Nov. 9, 2009
A man passes by graffiti drawn on an art installation in central Sofia, Bulgaria, symbolizing parts of the Berlin Wall. The art project, called "The Wall 20," marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain in Europe.
Stoyan Nenov-Reuters
Nov. 9, 2009
A 46-year-old Volkswagen Beetle with East German plates sits in Otto Weymann's garden in Fuldatal, Germany. Weymann says he bought the car exactly 20 years ago from two East Germans who had just passed the nearby border between East and West Germany when the wall came down. Weymann parked the VW in his garden and planted trees in front and back of the car.
Michael Probst-AP
Nov. 9, 2009
Pastry student Katherine Ireland, 28, tries to steady a revolving disc holding ruby slippers atop an Emerald City cake during a baking contest judged by Duff Goldman of the reality television show "Ace of Cakes" at a Borders store in Ann Arbor, Mich. Goldman was at the store to sign copies of his new book "Ace of Cakes: Inside the World of Charm City Cakes." Charm City Cakes is Goldman's Baltimore bakery and the setting for his Food Network show.
Brandy Baker-AP
Nov. 10, 2009
Entertainers take part in a Christmas lighting ceremony at a shopping mall in Hong Kong.
Bobby Yip-Reuters
Nov. 10, 2009
Apple iPhone user Amy Coopes holds an iPhone with a wallpaper featuring '80s pop icon Rick Astley. An Australian student has created what is thought to be the world's first iPhone worm, which replaces the popular device's wallpaper with Astley's picture. Ashley Towns, a 21-year-old technical college student who lives with his family near Sydney, said he concocted the worm, which can spread from phone to phone, to raise awareness about security.
Torsten Blackwood-AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 10, 2009
Tomohisa Kikuchi of Japanese toymaker Ogawa Studios displays rubber masks of President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in Saitama, near Tokyo. Obama arrives in Japan on Friday for a two-day Tokyo visit before attending APEC, or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, meetings in Singapore over the weekend.
Itsuo Inouye-AP
Nov. 9, 2009
A teenage hunter, trapped on an ice floe in Hudson Bay, was forced to shoot a polar bear in self-defense as he waited to be rescued from the drifting sea ice.
AP
Nov. 9, 2009
Torchbearer Beth Idlout-Kheraj, 15, carries the Olympic flame in a miner's lantern due to high winds and freezing temperatures in Resolute Bay, in Nunavut, Canada. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010.
Jonathan Hayward-AP
Nov. 10, 2009
A woman rides her bicycle through one of Beijing's old residential alleys known as hutongs after heavy overnight snow.
Peter Parks-AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 10, 2009
A local walks on the partially dried riverbed of Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China's Hubei province.
Reuters
Nov. 9, 2009
Honoree Maya Angelou and former U.S. president Bill Clinton take the stage at the 2009 Women of the Year event hosted by Glamour magazine at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Larry Busacca-Getty Images for Glamour
Nov. 9, 2009
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton watches an honor guard carrying torches at Bellevue Castle in Berlin. The city is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Andreas Rentz-Getty Images
Nov. 9, 2009
Young Tibetan monks living in Nepal take part in a prayer ceremony in Kathmandu. Tibetan exiles are celebrating "Lhabab Duechen" on Monday to commemorate Buddha's descent to earth.
Shruti Shrestha-Reuters
Nov. 10, 2009
Buddhist people leave after attending a teaching session by their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Tawang, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh.
Adnan Abidi-Reuters
Nov. 9, 2009
Soldiers prepare for Tuesday's memorial service at Fort Hood, Tex., where President Obama will be in attendance. Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan allegedly opened fire at Fort Hood last week, leaving 13 people dead.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
Nov. 8, 2009
Susan Fawcett is comforted by Pastor Denise Ahyoung after a service at the First Baptist Church of Killeen, Tex., for the families and soldiers who are suffering as a result of the shootings last week at Fort Hood.
Melina Mara-The Washington Post
Nov. 9, 2009
Grace Phelps-Roper, 17, and her brother Luke, 7, stand with signs on Wisconsin Avenue in the District as demonstrators from Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas protest across the street from Sidwell Friends School. Students held a counter-protest at the same time.
Carol Guzy-The Washington Post
Nov. 10, 2009
A visitor walks past works on display at the exhibition "Istanbul Modern Berlin" in Berlin. The exhibition showing Turkish contemporary art results from cooperation between the cities of Berlin and Istanbul.
Philipp Guelland-AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 9, 2009
An actress dressed like an angel stands on the roof of a building as part of the installation "Angels over Berlin" to symbolize the destiny of people in Berlin before the Berlin Wall came down.
Christian Charisius-Reuters
Nov. 9, 2009
Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn, right, meditates in a boat in Varanasi, India.
AP
Nov. 10, 2009
Friends and family members pay their respects as hearses carrying the coffins of six soldiers killed in Afghanistan pass mourners lining the High Street in Wootton Bassett, England.
Matt Cardy-Getty Images
Nov. 10, 2009
Activists of Jammu Kashmir's Democratic Youth Federation shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government's ban on prepaid cellphones in Srinagar, India.
Mukhtar Khan-AP
Nov. 10, 2009
Passersby inspect a damaged vehicle following a car bombing in Charsadda, Pakistan. The car exploded outside a crowded market, killing more than 20 people in the latest attack by suspected militants apparently aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border.
Mohammad Sajjad-AP
Nov. 8, 2009
A Salvadoran boy passes a bus half-buried in the mud by a landslide in Ilopango, El Salvador. At least 124 people have been killed recently in El Salvador by severe flooding and landslides.
Oscar Rivera-AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 10, 2009
Villagers flee after a landslide hit their village in Palopo in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province. At least 11 people died and two are still missing after a landslide hit the area following overnight rains and flooding, rescue officials said.
Yusuf Ahmad-Reuters
Nov. 10, 2009
A newborn baby elephant uses its trunk as it makes its first steps next to its mother in Amersfoort Zoo in the Netherlands.
Koen Van Weel-AFP/Getty Images
Gallery Credits:
Photo Editor Dan Murano
Text Editor Kendra Nichols
