Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Britain's Ola Afolabi poses during the official weigh-in in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Afolabi will face German boxer Marco Huck, the current WBO cruiserweight world champion, in a WBO cruiserweight world championship fight in Ludwigsburg on Saturday.
  2. FIFA President Sepp Blatter, right, hands the official ball for the 2010 soccer World Cup, called Jabulani, to World Cup organising committee CEO Danny Jordaan in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.
  3. Britain's Ola Afolabi, left, and German boxer Marco Huck, right, pose during the official weigh-in in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Afolabi will face German boxer Marco Huck, the current WBO cruiserweight world champion, in a WBO cruiserweight world championship fight in Ludwigsburg on Saturday.
  4. Britain's Ola Afolabi, left, and German boxer Marco Huck, right, pose during the official weigh-in in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Afolabi will face German boxer Marco Huck, the current WBO cruiserweight world champion, in a WBO cruiserweight world championship fight in Ludwigsburg on Saturday.
  5. A performer sticks out his tongue as he arrives for the start of the 2010 World Cup draw in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.
  6. Britain's Ola Afolabi, left, and German boxer Marco Huck, right, pose during the official weigh-in in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Afolabi will face German boxer Marco Huck, the current WBO cruiserweight world champion, in a WBO cruiserweight world championship fight in Ludwigsburg on Saturday.
  7. An artist performs before the start of the 2010 World Cup draw, in Cape Town December 4, 2009. The month-long soccer tournament begins on June 11 next year in South Africa. Picture taken with lens zoom effect.
  8. Fiji's Setefano Cakaunivalu (C) holds off a challenge from Samoa's Reupena Levasa (L) and Alafoti Fa'osiliva (R) during their pool match at the Emirates Airlines Dubai Rugby Sevens in Dubai on December 4,2009.
  9. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a news conference at the end of a NATO-Russia foreign ministers joint meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, December 4, 2009.
  10. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a news conference at the end of a NATO-Russia foreign ministers joint meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, December 4, 2009.
  11. FIFA president Sepp Blatter makes a speech during the launch of the official matchball for the 2010 World Cup, before the draw in Cape Town December 4, 2009. The month-long soccer tournament begins on June 11 next year in South Africa.
  12. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a news conference at the end of a NATO-Russia foreign ministers joint meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, December 4, 2009.
  13. CHENGDU, CHINA - DECEMBER 4: A visitor admires a prop used in movie 'The Lord of the Rings' during the 'The Exceptional Exhibition' at the Sichuan Museum on December 4, 2009 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. New Zealand special-effects guru Richard Taylor has organised to bring his five Oscar statues and props used in movies 'King Kong' and 'The Lord of the Rings' to take part in 'The Exceptional Exhibition' at the Sichuan Museum, which kicks off today and runs through January 15.
  14. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: A child watches as soldiers from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment patrol through the business district on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. The patrol was a joint patrol with the Afghan National Police (ANP). Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.
  15. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: Sgt. Joseph Delair of Syracuse, NY from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment keeps watch while on a joint patrol with the Afghan National Police (ANP) on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.
  16. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: 2nd Lt. Josh Talyor (C) from Nixa, MO of the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment speaks to his men prior to a joint mission with the Afghan National Police (ANP) on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.
  17. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: (UK TABLOID Sarah Harding attends the Women In Film And TV Awards held at the Hilton Park Lane on December 4, 2009 in London, England.
  18. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: Police officers with the Afghan National Police (ANP) stand watch as Brig. Gen. Dowlat Kahn, provincial head of the (ANP) for Paktika Province, speaks to village males on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.