An Occupy Wall Street protester yells as he is arrested by the police after blocking an intersection near the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Nov. 17, 2011. Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy protest movement was cleared by authorities, demonstrators marched through New York's Financial District and promised a national day of action with mass gatherings in other cities.
President Barack Obama urges Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to speak to Australian troops and U.S. Marines at a Royal Australian Air Force Base in Darwin, Australia, on Nov. 17, 2011.
A market worker salvages metal sheeting from the bulldozed and burnt remains of Zongo market, in Cotonou, Benin, on Nov. 17, 2011. Workers and residents say police forces destroyed the market without warning Tuesday, citing an order from the city to make the area presentable ahead of the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI. The 84-year-old Pope arrives Friday for a three-day visit to the tiny west African nation.
Participants in their underwear break a world record for the most number of people, 57, to fit into an over-sized pair of underpants in the Canary Wharf district of London, on Nov. 17, 2011. Thursday marks Guinness World Records Day, in which the organization estimates some 20,000 people around the world will attempt to break a wide range of records to showcase their country.
Egyptian riot police take their positions following stone-throwing clashes between Muslims and Copts in Cairo's Shubra neighborhood on Nov. 17, 2011. Attackers have thrown rocks and broken glass at a Coptic Christian march in Cairo, injuring 10 people, witnesses said.
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, left, and Queen Jetsun Pema greet the media during their visit to Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2011. The newlywed royal couple was in Japan on a state visit.
The Tokyo Sky Tree is seen from a 24-story hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2011. The 2,080-foot-tall tower was recognized as the world's tallest tower during a ceremony.
A Thai supporter wears a dual face headgear to amplify his cheer during a Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Group A soccer match between Thailand and Singapore at Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 17, 2011.
A couple talks near an exhibit at the Body Worlds Exhibition at the War Museum in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 17, 2011. The showcase is the installment of anatomical exhibitions by German scientist Gunther von Hagens.
Rural Sri Lankan women, producers of hand looms and handicrafts, watch from front seats as a model presents clothes and accessories made by them during Sri Lanka design festival's Island Crafts Fashion show in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka, on Nov. 17, 2011.