The Week in Pictures | Oct. 4 – Oct. 10, 2010 - Framework - Photos and Video - Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times

Tel Aviv — Young Israelis walk past a wall painting at an exhibition entitled "Even I Was a Child," in which Israeli artists interpret their childhood.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ABIR SULTAN / EPA

Devecser, Hungary — A resident takes a break during cleanup efforts in a flooded village 93 miles west of Budapest. Pollution levels from a red sludge spill in Hungary have subsided in the Danube and there is no risk of a biological or environmental catastrophe in the major European waterway, Hungarian officials said.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: BERNADETT SZABO / Reuters

Devecser, Hungary — An aerial view shows the toxic flood in Hungary. There were still no estimates of the financial damage wrought by the sludge -- waste from bauxite refining that has a strong caustic effect -- over 1,920 to 2,400 acres. Five people were killed and more than 150 injured in the disaster.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Reuters

Hong Kong — Protesters demonstrate to free Liu Xiaobo, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, near the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong. Despite a warning to the Nobel committee and months of behind-the-scenes pressure, China failed to avert a harsh slap in the face -- the awarding of the Peace Prize to the jailed dissident. Beijing predictably slammed the win for the 54-year-old Liu -- the co-author of a bold manifesto calling for political reform who was jailed in December for 11 years for subversion, a sentence that won global condemnation.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MIKE CLARKE / AFP / Getty Images

Berlin — A Turkish fan attends a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier between Germany and Turkey at Olympic stadium in Berlin. Sympathies are likely to be shared equally between the two sides as half of the 74,244 tickets were sold to Turkey supporters.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rainer Jensen / EPA

Chiemgau, Germany — Two mountain bikers ride in front of a valley covered in fog at the Steinalm below the Kampenwand. Sunny and warm autumn weather is in the mountains, while low stratus covers the plains.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DIETHERâ ENDLICHER / EPA

Netanya, Israel — A water spout hits this coastal city north of Tel Aviv.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JACK GUEZ / AFP / Getty Images

Jenin, West Bank — A Palestinian woman prepares tea in an olive grove at the beginning of the olive harvest season near this West Bank city.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mohammed Ballas / Associated Press

Qionghai, China — Fishermen try to get a stranded boat afloat again. Torrential rains have submerged more than 1,000 villages in the subtropical Chinese island of Hainan, home to much of the country's rubber plantations, the Xinhua news agency said.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: CHINA DAILY / Reuters

Melbourne, Australia — Grupo Puja! perform during the opening of the Melbourne Festival at Alexandra Gardens. Grupo Puja! is world-renowned for its stunning productions that combine the skills of theater, circus, dance, aerial sport, architecture, engineering, multimedia and music.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Scott Barbour / Getty Images

London — An exotic bird flies from a tree at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003, Kew houses the Earth's largest and most diverse botanical collections.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Matt Dunham / Associated Press

New Delhi — England's Louise Hazel cools off during a break in the heptathlon high jump event of the Track and Field competition of the XIX Commonwealth games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: WILLIAM WEST / AFP / Getty Images

Manila — Habagat, left, and Bagwis hold small baskets for coins. A small placard was placed by the owner on the ground asking for alms.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Pat Roque / Associated Press

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — The statue of Christ the Redeemer is bathed in pink light as part of a campaign for breast cancer awareness.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Felipe Dana / Associated Press

Baikonur, Kazakhstan — The Russian Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft, carrying crew for the International Space Station, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka, blasts off from its launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SHAMIL ZHUMATOV / REUTERS

Le Peuchapatte, Switzerland — A power-generating wind turbine seen from below in the Jura region of western Switzerland. Alpiq, an energy company, says that with three 2-megawatt wind turbines, the wind farm is capable of producing around 14 million kilowatt-hours of green energy per year, enough to power 4,000 households.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MICHAEL BUHOLZER / REUTERS

Pasadena, Calif. — A crash Thursday morning involving a car, a big rig and a pickup truck on the eastbound 210 Freeway in Pasadena jammed traffic and caused delays on the Metro Gold Line after two of the vehicles ended up on the tracks.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

New Delhi, India — Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon of Canada begins her women's synchronized swimming solo free routine at the Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: TIM WIMBORNE / REUTERS

New Delhi, India — A Commonwealth Games worker sweeps the track before the evening athletics program at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SUZANNE PLUNKETT / REUTERS

Shopian, India — A Muslim Kashmiri artisan works on a wood carving at a factory in Srinagar. Kashmir is home to some of the finest walnut carvings in the world.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP/Getty Images

Calgary, Canada — A red panda cub ventures out of its den for the first time at the Calgary Zoo. The cubs typically remain in their den until they are able to move about almost as well as an adult. The female and a male cub were born May 30.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: TODD KOROL / REUTERS

Lausanne, Switzerland — A trio of elephants from the Swiss national Circus Knie take a break from work to bathe in Lake Geneva.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DENIS BALIBOUSE / REUTERS

Chandigarh, India — In preparation for the Hindu festival of Dussehra, an artisan puts the finishing touches on an effigy of demon king Ravana. The effigies are burned during the festival to commemorate the triumph of Lord Rama over the Ravana, marking the victory of good over evil.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AJAY VERMA / REUTERS

Wroclaw, Poland — People in silhouette watch a colorful night fountain show near the Centennial Hall.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Alik Keplicz / Associated Press

Stuttgart, Germany — A visitor to the Hauptbahnhof views a back-lit map, part of a presentation highlighting the proposed benefits of the Stuttgart 21 train station project.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Sean Gallup / Getty Images

Tabor, Czech Republic — Dr. Pavel Vavra measures the blood pressure of a passer-by during a tour by Czech medical staff protesting government austerity measures and wages. More than 3,000 hospital doctors have signed a petition threatening to quit by the end of the year and seek work abroad.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: PETR JOSEK / REUTERS

Havre, Montana — T-shirts with inscriptions by people affected by domestic violence hang on a clothesline that will be on display at the Holiday Village Mall next week.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: John Kelleher / Havre Daily News

Copiapo, Chile — Mounted police patrol the perimeter of the San Jose mine where 33 miners remain trapped deep underground since a collapse more than two months ago. There is hope that they will be rescued soon, with drilling efforts to reach them in the final stages.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press

Devecser, Hungary — A Hungarian soldier cleans a house flooded by toxic mud. The red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached the Danube on Thursday, but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory reservoir.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bela Szandelszky / Associated Press

Gyirmot, Hungary — A volunteer of the local fishing authority shows a dead fish on the bank of the Marcal River in Gyirmot. Virtually all the fish in the Marcal have been wiped out by the sludge, said Tibor Dobson, the spokeman for Hungary's disaster relief team. The toxic sludge spill reached the Danube on Thursday, threatening to contaminate the river's ecosystem, a water authority official told Agence France-Presse.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP / Getty Images

Nowshera, Pakistan — A security official stands guard near tankers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan after suspected Islamic militants attacked the trucks in Nowshera. Firefighters in northwestern Pakistan were trying to extinguish a fire that engulfed 54 trucks carrying supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan after the latest attack on supply convoys, police said.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ARSHAD ARBAB / EPA

Zakopane, Poland — A so-called Brocken spectre is seen in the clouds above the Tatra mountains. In this rare optic phenomenon, an observer's shadow is magnified onto a cloud at a lower altitude. The head of the figure is often surrounded by rings of colored light.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Grzegorz Momot / EPA

Worcester, England — Horses take flight in the Ladbrokes hurdle race at Worcester race track.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images

Sofia, Bulgaria — Bulgarians demonstrate in front of the nation's Parliament. Thousands of people working in the mining industry, healthcare, transport, farming, state administration, police, steelmakers, retirees, the disabled and students attended the rally and called on the prime minister to stabilize the social security system.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Valentina Petrova / Associated Press

New Delhi — Australia's Sally Pearson celebrates her win in the women's 100-meter final of the track-and-field competition of the Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: WILLIAM WEST / AFP / Getty Images

New Delhi — Chad Le Clos of South Africa competes in the men's 400-meter individual-medley final at the Mukherjee Aquatics Complex on Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Cameron Spencer / Delhi, India

Minsk, Belarus — Workers haul in the fish at Volma fish farm near the village of Azyorny, about 31 miles from Minsk. Fish production in Belarus this year will reach 19,400 tons, more than a threefold increase from 2005, according to a statement from the government.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: VLADIMIR NIKOLSKY / Reuters

Los Angeles — Two weeks after he and seven Bell city leaders were arrested in a far-reaching corruption case, former city manager Robert Rizzo was released from jail after a Los Angeles County judge said she was satisfied the assets being posted for his $2-million bail did not come from illegal activity.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times

Allahabad, India — A Hindu devotee with his face smeared with mud prepares to bathe in the River Ganges during "Sarvapitri amavasya," sometimes translated as All Souls Day. On the occasion, Hindus pay homage to their ancestors and perform rituals to ensure that the souls of their ancestors go to heaven.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press

Athens — A woman walks in front of the Parliament House, which is guarded by riot officers during a demonstration of civil servants.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ARIS MESSINIS / AFP / Getty Images

LOS ANGELES — Zahiraa Zareef caresses her son Hashim, 10, at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, where he is being treated for injuries from an IED blast in Baghdad. The boy was unconscious for 55 days after the blast.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times

New York — Arrow signs light up the Indoor Carnival at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. The four-day, which begins Friday, will feature performances and a variety of nostalgic games, authentic carnival rides and other activities.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: STAN HONDA / AFP/Getty Images

Philadelphia — The Phillies' Roy Halladay throws no-hitter in a 4-0 playoff victory over the Cincinnati Reds, becoming the first to throw a postseason no-hitter since Don Larsen's perfect game for the Yankees in the 1956 World Series.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Chris Trotman / Getty Images

Copiapo, Chile — A delegation of Bolivians arrives at the San Jose mine to support Bolivian miner Carlos Mamani, one of 33 trapped underground for two months, as hope rises for a rescue soon.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP/Getty Images

Vatican City — Pope Benedict XVI is aided by his private secretary, Georg Ganswein, as he prepares for his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: VINCENZO PINTO / AFP/Getty Images

Andrews Air Force Base, Md. — Air Force One, with President Obama aboard, receives a military salute as it prepares to depart Andrews Air Force Base.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press

Caracas, Venezuela — Seized weapons are displayed for journalists at a public square. The director of Venezuela's Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigative Police said that 632 weapons were seized nationwide in September.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ariana Cubillos / Associated Press

Stoessen, Germany — Trucks are dwarfed by the mast of a wind turbine under construction near Stoessen. The German government recently set ambitious goals for renewable energy sources in a new energy plan that calls for heavy investment in wind, solar and biogas electricity production.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Sean Gallup / Getty Images

New Delhi, India — Athletes compete in the Men's 5000 meter Track and Field final at the 19th Commonwealth Games. Uganda's Moses Kipsiro won the title with Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge coming in second and Kenyan Mark Kiptoo finishing third.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India — Competitors take part in the Women's Points Race cycling event at the Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ANDY CLARK / REUTERS

Nowshera, Pakistan — Pakistani soldiers watch as a NATO oil tanker burns, allegedly attacked by militants. Gunmen in northwest Pakistan torched a dozen tankers carrying fuel to NATO troops, the latest strike against supply convoys heading for Afghanistan since Pakistan shut a key border crossing last week.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press

Pasadena, Calif. — Traffic crawls along the rain-slicked 210 freeway in Pasadena.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

Kolontar, Hungary — A villager is reflected in a flood of toxic mud while walking through his backyard. After a gigantic sludge reservoir burst its banks at metals plant in Ajka, hundreds of people were evacuated and emergency workers worked to clear roads and homes of the hazardous waste.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bela Szandelszky / Associated Press

Vienna — A visitor to the Albertina Museum passes a poster reproducing Michelangelo's painting "The Creation of Adam" during a pre-opening event for the exhibition "Michelangelo: Paintings of a Genius."

PHOTOGRAPH BY: LISI NIESNER / Reuters

Seoul — Australians Matina Moutzouris, left, and Samantha Hickey, members of street-performance group Erth, wear transparent boxes containing water as they take part in the Hi Seoul Festival.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Snake handler Faizal Ahmad plays with a radiated rat snake during a show at the National Museum.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: BAZUKI MUHAMMAD

Frankfurt, Germany — Three-week-old Sumatran tiger cub Daseep growls during her first public appearance at the local zoo.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: KAI PFAFFENBACH

Zurich, Switzerland — A spider sits in a wet web on the Uetliberg, a mountain.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA / EPA

Frankfurt, Germany — A woman stands in front of an ad for the 62nd annual International Book Fair.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JOHANNES EISELE / AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi — Seth Degbe Fetrie of Ghana is pinned under the bar after an unsuccessful lift during the men's 69-kilogram weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AMIT DAVE

New Delhi — Australia's Emily Seebohm swims to win the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press

Duisburg, Germany — A climber scales the wall of a bunker at a former steel plant that was converted into a public park where visitors can go on an adventure course.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Frank Augstein / Associated Press

Baikonur, Kazakhstan — An Orthodox priest blesses a mission specialist and the Soyuz spacecraft that is scheduled to carry a new crew to the International Space Station on Friday.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dmitry Lovetsky / Pool

Barcelona, Spain — The Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant looks on during practice at Palau Sant Jordi, where the NBA champions are scheduled to play Euroleague champions FC Barcelona in an exhibition game.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: LLUIS GENE / AFP/Getty Images

Jenin, West Bank — Palestinian young people dance during a student celebration.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mohammed Ballas / Associated Press

Monterrey, Mexico — Police detectives and forensic personnel stand next to a bullet-riddled car in which two men were killed in a drive-by shooting.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: TOMAS BRAVO / Reuters

London — A worker pauses to view St. Paul's Cathedral from London's One New Change shopping mall, which is in the final stages of construction. One New Change was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and is covered in 6,500 different-sized glass panes, the majority of which have been handcrafted.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Oli Scarff / Getty Images

Beit Fajjar, West Bank — An Israeli soldier fires tear gas at Palestinian youths throwing stones at the entrance of the West Bank village of Beit Fajjar. A mosque was desecrated by vandals the day before while Israeli settler rabbis were delivering copies of the Koran.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: HAZEM BADER / AFP/Getty Images

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The Burj Khalifa skyscraper is silhouetted as the sun sets.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: REUTERS

Quang Binh, Vietnam — A boy searches for cooking woods swept away by a swollen Gianh River. At least 13 people have been killed and five reported missing in flood-hit central Vietnam.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AFP/Getty Images

Copiapo, Chile — Images of trapped miners are displayed outside the San Jose mine where they have been underground for two months. President Sebastian Pinera said he hoped to bring the workers to the surface by the end of next week.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi — A team scores during the Australia versus India women's netball match at the 19th Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi — Jo Calvino of England competes in the women's 53kg weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AMIT DAVE / REUTERS

Albuquerque — A hot air balloon lifts off during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The annual event has attracted about 500 balloons and thousands of spectators.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Susan Montoya Bryan / Associated Press

Amsteg, Switzerland — A visitor stands at the Erstfeld-Amsteg section of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel. Crossing the Alps with a length of 35 miles, it's the world's longest railway tunnel and is expected to be operational toward the end of 2017.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ARND WIEGMANN / REUTERS

Seattle — Derrick Cartwright, director of the Seattle Art Museum, gestures toward a work of art at a preview of "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso, Paris." The U.S. debut exhibition of essential works from Pablo Picasso's personal collection was made possible with the Paris museum undergoing a $28-million renovation, scheduled for completion in 2012.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Elaine Thompson / Associated Press

Pirogovo, Ukraine — Three canines ponder their next move at a private animal shelter in the village of Pirogovo. The facility, run by the SOS Animal Society of Kiev, is taking care of more than 2,000 stray dogs and other homeless animals.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Konstantin Chernichkin / REUTERS

Pirogovo, Ukraine — A veterinarian treats a dog at an animal shelter outside Kiev where more than 2,000 stray dogs and other homeless animals are being cared for.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Konstantin Chernichkin / REUTERS

Lexington, Kentucky — Show jumper Corradina, ridden by Carsten-Otto Nagel of Germany, clears a fence in the Team and Individual Competition at the World Equestrian Games. This is the first time the event is being held outside Europe.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: LARRY W. SMITH / European Pressphoto Agency

Moscow — An autumnal leaf settles on a bench.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DMITRY KOSTYUKOV / AFP/Getty Images

Devecser, Hungary — Tunde Erdelyi, left, saves her cat while Janos Kis walks into their yard, which has been flooded by toxic mud from a chemical plant. A red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary ruptured, and seven towns have been affected 100 miles southwest of Budapest.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bela Szandelszky / Associated Press

Kolontar, Hungary — An aerial photo shows the broken wall of the reservoir at a chemical plant in Hungary. At least 1 million cubic meters of red sludge has leaked from the alumina plant; four people, including two children, died as a result of the dam bursting.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: GYOERGY VARGA / EPA

Seoul, South Korea — A member of the Dong Chun circus troupe performs at an event that's part of the Hi Seoul Festival 2010.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: TRUTH LEEM / Reuters

Paris, France — A model presents a creation by French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac during the spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection show.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: PIERRE VERDY / AFP / Getty Images

Belang Bebangka, Indonesia — Young people compete in a traditional horse race in Aceh province.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Heri Juanda / Associated Press

Amman, Jordan — Students mark Teachers' Day in Jordan by releasing thousands of colored balloons tagged with handwritten paper messages.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALI JAREKJI / Reuters

Kari Mori, Pakistan — A 12-year-old boy whose family has been displaced by flooding takes a bath on an embankment in Pakistan's Sindh province.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AKHTAR SOOMRO / Reuters

New Delhi, India — Bicyclists from Scotland, left, Northern Ireland, center, and Malaysia compete at the Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kevin Frayer / Associated Press

An employee of a publishing house arranges hundreds of books at the Book Fair, which features more than 7,000 exhibitors from 113 countries.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: BORIS ROESSLER / EPA

Bucharest, Romania — Romanian teachers shout anti-government slogans while protesting the government's austerity measures.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROBERT GHEMENT / EPA

Jakarta, Indonesia — Indonesian special forces soldiers march during a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the Indonesia National Military.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: BEAWIHARTA / Reuters

Johannesburg, South Africa — Protesters are detained after hundreds of residents of a poor settlement engaged in violent clashes with police while demonstrating for better housing and other basic services.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: KIM LUDBROOK / EPA

Kiev, Ukraine — A dog licks its owner during a rally by animal rights activists outside the Ukrainian parliament. The protesters are demanding an end to the killing of homeless animals.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP / Getty Images

Santa Monica — Pedestrians break out umbrellas on the Santa Monica Pier as light rain fell on parts of Los Angeles.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times

Thousand Oaks, Calif. — Raindrops form an abstract pattern on a window as cooler temperatures and rain bring a welcome respite from last week's record-breaking heat.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times

Sochi, Russia — A brave bather welcomes a crashing wave with open arms on the beach at the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MIKHAIL MORDASOV / AFP/Getty Images

Baikonur, Kazakhstan — A woman cleans the floor beneath the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft in the assembly hangar at Baikonur cosmodrome. The Soyuz, with U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka, is due to lift off for the International Space Station on Oct. 8.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SHAMIL ZHUMATOV / REUTERS

Tokyo — Jazz great Sonny Rollins pauses during his concert in Tokyo on Oct. 4. Rollins is on an 80th birthday tour in a nation long known for its love of jazz.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Junji Kurokawa / Associated Press

Rome — Lukas Tichacek of the Czech Republic dives to save the ball during the third-round match between his country and Brazil at the Volleyball World Championships.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALBERTO PIZZOLI / AFP/Getty Images

Delhi, India — Jason Scott of Canada performs on the rings during the men's artistic gymnastics qualification on Day One of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MARK DADSWELL / GETTY IMAGES

Stuttgart, Germany — Demonstrators protest against the demolition of the historical Stuttgart train station to make way for the Stuttgart 21 underground railway.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MICHAELA REHLE / REUTERS

Tianjin, China — A thermal power plant chimney emits steam near a public sculpture in Tianjin, where the United Nations Climate Change Conference is being held.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JASON LEE / REUTERS

Newport, Wales — European Ryder Cup player Edoardo Molinari of Italy reacts on the 17th green after the European team wins the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: STEFAN WERMUTH / Reuters

London, England — Commuters line up for buses outside Victoria Station during morning rush hour in London. London Underground workers are staging a 24-hour walkout over plans to cut jobs, causing large disruption to the capital's transport network.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Oli Scarff / Getty Images

Servion, Switzerland — An African penguin swims in his pool at the Servion Zoo near Lausanne, Switzerland.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DENIS BALIBOUSE / Reuters

Kandahar, Afghanistan — An Afghan policeman guarding a road places flowers near the barrel of his rifle in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ERIK DE CASTRO / Reuters

Frankfurt, Germany — A woman touches a larger-than-life portrait of Ernesto "Che" Guevara hanging at the pavillon of Argentina at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Argentina is this year's guest of honor at the book fair, which runs from Oct. 6 to 10. More than 7,000 exhibitors from 113 countries are slated to participate.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: RORIS ROESSLER / EPA

Shanghai, China — A woman holding burning incense prays at a temple in Shanghai. China began a weeklong celebration of its 61st anniversary of communist rule on Oct. 1. Locals reunite with family members and visit temples during the "Golden week" holidays.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP / Getty Images

Seoul, South Korea — South Korean police officers participate in a field training exercise for the G20 Summit South Korean security unit in Seoul. The G20 Summit will be held in Seoul on Nov. 11 and 12.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images

New Delhi, India — Wales' Marco Loughran, bottom, and Australia's Daniel Arnamnart compete in a men's 50-meter backstroke semifinal during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press

Bartles, Ohio — Firefighters work at the scene of a house fire that killed five people in Bartles, Ohio. Seven other people were injured in the rural-area blaze.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jessica St. James / Ironton Tribune

Herat, Afghanistan — A health worker administers polio vaccine to a child in Herat, Afghanistan. The country has taken major steps toward polio eradication in recent years.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JALIL REZAYEE / EPA

Jammu, India — A car passes through a group of monkeys on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near India's Nadani forest. Deforestation in the area has made wildlife species homeless and monkeys have been the worst hit. Unable to find food and shelter, the monkeys have moved toward inhabited areas and can be seen on the highway expecting food from passersby and tourists.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JAIPAL SINGH / EPA

Colombo, Sri Lanka — Supporters of imprisoned former Sri Lanka Army Chief Sarath Fonseka, at right, reach out to his vehicle near the island nation's Supreme Court complex in Colombo. The former general was stripped of his rank, medals and other perks in a court martial that found him guilty of indulging in politics while still in uniform. Another court martial found him guilty of irregular procurements for the army and sentenced him to three months' imprisonment, which was commuted to 30 months when the president ratified the sentence. Fonseka was being brought before the Supreme Court in yet another civil case against him.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: M.A. PUSHPA KUMARA / EPA