President Barack Obama talks with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan during a phone call from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.
Checking Results
An Afghan man looks at a newspaper with the news about the election results at a market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. U.N.-backed fraud investigators on Monday threw out nearly a third of President Hamid Karzai's votes from the August election, undercutting his claim of victory and stepping up the pressure for him to accept a runoff.
Angry Mourning
An Iranian police officer, foreground, chants the slogan "death to U.S." as mourners carry the coffins of Revolutionary Guard members, who were killed in Sunday's suicide bombing in southeastern Iran, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.
Tough Goodbyes
Regina Gomes Patricio, right, wife of slain police officer Izo Gomes Patricio, cries during his funeral at the Jardim da Saudade cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. The death toll from weekend clashes between rival gangs rose to 21 when more bodies were found in the Morro dos Macacos slum, where a shooting also downed a police helicopter, according to police.
Stacking Up
Stacks of brooms are seen as an Afghan worker, Noor Mohammad, makes brooms at a broom market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.
Early Riser
A horse eats his breakfast shortly before sunrise in Derry, New Hampshire, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.
Reaching Out
A squirrel reaches for a peanut from the hand of a woman in a park on an autumn day in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.
Day by the Water
People enjoy the autumn sun at the lake Chiemsee in Chieming, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.