Commanders meet at sunset at a road block in front of the Presidential Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Baton-wielding police fired tear gas and clashed with thousands of lawyers protesting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's decision to impose emergency rule, as Western allies in the war on terror threatened to review aid to the troubled Muslim nation.
Where There's Smoke ...
Steam and hot gasses rise above the Mt. Kelud volcano early Monday Nov. 5, 2007, in East Java, Indonesia. The Indonesian volcano spat out fresh clouds of smoke on Monday as scientists warned any eruption would likely be much larger than the last time it blew its top.
The Band Played On
A Thai soldier plays an instrument at Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) during a Royal celebration Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's majestic royal barge procession, held to celebrate King Bhumibol Adulyadej's upcoming 80th birthday, swept along the Chao Phraya river without him. The king, the longest reigning monarch in the world, has been in the hospital since Oct. 13 because of a blood clot in his brain.
Writers Walk
Freelance writer David Steven Cohen, a member of the Writers Guild of America, pickets NBC headquarters in New York on Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. Film and TV writers resolved to put down their pens and take up picket signs after last-ditch talks failed to avert a strike. The strike is the first walkout by writers since 1988.
About To Be Cooked
Geese crowd together in their open-air enclosure on a farm in Kuhhorst, Germany, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. The animals will be the centerpieces at the dinner table for the upcoming St. Martin's Day (Nov. 11) and Christmas holidays. St. Martin's Day, or Martinmas, is celebrated in parts of Flanders, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria. Children with paper lanterns take part in processions and sing songs about St. Martin.
Playing With Fire
Girls perform a bonfire dance in a park in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007.
Caught In The Middle
African children pose at an orphanage in Abeche, Chad, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. The orphanage is serving as the temporary home to 103 children at the center of an "abduction" dispute. A total of 17 Europeans were detained on charges of kidnapping and complicity for trying to fly the children to France and 10 are still in jail in N'Djamena, Chad. They face prison terms doing hard labor if convicted.
Flowers For The Fallen
A mourner holds flowers during the burial service of Major Jeffrey R. Calero, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in Calverton, N.Y. Calero died Oct. 29 in Kajaki, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on a dismounted patrol.