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Groundsmen prepare the covers as rain delayed play during Match 11 of The Champions League T20 (CLT20) between the Mumbai Indians (India) and Yorkshire (England) at Newlands Cricket Stadium in Cape Town on October 18, 2012. AFP PHOTO /Luigi Bennett
A file photo taken on March 25, 2010 shows Taronga Zoo's elephant calf Pathi Harn after his miracle birth after being pronounced dead during labour and which caused a nationwide sensation, in Sydney. A female keeper was rushed to hospital in a critic...
Afghan National Police recruits study their notes on how to use a Kalashnikov rifle during a training session at the police academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The readiness of Afghanistan’s security forces is central to U.S. and NATO plans to withdraw ...
A model shows off Fujitsu's latest Windows 8 water-proof tablet PC, 'ARROWS Tab Wi-Fi QH55/J' during Fujitsu's Windows 8 PC press preview in Tokyo on October 19, 2012. Fujitsu announced the 10.1-inch-display ARROWS tablet PC and 20 FMV Windows 8 PCs ...
US President Barack Obama, Republican US presidential candidate Mitt Romney and others attend the 67th annual Al Smith dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel October 18, 2012 in New York, New York. AFP PHOTO
Ducati rider Nicky Hayden of the US speeds around the corner during the first practice session of the Malaysian Grand Prix MotoGP motorcycling race at the Sepang circuit on October 19, 2012. AFP PHOTO
American actress Minka Kelly walks on the fairway during the pro-am games at the World Celebrity Pro-Am golf tournament in Haikou, in southern China's island province Hainan on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. (AP Photo
A student holds a placard during special prayers for the recovery of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral School in Lahore October 19, 2012.Yousufzai, 14, was shot by the Taliban on October 9, 2012, for speakin...
Staff work behind the counter of India's first newly-inaugurated Starbucks outlet in Mumbai on October 19, 2012. Starbucks, the world's biggest coffee chain, launched its first Indian outlet on October 19 in an upscale part of Mumbai, becoming the la...
Women police constables celebrate after their passing out parade at Police Training Academy in Moradabad on Friday. PTI
Bollywood actors Ashmit Patel and Madhura Naik pose for a PETA campaign in Mumbai on Friday. PTI
An Abu Dhabi-Kochi Air India flight parked at the airport in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. High drama unfolded at the airport on Friday when the pilot of the plane pressed the hijack button in panic after passengers created a ruckus in the cockpit fo...
Indian Minister of Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natrajan (R) talks to CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza during the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) conference in Hyderabad on October 19, 2012. About 15,000 delegates from over 18...
An idol of Devi Durga at a community puja pandal in Kolkata on Friday. PTI
Ramlila, re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram, Shri Dharmic Leela Committee being staged at Parade Ground in New Delhi on Thursday night. PTI
Youngsters take part in a Garba programme during Navratri festival in Ahmedabad on Thursday. PTI
An Indian artist pastes mustaches on to a clay model of a devil for the upcoming Durga Puja festival at a makeshift camp, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. Seen as the mother of the universe, Durga is worshipped for her graciousness as well...
Indian Bollywood actor Aamir Khan talks during the soundtrack launch for the forthcoming Hindi film 'Talaash' in Mumbai on October 18, 2012. AFP
Indian Bollywood actor Aamir Khan (L), actress Rani Mukherjee (C), and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar (R) pose during the soundtrack launch for the forthcoming Hindi film 'Talaash' in Mumbai on October 18, 2012. AFP
An Indian man waits for a priest infront of an idol of Hindu goddess Durga displayed for the upcoming Hindu festival Durga Puja in Kolkata on October 19, 2012. The five-day Durga Puja festival commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur ...
A bird flies as the Sun sets in the sky in New Delhi on Friday. PTI
Members, from left, of Slayer, an American thrash metal band, guitarist Kerry King, drummer Dave Lombardo and guitarist Gary Holt, speak during an event ahead of their concert in Bangalore, India, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. The band will make their fi...
Indian visitors look at an idol of Hindu goddess Durga in preparation for the upcoming Hindu festival Durga Puja in Siliguri on October 18, 2012. The five-day period of worship of Durga, who is attributed as the destroyer of evil, commences on Oct...
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