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November 11th, 2009

Editor’s choice - November 11

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

A young Buddhist monk holds a pair of sunglasses during a teaching session by spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Tawang, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh November 10, 2009. The Dalai Lama arrived by helicopter in this remote Buddhist enclave nestled in the icy folds of the eastern Himalayas on Sunday. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Remains of a swimming pool are seen where a hotel stood before Hurricane Katrina struck at the Gulf Coast in Gulfport, Mississippi November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

The coffins of six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are driven though the streets of Wootton Bassett in southwest England November 10, 2009. Six British servicemen were flown home on Tuesday — five of whom were shot by a rogue Afghan policeman. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

A child walks inside a mosque at Teluk Meranti village in Pelalawan, Indonesia’s Riau province,  November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Beawiharta

Police officers escort Tatsuya Ichihashi upon his arrival at Tokyo station November 10, 2009. The Japanese suspect in the death of a young British woman found naked in a sand-filled bathtub has been caught after more than two years on the run during which he had plastic surgery, Japanese media reported on Tuesday. Ichihashi, 30, had been sought in connection with the death of Lindsay Ann Hawker, a 22-year-old English teacher from Brandon, near Coventry, after her body was found on the balcony of his apartment in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, in March 2007. REUTERS/Kyodo

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November 10th, 2009

Editor’s choice - November 10

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

People peer through a section of the former Berlin Wall at the wall memorial “Bernauer Strasse” in Berlin November 9, 2009, during day-long celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.   REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

Palestinian and international activists stand atop a concrete blast wall on a patrol road used by Israeli troops along the controversial Israeli barrier during a protest marking the 20th anniversary of the toppling of the Berlin Wall, in the al-Amari refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

A member of a cross-community group takes part in a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, at a “Peace Line” in west Belfast, Northern Ireland November 9, 2009. “Peace Lines” or Walls were erected during “the troubles” to separate the Catholics and Protestants. The red lines across the person’s face is caused by another photographer’s auto focus assist.   REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

Fireworks illuminate the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 9, 2009, during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.   REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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October 6th, 2009

Editor’s choice - Best photos

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya receives his hat before a news conference inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

An Israeli border police officer detains a Palestinian suspected of throwing stones in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Milk farmers spray fresh milk on riot police during a demonstration outside the European Council headquarters in Brussels October 5, 2009. Milk producers from all over Europe protested against lower selling prices of milk outside a meeting of European Union agriculture ministers trying to tackle a crisis in the dairy sector.   REUTERS/Yves Herman

A man prays outside his mudslide destroyed house in the earthquake-ravaged village of Tandikat, Indonesia’s West Sumatra province October 5, 2009.  REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

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October 5th, 2009

Editor’s choice - Best photos

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

A surfer walks in from the ocean as a fog rolls in at Rockaway Beach in New York, October 4, 2009   REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A resident uses an improvised raft to transfer a pig from a backyard swine farm, after his house was affected by floodwaters caused by continuous rain brought by Typhoon Parma, in La Union province, north of Manila October 4, 2009.   REUTERS/Stringer

Baltimore Ravens fullback Le’Ron McClain wears a pink glove, for breast cancer awareness week, during warm-ups before the Ravens’ NFL game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Massachusetts October 4, 2009.     REUTERS/Brian Snyder

A man carries a box while walking down an alley as he returns home in an earthquake-destroyed district of Padang in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province October 4, 2009.  REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Guitarist Yao Lan of Chinese rock band ‘Second Hand Rose’ performs onstage at Modern Sky Music Festival in Beijing October 4, 2009. The four-day-long Modern Sky Music Festival opened in the Chaoyang Park from Sunday, presenting such popular Chinese rock bands such as “Second Hand Rose” and “New Pants”.  REUTERS/Grace Liang

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October 2nd, 2009

Editor’s choice - Best photos

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi take part in a cultural program on the eve of Gandhi’s 140th birth anniversary, in the central Indian city of Bhopal October 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raj Patidar

Palestinian boys walk past a mural depicting captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, in Gaza city October 1, 2009. Israel will free 20 Palestinian women from jail as early as Friday in exchange for a videotape from Hamas proving the Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip since 2006 is alive, officials on both sides said on Wednesday.   REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

A view of China’s 60th anniversary parade in Beijing, China, in this satellite image taken and released on October 1, 2009.  REUTERS/DigitalGlobe

Pro-democracy protesters carrying a mock coffin try to cross a police line during a demonstration demanding China improve its human rights record, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong October 1, 2009 as China celebrates the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.    REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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October 1st, 2009

Editor’s choice - Best photos

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

Helicopters from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) air force fly in formation during a massive parade to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in Beijing October 1, 2009.  REUTERS/David Gray

A man pauses in Tsunami destroyed Maninoa Siumu on the southern coast of Western Samoa September 30, 2009.     REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

An injured girl cries during an evacuation after an earthquake hit Padang, Indonesia’s Sumatra island September 30, 2009.   REUTERS/Muhammad Fitrah/Singgalang Newspaper

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, wears a traditional white cowboy hat, native leather mitts and a traditional native eagle feather he received as welcoming gifts at the Calgary airport in Calgary, Alberta, September 30, 2009. The White Hat ceremony is a Calgary tradition reserved for dignitaries and is a symbol of Calgary’s hospitality, and the eagle feather is a gift by the natives to only the highest dignitaries. REUTERS/Pool

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September 30th, 2009

Editor’s choice - Best photos

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

Los Angeles Lakers’ Lamar Odom prepares for a TV interview during the NBA basketball team’s media day in Los Angeles, September 29, 2009.  REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

A destroyed structure is seen among debris near a church following a tsunami in the village of Leone, American Samoa, September 29, 2009. Scores of people are reported to have been killed in the Samoan Islands after a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 triggered a series of tsunami waves early Tuesday local time.  REUTERS/Raj Borsellino

A policeman checks a window as he stands guard near the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, September 29, 2009, where ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge. Honduras’ de facto government sent troops on Monday to shut down two media stations loyal to ousted Zelaya, drawing fresh condemnation of its increasingly heavy-handed rule. REUTERS/Henry Romero

A model falls as she displays a creation as part of Mila Schon Spring/Summer 2010 women’s collection during Milan Fashion Week September 29, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo

Chinese attendants wait outside the hall where U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg is speaking with Chinese Vice President Xi JinPing during their meeting at Great Hall of the People in Beijing, September 29, 2009.  U.S. and Chinese officials met on Tuesday over North Korea’s nuclear program amid signs Pyongyang may be willing to restart talks on the issue. REUTERS/Elizabeth Dalziel/Pool

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September 29th, 2009

Editor’s choice - Best photos

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

A man takes a break from cleaning a house swamped by flash floods brought on by Typhoon Ketsana, locally known as Ondoy, in a middle class residential neighborhood in Marikina city east of Manila September 28, 2009.   REUTERS/Erik de Castro

Shoes and carnations are laid on a red carpet by the relatives of gunfire victims during an anti-gun rally on Individual Disarmament Day in Istanbul September 28, 2009. A group of people who lost their relatives by gun fire gathered in downtown Istanbul to commemorate their loss and to support the individual disarmament campaign organized by Umut Foundation. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

A group of Common Cranes gather in dawn light, on their night-roost on a lake in the German state of Brandenburg, close to Berlin September 26, 2009. From September to November tens of thousands of Cranes use the rural area close to the German Capital for a stopover during their migration from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe to their wintering quarters in Spain. The agricultural plains surrounding Berlin are among the biggest Crane roosts in entire Europe with several tens of thousands birds gathering during the peak of migration between September and November.  REUTERS/Thomas Krumenacker

A Palestinian lies on the heated floor before bathing at “Hamam Alshefa,” a traditional Turkish bath in the West Bank city of Nablus September 28, 2009. The Turkish bath, built about 250 years ago during the Ottoman rule, is open 24 hours a day and has separate days for men and women. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

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September 28th, 2009

Editor’s choice - Best photos

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

An Iranian Tondar missile is launched during a test at an unknown location in central Iran September 27, 2009. Iran test-fired short-range missiles on Sunday to show it was prepared to head off any military threat, four days before the Islamic Republic is due to hold rare talks with world powers worried about its nuclear ambitions. REUTERS/Fars News/Ali Shayegan

Residents wait for evacuation from floods brought about by Typhoon Ondoy in Cainta Rizal, east of Manila September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

A German woman wearing a traditional Black Forest costume casts her ballot during the country’s general election (Bundestagswahl) at the polling station in Gutach, in the southern German Black Forest region September 27, 2009.    REUTERS/Miro Kuzmanovic

Siddiqullah,12, carries a basket of potatoes to nearby vegetable and fruit vendors in Karachi September 27, 2009.  REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

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September 25th, 2009

Editor’s choice - Best photos

Posted by: Corinne Perkins

A pedestrian passes graffiti art on a wall in north London, September 24, 2009. British media have attributed the new work to acclaimed British street artist Banksy.   REUTERS/Toby Melville

France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (2nd R) stand with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as they arrive at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for heads of delegation at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 24, 2009.     REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Demonstrators march during a protest before the start of the G20 Pittsburgh Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 24, 2009.  REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya speaks on the phone after a meeting with presidential candidates inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

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