simeon Diankov (L) and Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor Ivan Iskrov arrives at the bank in Sofia December 3, 2009. Bulgaria's parliament approved on Thursday the government's 2010 austerity budget, locking in a small deficit of 465.7 million levs ($ 359 million) or 0.7 percent of gross domestic product at a time of deepening recession.
  10. Smokes billows from chimneys of the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The U.N.'s environment chief said Tuesday he is optimistic that the climate change talks beginning in Copenhagen next week will reach a deal setting firm targets to cut carbon emissions.
  11. Pakistani officials are seen through a shattered wind screen of a vehicle after a bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. An official says a roadside bomb has targeted police in the northwestern city of Peshawar. It's the latest in a series of attacks as militants retaliate against army offensives close to the Afghan border.
  12. Kashmiris shout slogans during a protest demanding the death penalty to a youth accused of raping a young girl in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth on the outskirts of the city, sparking angry protests from locals, according to a news agency.
  13. BERLIN - DECEMBER 03: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks by a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate on December 3, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Da Silva is on a three-day visit to Germany.
  14. BERLIN - DECEMBER 03: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the Brandenburg Gate on December 3, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Da Silva is on a three-day visit to Germany.
  15. JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 03: Red Bull Racing pit crew during the Formula one young drivers test at the Circuio De Jerez on December 3, 2009 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
  16. JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 03: Paul Di Resta of Great Britain and team Force India in the pits during the Formula one young drivers test at the Circuio De Jerez on December 3, 2009 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
  17. JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 03: Red Bull Racing pit crew detail during the Formula one young drivers test at the Circuio De Jerez on December 3, 2009 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
  18. JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 03: Red Bull Racing pit crew detail during the Formula one young drivers test at the Circuio De Jerez on December 3, 2009 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.