A Malaysian woman prays at a Buddhist temple in Kuala Lumpur

Tennis player Ana Ivanovic of Serbia smiles while watching Adam Scott of Australia on the 14th green during the second round of the Barclays Singapore Open golf tournament at the Serapong golf course on Sentosa island in Singapore

 

A boy with India's national emblem painted on his face poses during a face painting competition themed "Our Heritage Our Pride" in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh

Asian Elephant calf Luk Chai has a drink before a traditional ecumenical Thai blessing for good health and success at Taronga Zoo

First Lady Michelle Obama and students from Bancroft Elementary School and Kimball Elementary School harvest vegetables in the garden on the South Lawn of the White House

Britain's Queen Elizabeth hands a ceremonial relay baton to India's President Pratibha Patil during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth games baton relay at Buckingham Palace in London

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his image won best in category in the Ceremonies division of PDN’s 2009

Photographed looking down on West 43 St. in New York

The National Mosque in Jakarta can hold 120,000 souls for Friday prayers. Arab traders brought Islam to the region a thousand years ago. Now 86 percent of Indonesia’s 240 million citizens are Muslim, mostly Sunni.

The remains of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jeremy S. Lasher, of Oneida, N.Y. are carried during a Dignified Transfer ceremony on Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Dover AFB in Dover, Delaware

Fine-art photographer Susan Barnett took to the streets of New York City

This photograph of a Siberian tiger and her cubs, taken by Michael Nichols in Russia in 1995

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Residents fleeing a military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban enter Dera Ismail Khan from South Waziristan

Young Pakistanis light candles around peace signs during a demonstration against terrorism, demanding peace in the country

A Pakistani truck driver enters a distribution point carrying relief supplies for internally displaced civilians

A student walks along Havana's seafront boulevard "Malecon", as she holds flowers to throw into the sea in honor to Cuban rebel hero Camilo Cienfuegos

A man carries a photograph of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro

A Kashmiri woman cries, as her relative leaves for Mecca, in Srinagar

A man stands in front of a billboard advertising jewellery in the southern Indian city of Chennai

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L) receives flowers from Pakistani girls upon her arrival at the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi

Indian actress Urmila Matondkar presents a creation by Indian designer Jaya Rathore during the Wills India Fashion Week

Indian Kranthi Chaitanya Tadikonda, third right, and Harriet Lowe from United Kingdom, left, share a moment as they get married during a mass wedding organized by the "Thirumala Tirupati Devastanam", a temple trust, in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. About 7000 couple got married at the ceremony.

The President of the Republic of India Prathibha Devi Singh Patil arrives at the Guildhall for a banquet on the second official day of her State

Toshiba Releases Methanol-Powered Fuel Cell Gadget Charger

he electric Nissan Land Glider shifts its center of gravity in turns by leaning its body like a motorcycle

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda introduces the Lexus LFA at the show. The new supercar boasts a top speed of 202 m.p.h., goes from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in 3.7 sec., and has a price tag of $375,000

Honda's EV-N is a tiny retro-looking electric vehicle with a power-producing solar panel on its roof

A model shows off Honda Motor's experimental concept vehicle, the balance-control U3-X, at the Tokyo Motor Show. The vehicle can go forward, backward, side-to-side and diagonally, all of it controlled with a simple lean. Still in the experimental stage, the U3-X has a battery life of only 1 hour

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An employee counts bundles of Indian currency notes inside a bank in Agartala

President of the Republic of India, Prathibha Devi Singh Patil