RAEL MIDEAST CONFLICTS GAZA
Israeli soldiers sleep in sleeping bags next to their tanks shortly before wake up at a location in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip, 20 November 2012. Media reports state that Israel pounded more than 100 targets in Gaza on the seventh day of its offensive, 20 November. Israeli aircraft, ships and artillery hit targets overnight including underground rocket launchers, tunnels and houses that the military said were 'hide-outs' or 'command centres' of Hamas leaders. Palestinians also fired at least 20 rockets at Israel since midnight
NEPAL MISS PINK CONTEST
Nepalese transgender Sangeeta Lama looks at other participants during the Miss Pink Beauty Pageant finale in Kathmandu, Nepal, 14 October 2012. A total of 15 transgender models from across the country participated at the pageant. The event was organized by the Blue Diamond Society, a LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) rights group.
USA INTERNATIONAL EMMYS
Chief executive officer of Plural Entertainment Portugal, Maria Ana Borges de Sousa (L) and executive producer, Hugo de Sousa (R) arrive at the 40th International Emmy Awards Gala held at the Hilton Hotel Mercury Ballroom, New York City, New York, USA, 19 November 2012.
SKOREA-VOTE-POLITICS-ART
A South Korean man looks at a painting portraying Park Geun-Hye, the presidential candidate of the ruling conservative New Frontier Party, giving birth to her own father and late strongman Park Chung-Hee, at a Seoul gallery on November 20, 2012. South Korea's ruling party has threatened to sue the left-wing artist Hong Sung-Dam who painted its presidential candidate giving birth to her father, former dictator Park Chung-Hee, likening the work to Nazi propaganda.
Superstorm Sandy
A beachside house, deemed uninhabitable by the New York City Department of Buildings, is left in ruins in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the Rockaways, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, in New York
AFGHANISTAN-SOCIAL-DRUGS
fghan men take drugs alongside the Kabul river in Kabul on November 20, 2012. Afghan officials and experts cite a figure of 60,000 drug users in the capital city of Kabul which has an estimated total population of five million.
Nepal Hindu Festival
Nepalese women offer prayers to the Sun god at the Rani Pokhari Pond during the Chhath festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. On Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth.
India Hindu Festival
Hindu devotees return after performing rituals in the morning at the Tawi River during the Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival popular amongst the working class, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth.
PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-GAZA-CONFLICT
Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish a blaze after an Israeli air strike on the Islamic National Bank building in Gaza City on November 20, 2012. Israeli leaders discussed an Egyptian plan for a truce with Gaza's ruling Hamas, reports said, before a mission by the UN chief to Jerusalem and as the toll from Israeli raids on Gaza rose over 100.
Dolphins Mauled
This Sept. 23, 2012, photo provided by the Audubon Nature Institute shows a bottlenose dolphin with a gunshot wound near the blowhole. The dead dolphin was found near Elmer's Island, Louisiana. Dolphins are washing up on shore with bullets wounds, jaws and tails missing, heartbreaking discoveries for scientists along the Gulf Coast
AFGHANISTAN-SOCIAL-DRUGS
Afghan men take drugs alongside the Kabul river in Kabul on November 20, 2012. Afghan officials and experts cite a figure of 60,000 drug users in the capital city of Kabul which has an estimated total population of five million.
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Danish actress Sidse Babett Knudsen Awards Gala held at the Hilton Hotel Mercury Ballroom, New York City, New York, USA, 19 November 2012.
Kelly Rutherford
Actress Kelly Rutherford from "Gossip Girl," arrives for the 40th International Emmy Awards, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 in New York
Sonia Braga
Brazilian actress Sonia Braga arrives for the 40th International Emmy Awards, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 in New York.
Melissa George
Australian actress Melissa George arrives at the 40th International Emmy Awards, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 in New York.
Ariel Winter
Ariel Winter
Ariel Winter attends the World Premiere of "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1" at The Paley Center for Media, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Winter's father, Glenn Workman, said Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, in a court filing in Los Angeles that he opposes a guardianship for his 14-year-old daughter
actress Melissa George
Australian film and television actress Melissa George at the 40th International Emmy Awards Gala held at the Hilton Hotel Mercury Ballroom, New York City, New York, USA, 19 November 2012.
actress Edith Gonzalez
Mexican actress Edith Gonzalez arrives at the 40th International Emmy Awards Gala held at the Hilton Hotel Mercury Ballroom, New York City, New York, USA, 19 November 2012.
Kelly Rutherford
US actress Kelly Rutherford of the televsion show 'Gossip Girl' arrives at the 40th International Emmy Awards Gala held at the Hilton Hotel Mercury Ballroom, New York City, New York, USA, 19 November 2012.
Kotaro Komori
Japanese executive producer Kotaro Komori (L) and producer Katsuko Hara (R) of the television mini series 'Early Autumn' arrive at the 40th International Emmy Awards Gala held at the Hilton Hotel Mercury Ballroom, New York City, New York, USA, 19 November 2012.
actress Prerna Wanvari
Indian television actress Prerna Wanvari arrives at the 40th International Emmy Awards Gala held at the Hilton Hotel Mercury Ballroom, New York City, New York, USA, 19 November 2012.