Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Japan's Yoshihiro Okumura celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle swimming final at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong Decemeber 7, 2009.
  2. Nobel Peace prize winner Rajendra K. Pachauri speaks during the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, also known as COP15, at the Bella center in Copenhagen December 7, 2009.
  3. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 07: Participants from all over the world attend the opening ceremony of the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bella Center on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 that runs until December 18.
  4. U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer speaks during the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, also known as COP15, at the Bella center in Copenhagen December 7, 2009.
  5. A delegate from China (L) has her photograph taken by another delegate before the start of the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, also known as COP15, at the Bella center in Copenhagen December 7, 2009.
  6. Julekha Khatun, 70, cooks beside her makeshift shack next to the city protection dam in Dhaka December 7, 2009. Khatun lives in the makeshift shack with her four sons, who work as day labourers. Khatun migrated to Dhaka from Bola, a southern district in Bangladesh, 25 years ago after she lost her lands and house to the river Meghna due to erosion.
  7. ANTALYA, TURKEY - DECEMBER 07: Scott Catalin looks on as Nicky Ferguson of Greenburn tees off on the 14th hole during practice round prior to the Virgin Athlantic PGA National Pro-Am Championship Grand Final at The Antalya Golf Club on December 07, 2009 in Antalya, Turkey.
  8. Afghan commuters pass by a body-builders' gym in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
  9. Japan's Yuki Oshitani scores a goal against Macau during their men's group soccer match at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong December 7, 2009.
  10. ANTALYA, TURKEY - DECEMBER 07: A player takes a shot during practice round prior to the Virgin Athlantic PGA National Pro-Am Championship Grand Final at The Antalya Golf Club on December 07, 2009 in Antalya, Turkey.
  11. ANTALYA, TURKEY - DECEMBER 07: Phillip Killey of Far Grande Park tees off on the 1st hole during practice round prior to the Virgin Athlantic PGA National Pro-Am Championship Grand Final at The Antalya Golf Club on December 07, 2009 in Antalya, Turkey.
  12. ANTALYA, TURKEY - DECEMBER 07: General view of the 11th hole during practice round prior to the Virgin Athlantic PGA National Pro-Am Championship Grand Final at The Antalya Golf Club on December 07, 2009 in Antalya, Turkey.
  13. ANTALYA, TURKEY - DECEMBER 07: Matthew Paget of Royal Mid Surrey tees off on the 14th hole during practice round prior to the Virgin Athlantic PGA National Pro-Am Championship Grand Final at The Antalya Golf Club on December 07, 2009 in Antalya, Turkey.
  14. Grieving relatives of victims of a nightclub fire, mourn next to fresh graves at a cemetery in Perm, about 700 miles (1,200 kilometers) east of Moscow, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Authorities said more than 100 people died and over a hundred injured. The fire tore through the popular Lame Horse nightclub in Perm late Friday, after fireworks set a suspended plastic ceiling ablaze, filling the crowded club with thick black smoke.
  15. A U.S. armored humvee pass by burqa-clad women on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.
  16. Grieving relatives of victims of a nightclub fire mourn next to their graves at a cemetery in Perm, about 700 miles (1,200 kilometers) east of Moscow, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Authorities said more than 100 people died and over a hundred injured. The fire tore through the popular Lame Horse nightclub in Perm late Friday, after fireworks set a suspended plastic ceiling ablaze, filling the crowded club with thick black smoke.
  17. A delegate from Brazil reacts during the opening ceremony of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
  18. A delegate from Bhutan reacts during the opening ceremony of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming.