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