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Bombing in Beirut
7:05pm BST

The death toll rises as a huge car bomb explodes in a street in central Beirut during rush hour.

iJournalists
6:15pm BST

Mobile devices like iPhones and iPads are quickly becoming the main tools of citizen journalists.

Extreme vegetarian festival
6:15pm BST

Devotees celebrate the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, sharing the belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them obtain good health and peace of mind.

Autumn colors
6:10pm BST

Leaves change colors as the season and the weather moves from summer to fall.

Girl shot by Taliban recuperating
5:35pm BST

Supporters gather for 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who is recuperating in the UK, after being shot by Taliban gunmen for advocating girls' education.

Helping crack addicts
1:10am BST

Brazilian agents approach people showing signs of crack abuse to offer to send them to the shelters as part of efforts by authorities to end crack use in Rio's slum.

Rockettes legwork
Thu, Oct 18 2012

The Rockettes rehearse for the 2012 Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Air Romney
Thu, Oct 18 2012

In the air with the Republican contender.

Highest-paid TV actors
Thu, Oct 18 2012

Forbes ranks the highest-paid actors on television.

Clashes in Athens
Thu, Oct 18 2012

Greek police clash with anti-austerity protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs.

A child looks on as she observes the Bisket festival at the ancient city of Bhaktapur near Kathmandu. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Imaging religion: Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal-based photographer Navesh Chitrakar documents almost all the country's religious festivals.   Full Article 

A group of riot policemen are engulfed in flames after protesters threw petrol bombs in Athens' Syntagma square. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

Images of September

Our best photos from the month of September.   Full Article 

Syrians cross to Turkey by boat over the Orontes river on the Turkish-Syrian border near the village of Hacipasa. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

A river out of Syria

A dangerous crossing to escape the fighting.   Full Article 

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Two Candidates… Smiles Apart

18 Oct 2012

Both men have so far scored high marks as fearless debaters eloquently pointing out the glaring weaknesses and flaws hiding inside the “other” party’s ideologue with precise, intellectual arguments measuring up to the price of their Harvard University degrees.

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The key to Greece’s economic crisis

18 Oct 2012

Almost a third of businesses and shops around the Greek capital have shut down over the last two years, as Greece’s crisis broke out and it agreed on a huge bailout package funded by the IMF and the European Union.

Weekly Gallery Showcase

Inmates stand in a gymnasium due to overcrowding at the California Institution for Men state prison in Chino.  REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

California's overcrowded prisons

Inside California's overcrowded prisons.  Slideshow 

Rescuers and relatives stop a woman from committing suicide by jumping off a building in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province. REUTERS/Stringer

Suicides in China

A look at attempted suicides in China.  Slideshow 

A dog looks back at a competitor as it catches a wave during the Surf City Surf Dog contest in Huntington Beach. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Surfer dogs

Dogs hit the waves in California.   Slideshow 

A worker cleans near a poster of the late Chairman Mao Zedong at a thermal power plant of the Nanjie Cun Group in Nanjie village.   REUTERS/Jason Lee

Where Mao lives on

The Communist principles live on in Nanjie .   Slideshow