Benfica's Argentinian midfielder Pablo Aimar vies with Twente's Brazilian defender Douglas during their Champions League play-off football match at Luz Stadium in Lisbon.
Striking employees from a bank in South Korea hold up lit candles during a rally in Seoul. Workers at the South Korean unit of Standard Chartered PLC went on an indefinite strike on June 27 in protest against the planned introduction of a performance-based pay system.
Actress Shriya Saran, Kuo Hsin Liang (C), Vice Minister of Economic Affairs, Taiwan Govt., Wayne W. Wu (2nd from L), Deputy Chairman, Taipei World Trade Center at opening ceremony of 'EMMA Expo India 2011' at Trade Center in Chennai.
Even though the center of Hurricane Irene is more than 230 miles away, clouds associated with extreme outer bands of the tropical cyclone swirl above calm waters of Biscayne Bay in Miami on Thursday. The US National Hurricane Center has not issued any Irene-related watches or warnings for Miami or any other part of Florida because the storm's projected track should keep damaging winds well east of the state's coastline.
Pakistani prisoners on their way to home after they were released by the Indian government after completion of their jail terms, at Attari-Wagah international border about 35 kms from Amritsar.
A man dressed as Santa Claus is sprayed by a police water cannon during clashes after the start of a national strike in Santiago, Chile. His sign reads in Spanish 'for a constitutional assembly now?' Chilean students, opposition politicians and union workers are leading a two-day nationwide strike to fight for fundamental changes in government.
Tammy the Tamandua, a tree-living anteater sits on a set of weighing scales at London Zoo in London. The zoo is carrying out it's annual check on over 750 species, recording weights and heights. The information is recorded into the International Species Information System which can be shared with zoos across the world.
Music composer Shankar Mahadevan (2nd L) along with Ehsaan (3rd from R) and Loy (R) during the launch of 'Ganaraj Adhiraj' album dedicated to Lord Ganesh in Mumbai.