A riot police officer's shield is covered by eggs during a student protest in central Athens Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, where high school students blocked streets across the city to protest the fatal shooting of a teenager by police, while dozens of youths were still barricaded at two university campuses.
Close Shave
Young Muslim pilgrims have their heads shaved, after throwing pebbles at a stone pillar representing the devil, during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008.
Right Cross
Japan's Naomi Togashi, right, hits compatriot Nanako Kikuchi during their WBC Women's light flyweight world title match in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Togashi retained the title by 10th round technical knockout.
Distant Horizon
Corsica island, south of France, is seen at sunrise from Nice, southeastern France, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Corsica is about 125 miles from the French Mediterranean coast.
In Your Face
Croatia's Maida Arslanagic, bottom, unintentionally hits Natallia Platanovich in the face while hurling on the goal of Belarus, in a Group II match of main round of Women's European Handball Championship, in Skopje, Macedonia, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2008.
Pirate Patrol
A Dutch navy gunman stands guard as cargo ship MV Jumbo Javelin passes near the Gulf of Aden on Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Dutch warship De Ruyter is escorting the cargo ship through the Gulf of Aden, which has become the world's top piracy hotspot this year.
Water Woes
A baby drinks water from her mother's hand in Harare, Zimbabwe, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. European Union nations moved to tighten sanctions against Zimbabwe's government on Monday and stood united in calling for the country's authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe to "step down." A cholera outbreak is claiming thousands of lives due to the poor state of health care there.
Heat Packing District
Pakistani female police officers patrol the street as people are seen in a market ahead of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha in Multan, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Security forces overran a militant camp on the outskirts of Pakistani Kashmir's main city and seized an alleged mastermind of the attacks that shook India's financial capital last month, two officials said Monday.