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Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Austrian animals rights activists dressed in rabbit costumes sit in a cage as they demonstrate against animal experiments in front of the Parliament in Vienna November 12, 2012. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Jana Berezko-Marggrander of Germany performs on the ribbon during the Rhythmic Gymnastics qualification for the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena, London, Britain, 18 January 2012. EPA Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Children wave a Palestinian flag during a rally calling on Egyptian authorities to end the power crisis, near the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, 18 February 2012. EPA Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Dewdrops shimmer in a field near Schauenburg-Breitenbach in Hessen, Germany, 12 November 2012. EPA/UWE ZUCCHI
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
The portrait of Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy stick on a traffic sign for pedestrians, suggesting that parents with children walk hand in hand, near the main station in Berlin, Germany on November 12, 2012. AFP Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Official mascot of FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 is revealed on Nov. 12. AA Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
One of 600 cobras seized by the Thai Customs Department is displayed at a press conference in Bangkok on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. The snakes were contained in sacks and plastic containers on a pickup truck and were being delivered to a foreign destination, according to authorities. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Nepalese police dogs look on after being smeared with vermillion on their foreheads and marigold garlands placed around their necks on the occasion of the Tihar festival in Kathmandu on November 13, 2012. On Tihar, as the Hindu festival of Diwali is locally known, it is customary in Nepal for people offer blessings to dogs, which are according to Hindu tradition, the messengers of Yamaraj, the god of death. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash MATHEMA
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
An installation of tricycles adapted by artists to host landscaped gardens and space age dwellings is set up in a shopping center in Beijing, China, 13 November 2012. Many artists in China are exploring the challenge facing many in their everyday life of finding a comfortable home and a good environment. EPA Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
A girl practices a Mallakhamb pose while suspended from a rope at the Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir in Mumbai, October 19, 2012. Mallakhamb is an ancient Indian sport which originated as a complementary exercise for wrestling, but is now practiced as a sport in itself. The name is a combination of the words "malla", which means athlete or strong man, and "khamba", which means pole. Athletes perform a variety of yogic and gymnastic poses while suspended from a rope or on a pole. Practitioners say that the sport not only develops a healthy and strong body, but also strengthens willpower and helps compose the mind. Picture taken on October 19, 2012. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: SPORT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
A polar fox lies in his enclosure in Berlin's Zoo on November 13, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
An one month old baby Pudu deer grazes in an artificial environment at an University in Concepcion city, south of Santiago, November 12, 2012. The Pudu, the world's smallest deer, was found orphaned in a forest close Concepcion city and inhabits exclusively in southern Chile and part of Argentina. The species is currently in danger of extinction. Picture taken November 12, 2012. REUTERS/Jose Luis Saavedra
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
The moon passes in front of the sun during a full solar eclipse at Palm Grove near the northern Australian city of Cairns November 14, 2012. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
A walker passes pollarded trees, typical for the lower Rhine area, with yellow leafs on the river Rhine bank in Duisburg, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Sunny and warm weather interrupts the usual gray autumn days in November. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
TOPSHOTS Demonstrators march during a protest on a day of mobilisation against austerity measures by workers in southern Europe on November 14, 2012 in Rome. Thousands of people took to the streets of major cities including Milan and Turin and around 100 towns and cities across the country. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Some 2,000 South Korean volunteers make 140 tons of kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, in a park outside the metropolitan government building in Seoul on November 15, 2012. City officials will hand out kimchi to about 14,000 poor households in an event marking the start of the winter season. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Jihad al-Masharawi, a Palestinian employee of BBC Arabic in Gaza, mourns over the body of his 11-month-old son Omar, who according to hospital officials was killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City November 15, 2012. A Hamas rocket killed three Israelis north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, drawing first blood from Israel as the Palestinian death toll rose to 13 and the military showdown lurched closer to all-out war. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
A pig dives into the water in Ningxiang county, Hunan province November 11, 2012. Villager Huang Demin drives his pigs to dive into the water from a 3-metre-high platform at least once a day, believing that the diving exercises would improve the quality and taste of the meat. He would later sell the meat of his pigs at three times higher than market prices, local media reported. Picture taken November 11, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Female Tour De Takong (Stiletto Race) participants run along the 500 m stretch of Shoe Avenue in Marikina City, east of Manila, November 16, 2012. The race, which is annual event, requires participants to wear high heels that measure a minimum of 3 inches and a 1.5 centimeters tip diameter. The Tour De Takong is part of the Shoes Festival, which started on September 10 and will end on December 31. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
A bomb dropped by an Israeli warplane explodes at a alleged position of Hamas extremists in the northern Gaza Strip, 16 November 2012. EPA Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
20 months old bearded vulture Fausto spreads its wings as it inspects its new home in the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
The Communist Party of China's new Politburo Standing Committee, the nation's top decision-making body (L-R): Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yunshan, Zhang Dejiang, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Yu Zhengsheng and Wang Qishan meet the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 15 November 15, 2012. Xi Jinping was appointed China's new leader at the helm of a revamped top power circle that will face the tricky task of setting the planet's second-largest economy on a new course. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
A Van cat and a fox have become a source of joy for fishermen in a port area on the shores of Lake Van. The two four-legged friends are said to be inseparable and constantly playing with each other. AA photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
A rose is placed on a monument inside the Athens' Polytechnic school, a day before the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against the then military ruling junta in Athens November 16, 2012. A mass march to the U.S. embassy is planned to take place on November 17 marking the anniversary of a student revolt that helped topple the 1967-1974 military junta. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Smoke rises after an Israeli forces strike in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Novak Djokovic of Serbia, right, jokingly wears a wig to impersonate former tennis player Gustavo 'Guga' Kuerten of Brazil, whose arm is reaching in from the left, during their exhibition match in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. AP Photo
Week in Pictures: Nov.12 - Nov. 18
Two women take pictures of themselves as they walk along Christmas illuminations in Tokyo, Japan, 13 November 2012. About 370,000 light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs powered by green electricity started to lighten a Tokyo complex area on Tuesday through the New Year. EPA Photo
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