Karl Lagerfeld acknowledges the applause of the audience with models and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine after the Chanel Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2012 show during Paris Fashion Week at the Grand Palais on Oct. 4, 2011 in Paris, France.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announces his decision to forgo a candidacy in the Republican primary race for president in front of a portrait of former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean at a news conference at the Statehouse on Oct. 4, 2011 in Trenton, N.J.
Christie said that "now is not my time" and that he felt committed to his position in New Jersey and would not abandon it.
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the event introducing the new iPhone 4S at the company's headquarters on Oct. 4, 2011 in Cupertino, Calif. The announcement marks the first time Cook introduced a new product since Apple co-founder Steve Jobs resigned in August.
Needy Coloradans line up to receive free groceries on Oct. 4, 2011 in Pueblo, Colo. The Care and Share food bank, based in Colorado Springs, delivers food once a week to distribution points at area churches in Pueblo, serving on average 200 families.
Nobel Prize winner Adam G. Riess kisses his wife Nancy during a news conference at Johns Hopkins University on Oct. 4, 2011 in Baltimore, Md.
Riess is among three scientists who won this year's Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
President Barack Obama waves from Air Force One prior to departure from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Oct. 4, 2011. Obama is traveling to speak about creating more jobs and attend Democratic fundraisers in Dallas, Texas and St. Louis, Mo.
A devotee of the Chinese shrine of Kathu Shrine, goes into a trance as he prepares himself to be pierced during a procession at the Vegetarian Festival on Oct. 4, 2011 in Phuket, Thailand.
Ritual vegetarianism in Phuket Island traces it roots back to the early 1800s. The festival begins on the first evening of the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days. Participants in the festival perform acts of body piercing as a means of shifting evil spirits from individuals onto themselves and bring the community good luck.
The plane carrying Amanda Knox and her family departs from Rome's Fiumicino - Leonardo da Vinci Airport for London on their journey back to Seattle on Oct. 4, 2011 in Rome, Italy.
The American student and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, won their appeal against their 2009 conviction of killing their British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy in 2007. The pair had served nearly four years in jail after initially being sentenced to 26 and 25 years respectively.
British Prime Minister David Cameron listens to the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, deliver his speech to delegates at the Conservative Party Conference on Oct. 4, 2011 in Manchester, England.
Specialist Michael Gagliano, foreground right, calls out prices at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 4, 2011.
Residents queue up for relief goods being distributed by a non-governmental organization in the Bulacan province, which is north of Manila, Philippines, on Oct. 4, 2011.
Floodwaters slowly receded in many areas after two deadly typhoons struck the region, which killed nearly 60 people.