Bird over the Great Pyramids of Giza

A bird flies over the Great Pyramids of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo.

Sridevi at HDIL India Couture Week

HDIL India Couture Week Day1 Show by Queenie Dhody at Grand Hyatt on October 12, 2009. (BCCL)

Relics of St Therese of Lisieux

Visiting nuns venerate the relics of St Therese of Lisieux, a 19th-century nun who became a Roman Catholic saint, inside Westminster Cathedral in London where they are on display during a three-day visit to the church starting October 12, 2009. The event marks the high point of a month-long tour of the relics of venues including Catholic cathedrals, convents, the Anglican York Minster and Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London. (AP)

2009 Solar Decathlon, California

Visitors tour Team California's solar-powered house during the 2009 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in Washington. Team California won first place in the architecture contest. (AP)

Ghauri missile readied for launch in Pakistan

A version of the Ghauri missile is readied for launch at an undisclosed location in Pakistan. An audacious assault October 10, 2009 by Islamic militants on Pakistan's army headquarters is again raising fears of an insurgent attack on the country's nuclear weapons installation. (AP)

Elvis Presley Memorabilia up for auction

An autographed photo of Elvis Presley in his Army uniform and an Elvis Presley Enterprises Rock 'n' Roll vinyl billfold are two of over 200 items in The Gary Pepper Collection of Elvis Presley Memorabilia at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago. The items will be up for auction on October 18. (AP)

100-year-old competes in the 75+ shot put final, Sydney

Ruth Frith, a 100-year-old from Australia, competes in the women's 75+ shot put final at the World Masters Games in Sydney Olympic Park October 11, 2009. (REUTERS)

Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft land near Kazakhstan

The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft uses a parachute to land near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan with Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, and space tourist Guy Lalibertृ aboard.
Padalka and Barratt are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Lalibertृ who arrived at the station on Oct 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft. (AP)

Columbus Day parade

Parade participants march down 5th Avenue during the 65th Annual Columbus Day Parade in New York October 12, 2009. Over 35,000 people each year participate in the city's Columbus Day parade, held on the second Monday in October. (AFP)