Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Zimbabwe opposition party Movement For Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett arrives at the High Court building in Harare November 9, 2009. Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's ally Bennett went on trial accused of terrorism on Monday in a case that has stoked tensions in the unity government of Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF.
  2. Supporters of presidential candidate, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, distribute protective masks in the centre of Kiev, November 9, 2009. Ukraine's leader Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday dismissed the idea a January election should be delayed because of flu fears and appeared to accept there would be no more IMF funds forthcoming until after the vote.
  3. A police officer inspects the site of a landslide in Palopo in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province November 9, 2009. At least 9 people died and many others are still missing after a landslide hit the area following overnight rains and flooding, rescue officials said.
  4. Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming speaks during a joint press conference with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Abul Gheit (unseen) at the end of the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 9, 2009. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao told the China-Africa forum on November 8 to give Africa 10 billion dollars in loans, brushing off criticism of 'neo-colonialism' as China boosts its presence on the continent.
  5. Particpants pose for the family photograph during the 25th session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul on November 9, 2009. The OIC summit is set to address trade and poverty issues.
  6. An Afghan labourer works on producing concrete defence barriers in Kabul November 8, 2009. A kilometre-long stretch of the road is lined with family concrete barrier businesses, stacked as far as the eye can see with row upon row of freshly made, 2-metre-wide wall sections, like tombstones in a vast graveyard for giants. With security worsening and tens of thousands of American troops arriving this year, business has been brisk for concrete blast barriers. Picture taken November 8, 2009.
  7. Afghan President Hamid Karzai poses for a photograph after a meeting during the 25th session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul on November 9, 2009. The OIC summit is set to address trade and poverty issues.
  8. Supporters of presidential candidate, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, distribute protective masks in the centre of Kiev, November 9, 2009. Ukraine's leader Viktor Yushchenko on Sunday dismissed the idea a January election should be delayed because of flu fears and appeared to accept there would be no more IMF funds forthcoming until after the vote.
  9. Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Abul Gheit adjusts his headphones while holding a joint press conference with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and Chinese Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, at the end of the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on November 9, 2009. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao told the China-Africa forum on November 8 to give Africa 10 billion dollars in loans, brushing off criticism of 'neo-colonialism' as China boosts its presence on the continent.
  10. People destroy a wall representing the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, as part of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall and the demise of European communism. Tens of thousands thronged the route of the Berlin Wall on Monday for emotional celebrations to mark 20 years since its fall, but Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany still bears the scars of division.
  11. The tallest man in the world Sultan Kosen (C), of Turkey, receieves a pair of trainers on November 9, 2009 in the Hague from Georg Wessels (L), a specialist in large sizesd shoes. Kosen, who measures 2.46 meters (8 feet, one inch) in height, is visiting the Hague to promote the launch of the Guinness Book of World Records 2010.
  12. Arcandor liquidator Klaus Hubert Goerg (C) addresses a creditors' meeting of German retailer Arcandor in Essen November 9, 2009.
  13. A copy of the Berlin Wall is set up in front of Rome's Spanish Steps, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 to commemorate the anniversary of its fall on Nov. 9, 1989.
  14. Palestinians walk past posters showing the late leader Yasser Arafat during a rally supporting President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Israel's president Shimon Peres on Saturday called on Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.
  15. A copy of the Berlin Wall is set up in front of Rome's Spanish Steps, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 to commemorate the anniversary of its fall on Nov. 9, 1989.
  16. New Zealand's Miss World contestant Magdalena Schoeman poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009.
  17. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, right, and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk talk on their way for a press conference in Sopot, northern Poland, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. During Zapatero's visit to Poland an agreement was signed according to which Poland will sell 25 million euro worth of greenhouse gas emission units to Spain, the first such sale for Poland.
  18. Russia's Miss World contestant, Ksenia Shipilova, poses for photographs during a photo call to promote the event in London, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The final of the Miss World contest takes place in South Africa on Dec. 12, 2009.