Village children play near the banks of the Daya River on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. India traditionally celebrates Children's Day on Nov. 14, coinciding with the birth anniversary of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Strikes Flare
Rail employees protest in Lille, northern France, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, during a one-day nation-wide strike. French unions launched open-ended strikes against public transportation, power utilities, education and hospitals in a major test for President Nicolas Sarkozy's reform plans. They are protesting the scrapping of pension privileges that allow some public employees to retire as early as age 50.
Border Tensions
Turkish soldiers stand watch near the Turkey-Iraq border in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. Turkish troops reportedly hit Kurdish targets Tuesday inside northern Iraq. Turkey has massed some 100,000 troops on the border and tensions are high since the Turkish parliament last month approved military strikes on Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq.
View From Above
The earth is seen close to the moon's horizon Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, in an image released Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. The still photo was made from an HDTV image by an HDTV camera developed specially by NHK for use in space and installed on Japan's first lunar probe. The satellite is in orbit at an altitude of about 60 miles from the moon. On the earth's surface, Australian continent, brown, is seen at left top.
Hot Job
A boy in a performance group practices fire breathing on the roof of a building on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, in Chongqing Municipality, China. The performance group consists of dozens of ethnic minority kids ages 15 to 18 from Yunnan Province and travels to big cities in China, performing and dancing to make a living.
Police Beat
Pakistani policemen beat a demonstrator during an anti-government protest in Karachi, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. Pakistan's former premier and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto worked the phones as she sought to forge a united opposition front against President Pervez Musharraf from under house arrest. Bhutto has spoken to nine other leading political opponents of Musharraf, who imposed emergency rule in the country Nov. 3.
Arms Deal
Soldiers of the German battalion of the guards are seen prior to the handover of the first of 140 Leopard 2A4 tanks to the Chilean army by the German Minister of Defense, Franz Josef Jung, and his Chilean counterpart, Jose Goni Carrasco, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, in Munich, Germany.
Safe In Mother's Arms
A 3-week-old western lowland gorilla is cuddled by her mother, Amanda, in an image released Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. The infant is gripping her mother firmly, nursing and vocalizing, which are all signs of being healthy.
Moose On The Loose
Traffic in Newport, Vt. was interrupted just before noon when this moose paid a visit to the downtown area on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. The moose walked down Main Street, across yards and parking lots and caught the attention of many residents who grabbed their cameras and camera phones to take pictures of this rare site in the busy downtown area.
World Diabetes Day
Geneva's famous water fountain, the Jet d'Eau, is illuminated by blue lights to mark the first United Nations World Diabetes Day, Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. Landmarks throughout the world are being illuminated in blue, the theme color for World Diabetes Day, in order to raise awareness of the disease.