CAPTAIN TAREK DREAM: Memories of 2008

A man identified by Mexico’s Attorney General’s office as Jesus Zambada Garcia, a leader in the Sinaloa drug cartel, was pushed in a chair by a masked police officer as he was presented to the press in Mexico City, on Wednesday. A total of 16 Sinaloa cartel members were arrested Monday, including leader Mr. Garcia, after a gunbattle with police, according to prosecutors. (Alexandre Meneghini/Associated Press)

Artillery men prepared for the blast of a 155mm Howlitzer firing on a Taliban position Wednesday from Camp Blessing in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan. Their unit has fired more than 5,900 shells since it deployed to Afghanistan less than a year ago, making it the busiest artillery unit in the U.S. Army, according to military officers. (John Moore/Getty Images)

A Palestinian ran away from Israeli border police during a protest against Israel’s separation wall in the West Bank village of Nilin Wednesday. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security, while Palestinians call it a land grab. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)

An Israeli soldier monitored Palestinian women and children as they lined up to cross the Hawara checkpoint at the entrance of the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday. Palestinian civilians may line up for hours to cross this checkpoint, one of several set up by the Israeli military restricting Palestinian movement in and out of their city. Not all the citizens are allowed to cross the checkpoint. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images)

Voters sat on line at the Boynton Beach Civic Center for early voting on Wednesday in Boynton Beach, Fla. Officials in Palm Beach county said that if the current pace of voting continues, early voting at the county will far outstrip the 2004 number of 50,470. (Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Leteshia Samuels, center in red, and supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama yelled out, “Obama!” as they caught a glimpse of him from a block away exiting the Jefferson Hotel on his way to the Richmond Coliseum for a campaign rally, Wednesday, in Richmond, Va. (P. Kevin Morley/Richmond Times-Dispatch/Associated Press)

Republican presidential candidate John McCain spoke at a campaign rally at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, N.H., Wednesday. At right is his wife, Cindy McCain. (Robyn Beck/AFP/ Getty Images)

A horse and rider returned from the track Wednesday during the morning workout session in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (Harry How/Getty Images)

Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama stepped off his campaign plane in Richmond, Va., Wednesday. (Jim Young/Reuters)

A firefighter walked along side burning brush Wednesday as a fire fanned by Santa Ana winds burned out of control in Fontana, Calif. At least 100 acres have burned in a wildfire that broke out Wednesday morning amid hot and gusty weather in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles. (Dan Steinberg/Associated Press)

Buddhist monks gathered and performed a mass prayer under the tent at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday. Thousands of Buddhist monks took part in the ceremony organized by pro-government supporters. (Apichart Weerawong/Associated Press)

The guard of honor lined up during a welcoming ceremony for Kazakhstan’s soldiers at Almaty airport Wednesday. Kazakhstan pulled its soldiers out of Iraq Tuesday following a five-year stint designed to show the ex-Soviet nation’s support for the U.S. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)

Chandrayaan-1, India’s maiden lunar mission, was seen soon after the launch at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, north of Chennai, India, on Wednesday. India rocketed the satellite up into the pale dawn sky in a two-year mission to redraw maps of the lunar surface. (Aijaz Rahi/Associated Press)

An Iraqi girl watched as U.S. soldiers searched her family’s house in a village near Baqouba, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Pope Benedict XVI, center, was greeted Wednesday by United Arab Emirates billionaire Abdul Aziz al-Ghurair, right, at the end of the weekly general audience at the Vatican. (L’Osservatore Romano, HO/Associated Press)

Female Russian military cadets rode on the metro in Moscow Wednesday. Russia fired a 31-year-old intercontinental ballistic missile known by its NATO code name Stiletto from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported. (Ivan Grankin/AFP/Getty Images)

Lebanese men tried to salvage some of their belongings from their flooded home after heavy rain hit the capital, Beirut, Wednesday. (Ahmad Omar/Associated Press)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain campaigned at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pa., on Tuesday. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press)

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden spoke at a campaign stop at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo., on Tuesday. (Ed Andrieski/Associated Press)

A supporter of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales reacted outside the Congress in La Paz, Tuesday.
Congress ratified President Morales’s draft constitution Tuesday and sent it to a nation-wide vote on Jan. 25, 2009, granting the leftist leader a victory in his push to remake South America’s poorest country. (Dado Galdieri/Associated Press)
A U.S. soldier walked through munitions at a joint U.S.-Iraqi army base in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday. The munitions were seized by the U.S. Army and Iraqi security forces during recent operations in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City. (Khalid Mohammed/Associated Press)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pointed Tuesday during the inauguration of Iran’s fourth gas refinery feeding on natural gas from the joint Iran-Qatar field in the Persian Gulf, in the port town of Assalouyeh, 940 miles south of the capital Tehran.(Ruhollah Vahdati/Associated Press/ISNA)

Supporters were seen through a U.S. flag as Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain spoke during a rally at the Technology Creativity Manufacturing in Bensalem, Pa., on Tuesday. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A window cleaner worked outside the Federation Tower skyscraper in Moscow’s financial district on Tuesday.
Liquidity injections from the Russian central bank sapped the ruble’s early gains after the bank put actions behind a promise to keep the national currency strong, imposing trade restrictions to combat short sellers. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)

Laborers worked with a gunpowder mixture inside a firecracker factory on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri on Tuesday. Firecrackers are in great demand ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which will be celebrated across the country on October 28. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Government workers lit candles to join the worldwide candlelight vigil for world food security and kick off celebrations for World Food Day at the Quezon City circle in suburban Manila, the Philippines, on Tuesday. A survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) published in a local newspaper Tuesday showed about 3.3 million Filipino families, or 18.4 percent, went hungry at least once in the last three months. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

Local residents gathered near a warehouse belonging to the World Food Program in Kanju near Pakistan’s troubled valley of Swat on Tuesday. Suspected insurgents set alight the warehouse containing cooking oil, a police officer said. (Sherin Zada/Associated Press)

A Palestinian smuggler spoke on a phone with other smugglers in a tunnel beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border on Tuesday. Hundreds of Gaza merchants throng around the border area of Rafah every day to pick up merchandise coming to Gaza from Egypt via subterranean passages that have created a flourishing trade zone. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Chinese workers labored near Beijing’s tallest building, the partially completed 330-meter World Trade Center III in the central business district Tuesday. China’s economy expanded by just 9 percent in the third quarter, its most sluggish pace in five years. (Ng Han Guan/Associated Press)

A news cameraman filmed the broken window of a bus after it was damaged by the party workers of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday. Police in Maharashtra arrested MNS chief Raj Thackeray after attacks on north Indian migrants, sparking violent protests and shutting schools and shops in the financial hub of Mumbai. (Punit Paranjpe/Reuters)

Antigovernment protesters cerebrated inside Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday. A Thai court found former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra guilty of corruption and sentenced him to two years in prison, further deepening the country’s paralyzing political crisis. (Sakchai Lalit/Associated Press)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, visited a factory producing satellite equipment in the central Siberian town of Zheleznogorsk near Krasnoyarsk, about 2,100 miles east of Moscow, Tuesday. (Ria-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool/Associated Press)

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton attended a campaign rally in Orlando, Fla., on Monday. (Jim Young/Reuters)

Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain was reflected in a teleprompter, right, as he stood on stage after being introduced at a rally at Heartland High School & Academy in Belton, Mo., Monday. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)

Relatives of inmates reacted while waiting for news outside a prison in Reynosa, Mexico, near the Texas border, on Monday. At least 21 prisoners died in a jail riot when inmates from rival gangs staged a gun battle and set fire to the building. (Tomas Bravo/Reuters)

Residents from El Alto looked at people marching near La Paz on Monday. Bolivian President Evo Morales led tens of thousands of supporters on Monday in a march on Congress, where rival lawmakers are deadlocked over a bill that would pave the way for a new constitution. (David Mercado/Reuters)
Stockbrokers sat at their desks during a trading session inside the trading hall at the Karachi Stock Exchange Monday. Suspected central bank intervention helped the Pakistani rupee recover to trade at 81.00 to the dollar on Monday, dealers said. (Athar Hussain/Reuters)

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke threw his support behind a second round of fiscal stimulus efforts Monday during a House Budget Committee hearing. The markets rallied on the news. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

A woman viewed ribbons honoring American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan tied to the fence of Marble Collegiate Church Monday in New York. More than 4,000 military members have died in the line of duty. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Thousands of supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales marched with their leader Monday toward La Paz to demand that lawmakers call a vote on a constitution that would empower the country’s indigenous people. (Dado Galdieri/Associated Press)

A woman sat next to her car Monday on a flooded road that connects San Pedro Sula and El Progreso, Honduras. Heavy rains caused the country’s largest river, the Ulua, to flood. Intense rainstorms for five consecutive days swept across Central America, leaving at least four dead and three missing and causing thousands to evacuate. (Orlando Sierra/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Pakistani police officers cordoned off a road leading to the Supreme Court prior to the arrival of restored Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry in Islamabad Monday. Then-President Pervez Musharraf ousted Mr. Chaudhry and other judges nearly a year ago. (Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez greeted U.S. actor/director Sean Penn Sunday in Cumana. The trip was the second for Mr. Penn, whom Mr. Chavez has praised for his criticism of the war in Iraq. Mr. Chavez announced that a naval base will be built. U.S. officials have expressed concern about Venezuela’s Russian-backed military buildup. (Marcelo Garcia/Miraflores Press Office via Associated Press)

A worker rode his bicycle at Pudong, Shanghai’s new financial center, Monday. China’s gross domestic product growth slowed to 9.9 percent in the first nine months of 2008 from 10.4 percent in the first half of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. (Nir Elias/Reuters)

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke Sunday during a taping of “Meet the Press” at NBC in Washington. Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign suffered a double blow Sunday when rival Barack Obama won the support of Mr. Powell and announced he raised a record $150 million in September. (Brendan Smialowski/Meet The Press/Handout/Reuters)

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, center left, greeted South Africa’s President Kgalema Motlanthe Monday as they arrived for the summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional group in Mbabane, Swaziland. The meeting of the heads of state of Angola, Swaziland and Mozambique — who form the security committee of the SADC — is aimed at trying to help Zimbabwe’s political rivals break a deadlock in negotiations on forming a cabinet. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Disgruntled members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) waved their membership cards as they gathered in Cape Town on Sunday to resign from the party. South Africa’s former defense minister Mosiuoa Lekota announced a breakaway party would be launched, splitting the ruling ANC and challenging its years of dominance. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

Royal guardsmen stood at attention as the funeral pyre for Princess Galyani Vadhana lit up at dusk in Bangkok on Monday. Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej earlier held a pre-funeral ceremony for his late sister Princess Galyani at the site, a month before her scheduled cremation ceremony. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Israeli protesters wore flags with the image of captive Israeli soldier Guilad Shalit as they demonstrated Monday to demand his release near the residence of the Israeli Defense Minister in Tel Aviv. Mr. Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants on June 25, 2006. (Pavel Wolberg/ European Pressphoto Agency)

Supporters waved flags and shouted slogans outside the heavily guarded Silivri prison, 43 miles west of Istanbul, on Monday.Ergenekon, a nationalist group, went on trial in Turkey Monday on charges of trying to topple Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government. Eighty-six people, including retired army officers, politicians, lawyers and journalists, are accused of planning assassinations and bombings to sow chaos and force the military to step in. (Osman Orsal/Reuters)

Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky-U.S. Navy/Handout/ Reuters
The crew of the Ukrainian merchant vessel, the MV Faina stood on the deck of the ship on Sunday after a U.S. Navy request to check on their health and welfare.
The Belize-flagged cargo ship, owned and operated by Kaalbye Shipping, Ukraine, was seized by pirates on September 25 and forced to proceed to anchorage off the Somali Coast. The ship is carrying 33 T-72 tanks and other weaponry. (Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky-U.S. Navy/Handout/Reuters)

Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain waved to supporters during a rally in Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

An Iraqi woman gestured as U.S. soldiers patrolled Baqouba., in Diyala province 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, on Sunday. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

A Christie’s employee posed for photographs in front of a untitled piece by Agostino Bonalumi to be sold Monday evening at the auction house’s offices in London. (Matt Dunham/ Associated Press)
Papuan protesters wore headbands of the separatist Morning Star flag and covered their mouths Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia, to symbolize how Indonesian rule is silencing them. Papuans are demanding independence for their resource-rich province. (Irwin Fedriansyah/Associated Press)

Professor Amina Wadud led a prayer service in Oxford, England, Friday as a handful of protesters demonstrated against a Muslim woman leading the service for both men and women. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press)

Honor Guard members carried the urn of Air Force Maj. Christopher Michael Cooper during his burial service Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. Maj. Cooper was killed after the B-52 bomber he and five other crew members were in crashed off Guam. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)

President George W. Bush was seen in the Oval Office before speaking about a visa waiver program Friday in Washington. President Bush announced that visa requirements to visit the U.S. have been removed for Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and South Korean residents. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press)

Israeli activists waved flags as Palestinian activists waved their flag during simultaneous demonstrations Friday for and against a barrier separating the West Bank village of Nilin and the Jewish settlement of Hashmonaim. (Yehuda Raizner/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Reverends and church members worked a volunteer phone bank Thursday in Irvine, Calif., to urge Californians to vote for Proposition 8 in November. The measure would outlaw same-sex marriage in the state. Such marriages became legal on June 16. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Worshipers held a picture of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and chanted slogans after Friday prayers in Sadr City, Iraq. Mr. Sadr has called for an anti-U.S. protest Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the capture of Baghdad. (Karim Kadim/Associated Press)

Newlyweds walked together Thursday after a mass wedding of hundreds of couples in the Nogorny-Karabakh region. Russian businessman Levon Airapetyan organized the event, and gave each couple $2,000 and a cow to start their lives. (Karen Minasyan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

A Kashmiri protester threw stones at an Indian police vehicle at a protest Friday in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir India. At least 20 people, including six police officers, were wounded in a clash over Indian rule in the area. (Danish Ismail/Reuters)

A laborer walked amid dust while collecting usable coal at a dump on the outskirts of Changzhi, Shanxi province, China, Friday. According to China’s General Administration of Customs, the country imported 3.7 million tons of coal in September, down 2% from the previous month, as demand weakened. (Reuters)

Flanked by their parents, children held banners and marched in Milan in protest of new Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s proposal to cut $10.8 billion from the 2009-2011 education budget to reduce overall spending. Students, teachers, transportation workers and other public-sector employees protested over planned job and pay cuts. (Damien Meyer/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Sen. Barack Obama shared a laugh with New York Archbishop Cardinal Edward Egan as the pair looked on at Sen. John McCain Thursday in New York. The presidential candidates were in town for the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, where they both showed a lighter side. (Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images)

Children at the Internally Displaced People camp in Nakuru, Kenya, took cover to avoid a downpour Thursday. According to the camp’s chairman, about 8,400 people are relocating to a new settlement in an effort to secure affordable and fertile land. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Stuart Manley, of Wales, lined up his putt on the second day of the Portugal Masters at the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura, Portugal, Friday. (Armando Franca/Associated Press)
Plumber Joe Wurzelbacher spoke to the media Thursday outside his Holland, Ohio, home after Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama catapulted Mr. Wurzelbacher into the limelight during Wednesday’s debate. However, the regular Joe’s personal tax and professional problems have come to the forefront. (J.D. Pooley/Getty Images)

Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti reacted during a news conference at the Foreign Press Association in Rome Thursday. Mr. Tremonti said the U.S. is considering a special meeting of the G8 on the global financial crisis in November. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

Pope Benedict XVI and the late Pope John Paul II’s personal secretary attended a screening of a new film about John Paul Thursday at the Vatican. (Andreas Solaro/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Iraqi men gathered at a Baghdad coffee shop Thursday to watch a repeat of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama’s final debate before Election Day. Sen. McCain went for the jugular, but television debate polls showed voters were dismayed by the Arizona Republican’s seemingly negative barrage. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama waved after leaving a New Delhi hospital Thursday after having gallstones removed. (Pankaj Nangia/Associated Press)

At least 5,000 Papuans rallied in the streets Thursday, demanding their region be granted independence from Indonesia, which has controlled the resource-rich former Dutch colony since 1969. Riot police stood their ground as the crowd chanted “freedom” and tried to march to parliament. (Oka Daud Barta/Reuters)

U.S. soldiers knelt next to children at a ceremony Thursday marking the reopening of a renovated Karaghol, Iraq, elementary school. (Loay Hameed/Associated Press)

An inmate’s relative cried on the ground Thursday outside the main gate of a Karachi, Pakistan, prison. Police fatally shot four inmates and wounded 13 during a riot at the overcrowded facility, police said. At another prison, officials said inmates — including Taliban militants — took four guards hostage during a disturbance sparked by a search for cellphones and weapons. (Athar Hussain/Reuters)

Insurgents opened fire on a Mingora, Pakistan, police station Thursday before a suicide bomber destroyed their station and killed four security personnel. Meanwhile, a suspected U.S. missile strike killed a purported foreign militant Thursday in South Waziristan. The region is thought to be a hiding place for Taliban and al Qaeda leaders, such as Osama bin Laden. (Abdul Rehman/Reuters)

Farming women carried crops near Mathura, India, Thursday. The government has secured 5.15 million tons of rice paddy crops to feed the population. (K. K. Arora/Reuters)

A man carried three bags of onions at a Nairobi, Kenya, market Thursday, on U.N. World Food Day. A British-based aid charity has said the financial crisis is sending food costs soaring around the globe, leaving nearly 1 billion people hungry. (Simon Maina/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

Orthodox Jews covered their heads with prayer shawls as they took part in the “Birkat Cohanim,” or “Blessing of the Priests,” ceremony at Jerusalem’s Western Wall Thursday during the holiday of Sukkot. (Marco Longari/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

World Boxing Council Bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa (center), of Japan, and challenger Alejandro Valdez, of Mexico, exchanged blows Thursday in a Tokyo ring. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A pilot checked a balloon before taking off at a balloon festival Thursday near Eilat, Israel. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)
A worker started repair work on a long stretch of a Berlin Wall remnant Wednesday at the East Side Gallery. The same 118 artists from 21 countries who were commissioned to paint the wall in 1990 will repaint their pictures after the concrete is repaired. (Herbert Knosowski/Associated Press)

Papua New Guinea Christian pilgrims were among thousands who took part in an annual march in support of Israel Wednesday in Jerusalem. Most of those gathered were evangelical Christians whose bond with Israel is rooted in their shared biblical covenant between God and Abraham, an organizer said. (Menahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Relatives of Abdel Kader Zeit, 17, grieved as his body arrived home Wednesday in Jalazoun, West Bank. Israeli troops said they shot and killed the teen as he prepared to throw a firebomb at the Jewish settlement of Beit El. Some Palestinians have countered that the boy was throwing stones. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press)

Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the leader of Pakistan’s right-wing religious party Jamat-e-Islami, attended a protest rally Wednesday against U.S. airstrikes in tribal areas that target nearby Afghanistan. (Athar Hussain/Reuters)

President Bush walked to Air Force One near Washington Wednesday. The president flew to Grand Rapids, Mich., for a meeting with small-business owners and a Republican Party fundraiser. He said that although he doesn’t want the government involved in owning private businesses, a $250 billion cash infusion into the nation’s banks is necessary to unfreeze credit markets. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

Schoolchildren washed their hands Wednesday in the Kibera, Kenya, slum on the first “Global Handwashing Day.” Approximately 1 million Ethiopian youths were expected to take part in the hand-washing drive to promote hygiene. (Tony Karumba/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Workers loaded rice sacks onto a truck at a wholesale market in Amritsar, India, Wednesday. This year’s World Food Day, which is Thursday, seeks to address food security, climate change challenges and bioenergy. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

Magicians Nicolas Luisetti (left) and Jean Paul Olaverry performed Wednesday in Santiago, Chile. (Santiago Llanquin/Associated Press)

A woman left a ballot booth at a polling station during a presidential election in Balakhan, Azerbaijan, Wednesday. Incumbent President Ilham Aliyev swept to victory with 80.5% of the vote. Opposition candidate Gulamhussein Alibayli came in a distant second with 5.4% of the vote. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

Gunfire broke out Wednesday between Cambodian and Thai soldiers at a disputed border zone near the 11th-century Preah Viheara temple. Two Cambodian troops were killed. The deaths, which were the first in four months of fighting, is raising concerns about a possible war between the countries. (Tang Chhin Sothy/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Austrian horse rider Hannah Zeitlhofer sat atop a prized Lipizzaner horse at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna Wednesday. For the first time ever, the 430-year-old school is allowing women to ride the world-famous breed of horse. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)

Lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, nicknamed “Long-Hair,” left, accused Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang of failing to help low-income citizens and demanded a minimum wage law Wednesday. Mr. Tsang said that Hong Kong will tighten financial regulations amid the current crisis and that he will introduce a minimum wage bill. (Associated Press)

A worker pushed a performance artist, sitting naked in an iron cage, at Beijing’s 798 Art Zone Wednesday in an effort to raise awareness for women’s rights. (Reinhard Krause/Reuters)

With bras and panties hung from posters, Triumph International employees picketed the Philippines’ largest undergarment manufacturer Wednesday in Manila. Hundreds of protesters walked out of the factory following a deadlock in talks over pay and benefits. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)

Romania’s Constitutional Court approved a 50% raise in teachers’ salaries Wednesday as thousands of educators descended on Bucharest. About 8,000 people shouted “Resignation! Resignation!” outside of parliament. The raise still requires the president’s approval. Average salaries are just above 300 euros a month ($408). (Mihai Barbu/Reuters)

An enthusiastic fan took pictures of cheerleaders before an exhibition game between the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks at Guangzhou Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, Wednesday. (Vincent Yu/Associated Press)
Children took a bath in sludge-filled barrels in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday. According to the World Health Organization, at least 80% of the 250 million Indonesians have had no access to clean, piped water in recent years. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

An Iraqi boy cried as U.S. soldiers searched his family’s home for weapons in Baqouba, north of Baghdad, Tuesday. Also in Baghdad, an American soldier was killed Tuesday by gunfire, the first U.S. combat death in the capital in two weeks. (Goran Tomasevic/Retuers)

Soldiers carried empty shells from a Congolese army tank after they fired over forces loyal to rebel leader Laurent Nkunda near Goma, Congo, Tuesday. The region has been in turmoil, leaving 150,000 displaced in six weeks, the United Nations said. (Walter Astrada/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Thousands of government supporters rallied Tuesday in Bangkok, Thailand, to mark the 35th anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising. In October 1973, the Thai army cracked down on protesters — many of whom were students — killing 77 and wounding more than 800. (Ed Wray/Associated Press)

Soledad Puertas and her baby Javier rested after he was born at a Seville, Spain, hospital Tuesday. Javier’s genes have been selected in order to treat his 6-year-old brother who has a hereditary disease, the first such case in Spain. (Reuters/Handout)

A firefighter tried to save a Chatsworth, Calif., home from being destroyed by wildfire Tuesday after wind-driven brush fires roared out of the canyons near Los Angeles. Three major wildfires were burning Tuesday morning after destroying dozens of homes, forcing thousands to flee and killing two people. More than 2,000 firefighters battled one 5,000-acre fire. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)

Speaking in Brussels Tuesday on the eve of a European Union summit whose agenda was supposed to be about the environment, European Commission Chairman Jose Manuel Barroso said the EU should still focus on the environment rather than the economy. “This is not a luxury we now have to forgo,” he said. “Climate change does not disappear because of the financial crisis.” (Dominique Faget/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

President George W. Bush walked away from a podium in the White House Rose Garden Tuesday after announcing a $250 billion plan for the government to buy shares in nine major banks. The news sent the markets soaring in early trading. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

A broker smiled while monitoring share prices at a Jakarta, Indonesia, securities company. On Tuesday, Indonesia’s parliamentary budget commission approved a downward revision in its 2009 inflation forecast to 6.2% from 7%, to reflect the impact of lower oil prices. The country’s annual inflation jumped to a two-year high of 12.14% in September. (Dadang Tri/Reuters)

A Chinese paramilitary officer manned his position on the tarmac at Beijing Capital International Airport Tuesday ahead of the arrival of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. President Zardari hailed China as the “future of the world” and is expected to seek financial help while building bonds between the two countries. (Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

An employee worked at a textile factory in Xiangfan, Hubei province, China Tuesday. China is considering further raising its tax rebate for exporters of textile products that have been hit by slowing demand and the rise of the yuan’s exchange rate, officials said on Monday. Meanwhile, growth in Chinese imports has slowed for a second consecutive month, adding to signs the nation’s appetite for raw materials might not be as extensive as once thought. (Reuters)

Stunned bystanders gathered at a roadside in Beltuli Chariali, India, where a bus collided head-on with a truck Tuesday, killing at least 23 people; at least 40 were injured. (Reuters)

A young Iraqi boy paused for a picture Tuesday at a Karbala brick factory where he works. Employees receive about $8 daily. (Mohammed Sawaf/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Malaysian villagers poured water on a beached whale at Kampung Kuala Nenasi Monday. The almost 33-foot-long, three-ton whale was found beached during the low tide in the South China Sea. (Utusan Malaysia/Associated Press)

Police officers stood at Independence Square in Kiev Tuesday to prevent clashes between left-wing Progressive Socialists and marching Ukrainian Nationalists. The nationalists were marching to mark the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Ukrainian Insurgents Army. The World War II group fought both Nazi invaders and Soviet forces. (Sergei Supinsky/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

A policeman stood guard in front of a Hanoi, Vietnam, court Tuesday as a trial started against two journalists and two former police officers. The reporters were arrested in May for reporting that a transportation official allegedly gambled funds embezzled from infrastructure projects; the officers are accused of disclosing secrets to the reporters. (Kham/Reuters)

Somali refugees walked on a road near Ahwar, Yemen, Tuesday, just one day after smugglers dropped them off from a boat. The bodies of dozens of less fortunate refugees washed ashore Friday. Officials said smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters. (Khaled Fazaa/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

A woman stacked books at the 60th Frankfurt Book Fair Tuesday. Some at the fair said they believe the Internet has the potential to save the book trade industry through online bookselling. (Michael Probst/Associated Press)
Enthusiastic supporters of Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain cheered on the candidate during a campaign stop at the Virginia Beach Convention Center in Virginia Beach, Va., Monday. One of Sen. McCain’s closest advisers said the candidate is considering new tax cuts to spur economic investment. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot via Associated Press)

Running mate Sen. Joe Biden (D., Del.) defended the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, while speaking at a Manchester, N.H., rally Monday. Sen. Biden said Republican rival Sen. John McCain is falsely attacking Sen. Obama to distract voters from the economy. (Cheryl Senter/Associated Press)

Freddie Johnson, 19, spoke to the media Monday outside the Board of Elections in Cleveland. Mr. Johnson claimed to have signed 73 voter registration forms in five months in an effort to help paid Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now solicitors during a drive. Sen. John McCain’s campaign has accused ACORN of unfairly favoring Sen. Barack Obama. ACORN shot back Monday, saying Sen. McCain has spoken at its events. The organization also put out a release that read, “ACORN to McCain: Have You Lost That Loving Feeling?” (Marvin Fong/The Plain Dealer via Associated Press)

A Christian boy sat in the back of his family’s car at a checkpoint after leaving Mosul, Iraq, Monday. Thousands of Christians have abandoned their Mosul homes, seeking refuge in churches and with relatives in neighboring villages, following Christian killings. A Christian music store owner is among the latest to die, Iraqi police said. (Emad Matti/Associated Press)

Shouting “Treason! Treason!,” Pro-Serb Montenegrin rioters pelted state buildings with rocks and flares as police fired tear gas at them Monday in Podgorica, Montenegro. Thousands of people protested their government’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence, and at least 22 were injured. (Risto Bozovic/Associated Press)

Afghan boys talked with a British solider with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force as the troops patrolled Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, Sunday after a surprise Taliban attack. According to police, the Taliban also killed an elderly woman and child Sunday when the group fired a rocket near a NATO base in Khost province. (Abdul Khaleq/Associated Press)

Afghan elders carried the body of an alleged Taliban militant killed by NATO airstrikes in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, after militants attacked Afghan forces. In addition to the Taliban, NATO is also battling Afghanistan’s flourishing drug industry. (Abdul Khaleq/Associated Press)

Battling whipping Santa Ana winds and ferocious flames, a firefighter doused part of a fire burning in the Angeles National Forest Sunday, about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. The blaze, whose cause has yet to be determined, has burned at least 2,000 acres and forced more than 1,200 people to evacuate. (Mike Meadows/Associated Press)

Workers cleared charred debris in a house where six Muslim relatives were burned alive Sunday in Vatoli, India, by rioters. Police said the rioters set fire to the home after earlier deadly Hindu-Muslim clashes in the same village. (Mahesh Kumar A./Associated Press)

Illegal immigrants raised their voices and reached out from behind bars in protest of their detention conditions at an Istanbul, Turkey, police center Monday. Critics say shortages of food and medical treatment, as well as overcrowding, are problems at the center, which houses up to 800 immigrants. (Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

In a case of economic symbolism, a grim reaper held a globe pierced by the scythe of capitalism in front of the Bank of England during a protest Monday in London. The Bank of England, the ECB and the Swiss central bank said they would work together to make money available to ease the credit freeze. Earlier, the U.K. said it is working on a bank bailout plan. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A woman sold dried fish at a Moscow market Monday as experts proclaimed the economic crisis in Russia has already spread beyond the banking and financial sectors. Russian companies from steel firms to car makers have announced plans to scale back production and cut their staffs. Russian companies have applied to refinance more foreign debt than the $50 billion the government is offering. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)

Jewish people prayed at Mount Gerizim near Nablus, West Bank, Monday evening to mark the start of Sukkot. The holiday commemorates the exodus of the ancient Hebrews from Egypt and the subsequent 40 years spent wandering the desert. (David Buimovitch/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Buffalo racers charged toward the finish line in a race in Chonburi, Thailand, Monday. Rice farmers participated in the annual event before the harvest. (Sakchai Lalit/Associated Press)
Specialists David Vadala, right, and Thomas Facchine, second from right, are surrounded by traders at their post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 10, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the start of the trading day in New York, USA, 10 October 2008. Worldwide economies are continuing to react to the ongoing financial crisis. European shares plummeted on 10 October as investors dumped shares on Wall Street amid fears the credit squeeze could trigger a prolonged global recession. With New York’s losses quickly gaining momentum following its opening 10 October, Europe’s benchmark blue-chip Stoxx 50 index plunged by 10 per cent to 2,066 points. (Justin Lane/EPA)

Traders Mathias Roberts, left, and Tom Kalikas, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock exchange October 10, 2008 in New York City. Markets were volatile in morning trading with the Dow falling almost 700 points and then recovering. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the start of the trading day in New York, New York, USA, 10 October 2008. Worldwide economies are continuing to react to the ongoing financial crisis. (Justin Lane/EPA)

Traders watch stock prices as they work on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange early in the trading session, October 10, 2008. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the start of the trading day in New York, New York, USA, 10 October 2008. Worldwide economies are continuing to react to the ongoing financial crisis. (Justin Lane/EPA)

Trader Robert Baxter, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)

Trader David Folger works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Oct. 10, 2008. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)

A trader works at a vacant post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. stocks fell for an eighth straight day in a whipsaw session that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its biggest point swing ever. (Daniel Acker/Landov)
Men tried to extinguish a car bomb fire at an Abu Dshir market in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday. The blast was one of three Friday, killing at least 15 people in total and wounding at least 50, police said. (Loay Hameed/Associated Press)

Police officers stood at the ready Friday during an anti-U.S. demonstration organized by a radical Islamic group outside of a Dhaka, Bangladesh, mosque. The demonstrators were also protesting against “The Jewel of Medina,” a book by U.S. journalist Sherry Jones. The novel traces the life of the Prophet Muhammad’s child bride from her engagement at age 9 until the prophet’s death. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)

Thousands of auto workers demonstrated against the closing of their production sites Friday in front of the Paris Motor Show. Both Hyundai and Suzuki unveiled subcompacts at the show in an effort to target European customers. (Olivier Laban-Mattei/Agence France Presse — Getty Images)

Chanting “Whose Money? Our Money!” British consumers protesting their government’s $86 billion bank bailout plan tried to force their way into the Royal Exchange building in London’s financial district Friday. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press)

Iceland Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde took a sip of water during a news conference Friday in Reykjavik. Mr. Haarde and others met with an International Monetary Fund delegation over the nation’s financial crisis, but Mr. Haarde has been reluctant to commit to receiving funds from the institution. Iceland’s major banks have failed, its currency has collapsed and its stock market is suspended. (Arni Torfason/Associated Press)

Chinese couples — many of whom tied the knot earlier at home — kissed in front of City Hall in Tours, France, Friday. The lovebirds paid more than $4,000 each for the trip. (Alain Jocard/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

Police officers held shields against stone-pelting demonstrators Friday in Srinagar, India. Police fatally shot at least two people as thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Indian-administered Kashmir in opposition of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit ahead of an election. (Danish Ismail/Reuters)

Israeli police officers arrested a protester after Arab-Israeli clashes in the mixed city of Acre, Israel, Thursday. Jewish people and Arabs traded blows and threw rocks at each other in a second day of sectarian violence that marred the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Officers responded with tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons. (Tomer Neuberg/Associated Press)

Lahore, Pakistan, shopkeepers burned compact discs and movie posters Friday after hard-line religious leaders warned them to stop selling the “un-Islamic” items. (K.M. Chaudary/Associated Press)

People rubbed a laughing Buddha statue Friday in Singapore. The practice is believed to bring better luck in personal finance, health and other areas. A little bit of luck may be needed after fears of a global recession sent Asian stocks plunging Friday. (Wong Maye-E/Associated Press)

A man dressed as a chicken held a sign that read “Don’t Egg on Millionaire Socialism” in front of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday. The Dow industrials slid below 8,000 Friday morning, for the first time since 2003. President George W. Bush said the government’s financial rescue plan was aggressive enough and big enough to work, but would take time to fully kick in. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A sign bearing the German word for bird flu was seen Friday in Markersdorf, Germany, after officials announced a duck had been diagnosed with the virus. Human symptoms range from typical flu-like cases to eye infections, pneumonia, severe respiratory diseases and even life-threatening complications. (Getty Images)

A Palestinian boy sat in the shade as Palestinian Muslims made their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem for Friday noon prayers. (Menahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images)

Officers spoke Friday in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, near the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship, which on Oct. 12 will carry American software millionaire Richard Garriott, U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov to the International Space Station.