Best Pics Of The Day

Mayon volcano

Mayon volcano spews grayish ash for the second time in a day Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Legazpi, Albay province, about 340 kilometers (212 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines. Chief state volcanologist Renato Solidum said the cone-shaped Mayon volcano in the central Philippines has shot an ash plume into the air and advised nearby residents to be ready to move to safety in case of eruption. The country's most active volcano last erupted in 2006 and typhoon-triggered mudslides later that year buried entire villages, killing more than 1,000 people. (AP)

Mount Rainier

A tugboat pulls a barge out of the Hylebos Waterway in front of a cloud-covered Mount Rainier in Tacoma, Wash., on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. (AP)

Majesty of the Seas

In this Julu 27, 2009 file photo, Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas lies docked at the Port of Miami in Miami. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, it has agreed to a partnership with Shanghai International Port Co. to help develop and support the Chinese cruise industry. (AP)

Raising a giant wing sail

Crew members of the BMW Oracle America's Cup Racing team raise a giant wing sail for the first time on the BMW Oracle trimaran at a mooring near the group's dock compound Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009 in San Diego. The sail is 190 feet long and weighs 7, 700 pounds. (AP)

Paute Dam

View of the Paute Dam, in Penas Coloradas, Ecuador, on November 10, 2009. The severe drought affecting south Ecuador has almost dried the Paute Dam, which produces almost 40% of the national power demand, causing blackouts and electricity rationing all over the country. (AFP)

Albania flood

An Albanian boy walks through water in the village of Barbulloj on November 10, 2009. Flooding in north and southern Albania has blocked roads, toppled a bridge and forced dozens of villagers to evacuate their homes. (AFP)

Obama at memorial service

US President Barack Obama walks off stage after speaking during a memorial service for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the military base on November 5, 2009. (AFP)

Saudi troops

Saudi troops ride in army vehicles in the southwestern province of Jizan near the border with Yemen on November 10, 2009. Saudi Arabia will keep up its air strikes against Yemeni rebels until they pull back from the two countries' border, Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan said. (AFP)

Celebrating independence call

A young woman dressed in a traditional outfit takes part in celebrating the anniversary of the first call of independence from Spain in 1821 in Panama City November 10, 2009. (Reuters)

Fantastic Mr Fox

A diorama depicting a scene from the film 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' sits in the windows of the Bergdorf Goodman store in New York November 10, 2009. (Reuters)

People's Choice Awards

Actresses Sofia Vergara (L) and Cat Deeley (R) arrive on the red carpet for the People's Choice Awards 2010 Nomination Announcement Press Conference, held at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles on November 10, 2009. Fan voting for their favorite TV stars begins today with the award ceremony held in Los Angeles on January 6. (AFP)

Candy Rock

New British girl band 'Candy Rock' arrives in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Sir Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime. (AFP)

Spanish singer Luz Casal

Spanish singer Luz Casal performs at the Chatelet theater on November 10, 2009 in Paris. Casal is in Paris to present her show 'La Pasion' on November 10 and 11 at the Chatelet Theater. (AFP)

Best Pics Of The Day

Canadian geese

Canadian geese fly over a pond at Water Works Park, Monday, November 9, 2009, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP)

Victoria Regia

Picture of a 'Victoria Regia' taken at the Botanical Garden of Bogota, in the Colombian capital, on November 9, 2009. Natural of the Amazon Jungle, the Victoria Amazonica (scientific name) at the Botanical Garden has bloomed these days after doing it for the last time 14 years ago. (AFP)

Flooded oil separation plant

A crude oil separation plant of Mexico's state oil company Pemex is seen flooded in Choapas in the state of Veracruz. (Reuters)

MV Agusta F4 motorcycle

MV Agusta CEO Claudio Castiglioni poses for photographers during a presentation of the new MV Agusta F4 motorcycle in Milan. (Reuters)

Street naming celebration

Sesame Street character Elmo stares at a Sesame Street sign during a 40th anniversary street naming celebration in New York. (Reuters)

Celebrating fall of the Berlin Wall

People brave heavy rain as they stand around giant dominos next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (Reuters)

Brandenburg Gate

A general view shows the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (Reuters)

Painting on Berlin Wall

A visitor looks over a painting on a piece of the former Berlin Wall during an exhibition in Moscow on November 9, 2009. Germany is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009 with many world leaders coming to Berlin to mark the event. (AFP)

Eurogroup meeting

Eurogroup ministers of finance work in the conference room on November 9, 2009 before a Eurogroup meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels. (AFP)

Tropical Storm Ida

A resident walks through strong rain and wind as Tropical Storm Ida approaches, in Gulfport, Mississippi. (Reuters)

The Olympic Flame

The Olympic Flame is lit on a bus due to high winds and freezing temperatures in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, on Monday, November 9, 2009. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on February 12, 2010. (AP)

Burning Saudi Army vehicle

Video grab of a Saudi Army vehicle burning during clashes with Houthi rebels in the border area between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. (Reuters)

Best Pics Collected For The Day

Ferry leaves Circular Quay station

A ferry leaves the Circular Quay station sailing past the Australian insurer AXA Asia Pacific Holdings building (blue) in central Sydney November 9, 2009. Australian insurer AXA Asia Pacific Holdings rejected on Monday a $10.3 billion break-up plan that would have left its Australian assets with rival AMP Ltd and its Asian assets with French parent AXA. REUTERS

Texas Motor Speedway

A general view of Texas Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Dickies 500 on November 8, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. AFP

Texas Motor Speedway

A general view of the parking lot of Texas Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Dickies 500 on November 8, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. AFP

Participants attempt to break Guinness World Record

Participants pose during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for World's Largest Bikini Parade to raise awareness for breast cancer, in Johannesburg, November 7, 2009. Picture taken November 7, 2009. REUTERS

Participants attempt to break Guinness World Record

Participants attempt to break the Guinness World Record for World's Largest Bikini Parade to raise awareness for breast cancer, in Johannesburg, November 7, 2009. Picture taken November 7, 2009. REUTERS

Tourists visit Berlin Wall

Tourists visit the remains of the Berlin Wall at the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. AP

Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive for a church service accompanied by the Right Reverend James Cowan (L), Bishop of British Columbia, in Victoria November 8, 2009. REUTERS

Bengal Tiger smashes pumpkins

Bengal Tiger Kingda Ka smashes pumpkins during Fall at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, November 8, 2009. According to Six Flags', Ka loves to swim as he dives down under the water line, across or to the bottom of the pool for the things he wants. REUTERS

Day of Skulls in La Paz

This combination of photos shows skulls that believers take to the church to be blessed during the Day of Skulls at the General Cemetery in La Paz November 8, 2009. Bolivians who keep close relatives' skulls at home as a macabre talisman flock to the cemetery chapel once a year to have the craniums blessed and to bring themselves good luck in the future. REUTERS

People walk in a street damaged by heavy rains

People walk in a street damaged by heavy rains in Verapaz, about 71 km (44 miles) east to San Salvador November 8, 2009. Hurricane Ida roared into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, where important oil fields are located, after killing 91 people and leaving at least another 60 missing in floods and mudslides in El Salvador. Ida swept past the Mexican resort of Cancun, doing little damage to the city, and is expected to weaken gradually on Monday as it heads toward some of the oil and gas production facilities in the central Gulf, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. REUTERS

JB Mauney

JB Mauney rides Smack Down during the seventh round of the Professional Bull Riders World Finals at the Thomas & Mack Center, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Las Vegas. Mauney won the world finals aggregate title. AP

US shooting crime military

Family members of base personel volunteer as part of the CARE Group and prepare donated food for delivery November 8, 2009 for the famililes of victims involved in the Fort Hood shootings. US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, a psychiatrist and specialist in combat stress, allegedly killed 13 people in a shooting rampage here is said to have acted alone by investigators and no motive has been established. AFP

Best Pics Of The Day

Tendulkar completes 17,000 runs in ODIs

Sachin Tendulkar runs between the wickets as he completes his 17,000 runs during their fifth one-day international (ODI) cricket match against Australia in Hyderabad on November 5, 2009. Tendulkar extended his record one-day aggregate to 17,000 runs on Thursday in his 20th season in international cricket. REUTERS

S Africa cancels deal to buy Airbus planes

The Airbus A400M military aircraft rolls on the tarmac during the official presentation in Seville, Southern Spain. South Africa has cancelled a deal to buy eight Airbus A400M military transport planes due to hefty cost overruns and delivery delays, a govt spokesman said on November 5, 2009. AFP File Photo

Picasso and the Japanese erotic prints

A man looks at the drawing 'El Virgo' by Pablo Picasso, part of the exhibition 'Secret Imagenes - Picasso and the Japanese erotic prints' at the Museo Picasso in Barcelona on November 5, 2009. AFP

Pakistan Fashion Week in Karachi

A model presents a creation by Pakistani designers during the Pakistan Fashion Week in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009. The fashion week is delayed due to ongoing militant violence and security fears which kept foreign guests away. AP

GM's shock refusal to sell Opel sparks protest

A 'stop' sign is seen to an Opel logo at the plant of carmaker Opel in Kaiserslautern, western Germany, on November 5, 2009, during a protest one day after General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and plan to cut some 10,000 jobs. GM wants to slash costs by 30 per cent at Opel, which would mean the elimination of about 10,000 jobs from a workforce of around 50,000, GM vice president John Smith told a telephone news conference on November 5. AFP

Renault CEO, French Minister sign agreement

Renault SA Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn (C) and French Industry Minister Christian Estrosi (L) sign an agreement during a visit to the Renault car factory in Flins, near Paris on November 5, 2009. Ghosn said Renault-Nissan will create a joint venture with the FSI investment fund and atomic energy agency CEA to produce Electric Vehicle car batteries and to invest 600 million euros in research and development in Flins. REUTERS

Women's Snowboard Half-Pipe FIS World Cup 2009

Torah Jane Bright of Australia competes during the final of the women's Snowboard Half-Pipe FIS World Cup 2009 event on the Allalin glacier in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov 5, 2009. AP

Garden of Remembrance

Faces on crosses are placed in the Garden of Remembrance to honour Britain's fallen servicemen and women at Westminster Abbey in London, on November 5, 2009. Prince Philip,The Duke of Edinburgh honoured Britain's fallen servicemen and women on Thursday as he opened the Royal British Legion's Field of Remembrance. He paid tribute to the war dead by placing a cross at the site in the grounds of Westminster Abbey in London. AFP

'Fall of the wall' edition Teddy bear

A special 'fall of the wall' edition Teddy bear, holding a piece of the orignal Berlin wall is for sale at Berlin's KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) department store, rebaptised KaDeBe (Kaufhaus der Berliner, meaning Department store of Berliners instead of the usual Department store of the West) for the occasion, on November 5, 2009. Berlin has caught wall fever ahead of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9. AFP

Heavy rains in Chennai

A rider wades through a flooded road on his horse cart after heavy rains in Chennai on November 5, 2009. REUTERS

UK soldiers prepare for Afghan

Members of the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) practice low-visibility 'dust landing' in an ancient sea bed that is now a dry desert in Imperial County during Merlin Helicopter training out of Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro in Exercise MERLIN VORTEX on November 4, 2009 near El Centro, California.(AFP)

TATA motor launched

TATA motor launched a new car Manza at Ahmedabad on Tuesday. October 27, 2009.(BCCL)

Bosnia Fashion Week

A model presents a creation by Pakistani fashion designer Saim Ali, during the Sarajevo Fashion Week in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Nov. 4, 2009. (AP)

Bosnia Fashion Week

A model presents a creation by Pakistani fashion designer Saim Ali, during the Sarajevo Fashion Week in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Nov. 4, 2009. (AP)

Champions League

Arsenal's Abou Diaby, center, scores past AZ Alkmaar's Niklas Moisander, left, and goalkeeper Sergio Romero during the Champions League Group H soccer match between Arsenal and AZ Alkmaar at the Emirates Stadium in London, on Nov. 4, 2009. (AP)

100 Days to Vancouver Celebration

Ice dancers Melissa Gregory-Petukov and Denis Petukov perform during the 100 Days to Vancouver Celebration on November 4, 2009 at the Rockefeller Center in New York City. (AFP)

2010 Winter Olympics

Torchbearer Erika Tizya-Tramm carries the Olympic flame in Old Crow, Yukon, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010. (AP)

2009 Soul Train Awards

Rocko and Recording Artist Monica attends the 2009 Soul Train Awards at the Georgia World Congress Center on November 3, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. (AFP)

Roger Federer

Switzerland's Roger Federer returns a ball to Italy's Andreas Seppi during their round of sixteen match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, on Nov. 4, 2009. (AP)

Breeder's Cup 2009

Diamondrella during a morning workout in preparation for the Breeder's Cup 2009 at the Santa Anita Race Track on November 4, 2009 in Arcadia, California. (AFP)