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Yellow Cabs In Flooded Parking Lot Come To Surface As Superstorm Sandy Recede

Yellow Cabs In Flooded Parking Lot Come To Surface As Superstorm Sandy Recede

A parking lot full of yellow cabs that was flooded the day before is now dry as flood waters recede in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. <AP/NEWSis=Charles Sykes>

Various Gift Boxes In Display At Supermarket For Celebration Of Hindu Festival Of Lights In India

Various Gift Boxes In Display At Supermarket For Celebration Of Hindu Festival Of Lights In India

Gift boxes and baskets are seen outside a supermarket in the business area of New Delhi, India, Oct. 31, 2012. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, will be celebrated in many parts of the country. Fruit baskets are seen outside a supermarket in the business area of New Delhi, India, Oct. 31, 2012. <Xinhua=Li Yigang>

Many Poor Families Still Make Do With Only Bread For All Three Meals In Iraq

Many Poor Families Still Make Do With Only Bread For All Three Meals In Iraq

Children ride a donkey cart in Baghdad’s eastern suburb of Shamaiyah, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. An Iraqi woman distributes bread as a lunch meal for her family in Baghdad’s eastern suburb of Shamaiyah, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Many poor families eat only bread for all three meals in Iraq. <AP/NEWSis=Hadi Mizban>

Even Kalashnikov Poses No Threat On Cat Sleeping At Security Check Point In Gaza City

Even Kalashnikov Poses No Threat On Cat Sleeping At Security Check Point In Gaza City

A cat sleeps next a Kalashnikov weapon on a Hamas security check point in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. <AP/NEWSis=Bernat Armangue>

People Rush On Bicycle Amid Dense Fog In Lianyungang, East China

People Rush On Bicycle Amid Dense Fog In Lianyungang, East China

Residents ride in fog in Lianyungang, a port city in east China’s Jiangsu Province, on Oct. 31, 2012. The port city witnessed dense fog as the visibility in urban area was less than 500 meters. <Xinhua/Geng Yuhe>

Dhobi Ghat, Outdoor Laundry, Emerges As New Tourist Attraction In Mumbai, India

Dhobi Ghat, Outdoor Laundry, Emerges As New Tourist Attraction In Mumbai, India

A worker washes clothes at Dhobi Ghat, in Mumbai, India, Oct. 30, 2012. Dhobi Ghat, known as one of the biggest outdoor laundries, became a tourist site as hundreds of washmen work here during every dawn and dusk. <Xinhua/Wang Ping>

Collision Of Fully Packed Passenger Van With Truck Leaves 23 Dead In Pakistan

Collision Of Fully Packed Passenger Van With Truck Leaves 23 Dead In Pakistan

Rescuers remove a body from the accident site in east Pakistan’s Bahawalpur, Oct. 30, 2012. At least 23 people were killed when a fully packed passenger van collided with a truck in Pakistan’s eastern Bahawalpur district on Tuesday, said the police. Rescuers work at the accident site in east Pakistan’s Bahawalpur, Oct. 30, 2012. <Xinhua/Stringer>

Iraqi People Still Suffer From Lack Of Adequate Water Supply Despite U.S. Efforts

Iraqi People Still Suffer From Lack Of Adequate Water Supply Despite U.S. Efforts

Iraqis fill drinking and cooking water containers from a public water hose on open ground in Baghdad’s eastern suburb of Fadaliayah, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The neighborhood has no municipal water supply. The US allocated billions of dollars to rebuild Iraq’s water infrastructure shattered by war, sanctions and neglect, but security issues, corruption and […]

An India Boy Walks Along The Coast As Cyclone Nilam Approaches

An India Boy Walks Along The Coast As Cyclone Nilam Approaches

An Indian boy tries to hold his umbrella against strong winds as he walks the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai, India, Tuesday, Oct.30, 2012. The Indian Meteorological Department has advised fishermen not to venture into the open seas with Cyclone Nilam reported swirling about 450 kilometers (280 miles) south east of here Tuesday. <AP/NEWSis=Arun […]

Muslims Driven Into Misery As Result Of Recent Buddhist-Muslim Clash In Myanmar

Muslims Driven Into Misery As Result Of Recent Buddhist-Muslim Clash In Myanmar

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a Muslim refugee child stands near tents at a refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Survivors of ethnic clashes in western Myanmar lashed out at the government for failing to prevent violence between Muslims and Buddhists that has displaced more than 32,000 people over the last […]

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