Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses students of Moscow State University on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Clinton stressed to Russian university students Wednesday that their country's prosperity was dependent on its willingness to cultivate core freedoms, including the freedom to participate in the political process.
Wedding Mass
A bride smiles during the mass wedding ceremony arranged by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church at Sun Moon University in Asan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Brides in white gowns and Japanese kimonos joined grooms in black suits and red ties Wednesday for the Unification Church's biggest mass wedding in a decade, a spectacle church officials say involves 40,000 people around the world.
Take a Leap
China's Deng Linlin in action on the balance beam during Women's qualification for the World Gymnastics Championships at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
"Dance with the Devil"
Gnomes showing the Hitler salute are seen in the installation called "Dance with the Devil" by German artist Ottmar Hoerl at a square in Straubing, southern Germany, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. The exhibition, which features 1,250 gnomes, will open on Oct. 15.
Lunch Time!
A baby elephant receives a bottle of milk from a handler during their daily feeding session, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at the David Sheldrick Wildlife trust which cares for orphaned elephants on the outskirts of the Nairobi national park in Kenya. Some of the baby elephants have been orphaned by one of the worst droughts in recent years affecting millions of people across East Africa.
Fall and Winter
Snow-covered pumpkins are seen in Lofer, Austria, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.