This week in photos (Oct. 10-14)
View a gallery of photos from the week of Oct. 10, 2011.
Section:Gallery
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A traffic light illuminates next to the Big Ben clock tower in London, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. Big Ben has a little bend. Experts say the world-famous neogothic clock tower is listing gently, and documents recently published by Britain's Parliament show that the top of its gilded spire is about one-and-a-half feet (nearly half a meter) out of line. The tower, colloquially known as Big Ben after its massive bell - has been slightly off center since it was erected in the 19th century. Like many old buildings its position has been shifting imperceptibly for years as the ground beneath it subsides.
Matt Dunham Associated Press
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Japan's Ayaka Shimookawa, left, competes with Maya Lawrence, of the United States, during a women's individual epee qualifying match at the World Fencing Championship in Catania, Italy, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.
Antonio Calanni Associated Press
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A model displays a creation by Nida Mahmood at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring Summer 2012 in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.
Tsering Topgyal Associated Press
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The Christ the Redeemer statue is seen from the Dona Marta slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Oct. 10, 2011. One of Brazil's most popular symbol, the statue of Christ the Redeemer turns 80 on Oct. 12, 2011.
Felipe Dana Associated Press
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Romanian school children wave hands while posing for a group picture in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Up to 700 children were gathered by an NGO for the 10 year anniversary of a child abuse hotline operating in Romania. According to the NGO, who offers counseling to both children and parents, starting from 2001 until the present 1.7 million children used the hotline to report some type of abuse of which over 70 percent have used more than once.
Vadim Ghirda Associated Press
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Bhutanese Buddhist monks perform during a rehearsal for a dance to be performed during the wedding festivities of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and future Queen Jetsun Pema, in the capital of Thimphu, Bhutan, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The 31 year-old reformist monarch of the small Himalayan Kingdom will wed his commoner bride later this week.
Kevin Frayer Associated Press
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Pittsburgh Steelers football player Troy Polamalu, left, poses next to "Legendaryous Troy," his wax likeness, unveiled at Madame Tussauds in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The wax figure required twice the amount of hair of any other creation in the history of the famed attraction, according to a press release statement.
Bebeto Matthews Associated Press
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A protester draped with an American flag stands outside City Hall Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, in Philadelphia. The demonstration is one of many being held across the country recently in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York.
Matt Rourke Associated Press
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A note is inscribed on a helmet at a shrine in honor of Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, who died Saturday at age 82, outside of the team's NFL football headquarters in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.
Marcio Sanchez Associated Press
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British rock star Mick Jagger waves to fans upon his arrival to the main square in Cuzco, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Jagger is on a tourist trip to Peru.
Miguel Gutierrez La Republica Newspaper
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, Daniel Thomas,19, surrenders to police following a four-hour search for him in a cornfield near the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee, Ill. The fugitive ran into the field after jumping from a vehicle that a sheriff's police officer pulled over. About 90 minutes after farmer Mark Tanner fired up the combine Wednesday and start chewing away at the hiding place, Thomas walked out of the field and into police custody. He now faces charges related to leading police on a chase. (AP photo/The Daily Journal, Mike Voss) MANDATORY CREDIT
Mike Voss The Daily Journal
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Models displays an outfit by Ukrainian designer Zalevskiy, during a Fashion Week in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.
Sergei Chuzavkov Associated Press
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Pvt. Danny Chen's casket is carried by soldiers during his funeral procession on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 in New York. Chen was killed on Oct. 3 in a noncombat-related death in Kandahar province in Afghanistan.
Jin Lee Fr159730 Ap
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Centenarian Fauja Singh competes in a 200 meter race for centenarians in Toronto, Thursday Oct. 13, 2011. One-hundred-year-old Singh, originally from India now living in London, England, is competing in Toronto's Waterfront Marathon on Sunday.
Chris Young Cp
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Against a foggy backdrop, Joe Alonso, left, head stone mason, and Andy Uhl, stone carver, at the Washington National Cathedral, oversee the removal of damaged upper portions of the southeast grand pinnacle, weighing two tons, from the central tower of Washington National Cathedral in Washington, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The Cathedral's central tower pinnacles were damaged by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck the East Coast on August 23. The damaged portions of pinnacles are being removed to make the pinnacles and central tower stable until the stonework can be repaired and put back in place.
Nikki Kahn The Washington Post Pool
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Motorcyclists make their way through a flooded street in Pathum Thani province, central Thailand Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. Fear and confusion gripped Bangkok on Friday as residents grappled with mixed messages over whether Thailand's worst floods in decades would overwhelm the intricate defenses of the low-lying metropolis of 9 million people.
Apichart Weerawong Associated Press
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A dog barks at riot police during a protest outside the Finance Ministry in Athens, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. Buses, metro trains, trams and taxis were not running in the Greek capital, snarling traffic as public transport workers walked off the job for a second day in an unrelenting barrage of protests against government austerity measures.
Kostas Tsironis Associated Press
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A customer jumps into the arms of an Apple employee outside the Apple Store in Covent Garden, to celebrate his purchase of the new iPhone 4S, which went on sale in London, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011.
Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press