In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
President Obama makes an election night phone call from the Treaty Room in the White House residence in Washington to Rep. John Boehner (R) of Ohio, who will probably be the next House speaker. Pete Souza/AP Photo
Thai children run through a flooded area in the southern province of Yala. Transport and communications were severed and tourists stranded on Wednesday after southern Thailand's worst floods in a decade forced flight cancellations and left a bustling city in deep water. Surapan Boonthanom/Reuters
An activist from the women rights organization "Femen" shouts at an Interior Ministry officer as she takes part in a rally to support Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, by the Iranian Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine. Ashtiani, whose sentence of execution by stoning for adultery provoked a worldwide outcry, will instead be hanged for the murder of her husband on Wednesday, a human rights group said. Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters
Soldiers of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force salute during a passing-out parade on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. Hundreds of newly recruited soldiers will join Indian soldiers fighting separatist Islamic guerrillas in Kashmir and Maoist rebels in different parts of India. Dar Yasin/AP Photo
An elderly Afghan man rests inside a public park as fighter jets, unseen, leave trails in the sky over Kabul, Afghanistan. Altaf Qadri/AP Photo
A Belarus soldier of the Interior Ministry special unit reacts as he takes part in an obstacle course during a competition near the village of Volovshchina, some 15 miles west of Minsk, Belarus. Several dozen Belarus soldiers marched and overcame field and forest obstacles trying to win the competition and prove their combat readiness. Sergei Grits/AP Photo
Members of the Slovenian guard of honor walk after the meeting between Slovenia's President Danilo Turk and his Romanian counterpart, Traian Basescu, in Kranj. Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters
Octopus Paul II is pictured at the Sea Life Centre in the western German city of Oberhausen. Paul II replaces World Cup oracle Octopus Paul, who died last week. The young French-born octopus was transferred to the Sea Life Centre some weeks ago so that Paul I could teach him predictive powers, but unfortunately Paul I died before he could do that, a spokeswoman said. It has not yet been decided whether Paul II will predict the results of the European Football Championship in 2012. Reuters
A Sri Lankan stick fisherman attempts to catch fish in Habaraduwa, about 75 miles south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo
US flight medic, Sgt. Billy Raines from CCO, 1-214 AVN Medevac task force Destiny, treats a wounded Afghan Army soldier during a Medevac flight in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province. Peter Andrews/Reuters
Ballet dancers of the Laura Alonso school practice in Havana. Cuba holds the 22nd International Ballet Festival in Havana until Nov. 7. Franklin Reyes/AP Photo
A grandmother tries to calm her granddaughter who fled from her village in Sidorejo in Klaten in Indonesia's Java Province, after Mount Merapi erupted. The volcano erupted with renewed strength on Wednesday, the fourth eruption in eight days, forcing authorities to move refugee shelters farther away from the volcano, a vulcanology official said. Andry Prasetyo/Reuters
A farmer picks cotton on the outskirts of Hami, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. American and Chinese cotton futures climbed to all-time highs on Wednesday as tightening global supplies and strong demand from the world's top importer, China, continued to bolster the markets. Reuters
Women in traditional dress stand behind US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during an women's empowerment event at Parliament House in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Evan Vucci/AP Photo
A schoolboy practices putting on a helmet during a 24-hour training session at a military division in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Six schoolboys, who had been detained by police for minor crimes, and four members of a teenage military-patriotic club took part in a 24-hour trial to experience the life of a Russian Army soldier. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Manveer Cheema, of Columbia S.C., (r.) leads a traditional Punjabi celebratory dance after South Carolina Gov.-elect Nikki Haley, who was born to Punjabi immigrants, delivered her acceptance speech in the early hours in Columbia, S.C. David Goldman/AP Photo
A woman feeds a swan at the lakeside of the Zeller See in Zell am See, in the Austrian province of Salzburg. The weather forecast predicts warm and sunny weather all over the country. Kerstin Joensson/AP Photo
Liberty Zweck, plays in confetti after Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker's victory party in Pewaukee, Wis. Jeffrey Phelps/AP Photo
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
Under Hugo Chávez, big businesses endured threats of state takeover. This week, Chávez's successor reached out to the boss of Venezuela's largest privately held company.
In Venezuela, Hugo Chávez's successor seems to be turning toward big business for help in ending rampant scarcities of basic consumer goods and an almost 30 percent annual inflation rate.
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