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- Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound, after hundreds of Libyans, Libyan Military, and Police raided the Brigades base, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. The recent attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has sparked a backlash among frustrated Libyans against the heavily armed gunmen, including Islamic extremists, who run rampant in their cities. More than 10,000 people poured into a main boulevard of Benghazi, demanding that militias disband as the public tries to do what Libya's weak central government has been unable to. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)read moreAP2012Share
- South Korean special army soldiers demonstrate their martial arts skills during the 64th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the Gyeryong military headquarters in Gyeryong, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. South Korea will celebrate its 64th Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)read moreAP2012Share
- Miners stand on the side of a highway blanketed with stones to block traffic on the outskirts of El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Hundreds of independent miners have placed large stones on three principal highways blocking traffic that leads into Bolivia's capital city. Independent and state miners have been staging rival protests for months for control of the Colquiri tin mine, which is 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of La Paz. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)read moreAP2012Share
- Riot policemen on fire after a petrol bomb thrown by protesters ignited during a nationwide general strike in Athens, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Police clashed with protesters hurling petrol bombs and bottles in central Athens Wednesday after an anti-government rally called as part of a general strike in Greece turned violent. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)read moreThe Associated Press2012Share
- Ten-year old Adele Anhalt inspects the mouth of a model of a dinosaur in the exhibition 'World of Dinosaurs' in Hohenfelden near Erfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. From Sept. 15 up to the Nov. 4, 2012 the exhibition shows 65 models of 56 species of dinosaurs reproduced under scientific instructions in natural size. Among them are stegosaurs, diplodocus, triceratops, archaeopteryx, tyrannosaur, and other representatives of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)read moreAP2012Share
- A lone resident battles with police during a demolition of their shanties at the financial district of Makati city Monday Sept. 24, 2012, east of Manila, Philippines. Police use tear gas and water cannons to effect the demolition of more than 200 families which the residents resisted by throwing bottles rocks and fire bombs known as molotov cocktails. About a dozen residents were arrested and several were injured from both sides. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)read moreAP2012Share
- A Free Syrian Army soldier, right, looks through a mirror which helps him see Syrian troops from the other side, as he takes his position with his comrade during fighting, at the old city of Aleppo city, Syria, Monday Sept. 24, 2012. Most of those fighting the regime of President Bashar Assad are ordinary Syrians and soldiers who have defected, having become fed up with the authoritarian government, analysts say. But increasingly, foreign fighters and those adhering to an extremist Islamist ideology are turning up on the front lines. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)read moreAP2012Share
- Inmates wear shoes they made from recycled materials during the fashion segment of an event celebrating the first days of Spring at a prison for women in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. The event is part of a program that aims to help prisoners reduce stress and build self confidence. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)read moreAP2012Share
- In this July 17, 2012 photo, relatives gather around the bones of Juventino Barrios Perez, who died in 1997 in a car accident, at the General Cemetery in Guatemala City. After 14 years of using a niche, family members must pay US$33 dollars to move the remains to a smaller space. Also, cemetery rules stipulate that six years after a burial, relatives must pay 180 Quetzales, around US$24 dollars, to renew the burial plot for another four years. If there is no payment, cemetery workers exhume the body and put the skeleton in a mass grave. Over 2,000 bodies are exhumed annually after relatives fail to pay cemetery fees. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)read moreAP2012Share
- A protester throws a fire bomb toward the riot police during clashes in Athens, Wednesday Sept. 26, 2012. Police clashed with protesters hurling petrol bombs and bottles after an anti-government rally called as part of a general strike in Greece turned violent. About 50,000 people joined the union-organized march held during a general strike against new austerity measures planned in the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)read moreAP2012Share
- A waitress carries beer mugs in the Hofbraeuhaus tent after the opening of the famous Bavarian "Oktoberfest" beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. The world's largest beer festival, to be held from Sept. 22 to Oct. 7, 2012, will see some million visitors. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) EDS NOTE - SHUTTER SPEED CAUSING BLURread moreAP2012Share
- Female inmates wearing butterfly costumes attend an event that celebrates the first days of Spring at a prison for women in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. The event is part of a program that aims to help prisoners reduce stress and build self confidence. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)read moreAP2012Share
- A homeless woman lugs a roll of bedding past ships docked during a strike at Piraeus, the port of Athens, Wednesday, Sept. 26 2012. A nationwide general strike in debt-crippled Greece against planned new austerity measures shut down schools, banks and government offices, and stopped ferry and train services for 24 hours. Labor unions were planning protest marches in central Athens later Wednesday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)read moreAP2012Share
- An Indian boy dives into the River Ganges, as tourists ride a boat in Varanasi, India, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Varanasi is among the world's oldest cities, and millions of Hindu pilgrims gather annually here for ritual bathing and prayers in the Ganges river considered holiest by Hindus. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)read moreAP2012Share
- In this June 15, 2012 photo, a bullet that was turned into a key-ring, which belongs to the father, a former soldier, of Linda Elizabeth Tylor Martinez, hangs inside her father's home in the El Milagro neighborhood of Guatemala City. Born a man, Tylor is a transgender woman who moves between two distinct worlds: one male, one female. Tylor's father does not accept his son's decision to be transgender and does not allow him to be a woman at his home. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)read moreAP2012Share
- Filipino environmental activists dressed as zombies reach out from behind the gates of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines, as they hold a protest on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The group said that the alleged government inaction on industrial water pollution is jeopardizing the survival of Filipinos. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)read moreAP2012Share
- South Korean Air Force's aerobatic team, the Black Eagles, performs during the 64th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the Gyeryong military headquarters in Gyeryong, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. South Korea will celebrate its 64th Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)read moreAP2012Share
- Nepalese gather around the burning wreckage at the crash site of a Sita Air airplane near Katmandu, Nepal, early Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. A plane carrying trekkers to the Everest region crashed and burned just after takeoff Friday morning in Nepals capital, killing the 19 Nepali, British and Chinese people on board, authorities said. (AP Photo)read moreThe Associated Press2012Share
- In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, masked Somali pirate Abdi Ali stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia. The empty whisky bottles and overturned, sand-filled skiffs that litter this shoreline are signs that the heyday of Somali piracy may be over - most of the prostitutes are gone, the luxury cars repossessed, and pirates talk more about catching lobsters than seizing cargo ships. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)read moreAP2012Share
- An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a hadas, a myrtle branch that is one of the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, as he examines it for blemishes to determine if it is ritually acceptable before buying it, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. According to the Bible, during the Sukkot holiday, known as the Feast of the Tabernacles, Jews are commanded to bind together a palm frond, or "lulav," with two other branches, along with an "etrog," they make up the "four species" used in holiday rituals. The week long holiday begins Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)read moreAP2012Share
- Locals and rescuers search for survivors after a bus fell into the Purna River in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra state, about 650 kilometers (400 miles) north of state capital Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Police say 17 people died when the bus they were traveling in plunged into the river in western India. India has the world's highest road death toll, with more than 110,000 people dieing in road accidents each year. (AP Photo)read moreAP2012Share
- An Indian girl looks out from her family's apartment where a staircase used to be, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The apartment is one of numerous in the area in which residents were forced to demolish outer walls to meet new building regulations imposed by the civic administration. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)read moreAP2012Share
- An Indian woman walks out the door of her home as two laborers sleep on her front steps in New Delhi, India, early Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Thousands of migrant laborers, also known in the city as "pavement dwellers" sleep in the streets of the Indian capital every night. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)read moreAP2012Share
- A Palestinian protester walks away from a water canon used by Israeli troops to disperse protesters during a weekly protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, Sept 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)read moreAP2012Share
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