Pupils pray near a scale model of the Kaaba which was constructed at Nile Garden school before the upcoming Eid Al-Adha festival in Cairo, Egypt. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid Al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the haj pilgrimage to Mecca by hundreds of millions of Muslims. Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters
Lloyds of London staff hold their annual Rememberance Day service at the Lloyds Building, which is designed by architect Richard Rogers, in the City of London. Paul Hackett/Reuters
Carnival revellers wearing fancy dress costumes pose in front of the cathedral at the start of the carnival in Cologne. In many parts of Germany, at 11:11 am on November 11 people mark the official start of Carnival, a season of controlled raucous fun that reaches a climax during the days before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. Ina Fassbender/Reuters
A visitor looks at some of the 155 glass columns at the memorial for the 155 people killed in the cable car fire in the Austrian ski resort of Kaprun. Ten years ago 155 people died in the Kaprun disaster when a cable car caught fire in a tunnel at the Kitzsteinhorn mountain. Kerstin Joensson/AP Photo
Chief Master Sgt. Bill Ross, an Air Force veteran, (l.), and Boy Scouts Tyler Pollock, and Liam Gallagher (r.) salute in honor of war veterans in Freeport, Maine. The boy scouts and other volunteers raised 50 casket flags donated by the families of Freeport veterans. Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo
Guests and employees of Royal Caribbean look out from the deck of the Allure of the Seas as it steams into her new home, Port Everglades, in Ft. Lauderdale. Allure and its twin megaship Oasis of the Seas, which launched last year, are the largest cruise ships in the world. Joe Cavaretta/AP Photo
Giant pandas play at Chimelong Giant Panda Center in Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park, Guangdong province. Six 2009-born giant pandas left their home in southwest China's Sichuan Province for Guangzhou to add cheer to November's Asian Games. Jason Lee/Reuters
Historical reenactors march in costumes across the Charles Bridge during a celebration of St. Martin's day in Prague. David W Cerny/Reuters
Vendors speak to Chinese visitors about rubies as they look at rings displayed for sale during the China International Jewelry Fair in Beijing, China. Andy Wong/AP Photo
Women from rural northern India raise their hands during a protest in New Delhi, India. The protesters alleged the government was acquiring their fertile lands for different industrial projects including a nuclear plant at prices much lower than prevailing market rates. Saurabh Das/AP Photo
People gather near the site where an F-16I fighter jet crashed as flares light the search area near the southern Israeli town of Mitzpe Ramon. The fighter jet crashed in a routine training flight in southern Israel late Wednesday and its two crew members remain missing, the military said. Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo
Palestinian students gather to mark the sixth anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death in the West Bank city of Nablus. Nasser Ishtayeh/AP Photo
Rhinos are seen at the Mafikeng Game Reserve in the North West province. Poaching in South Africa has increased this year owing to booming demand and rising prices for rhino horn from increasingly rich Asian markets, where it is used as a medicine. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
Sri Lankan children struggle to cross a submerged road in Colombo, Sri Lanka. According to news reports, several parts of Colombo were submerged in flood water due to heavy rain fall that started Wednesday night. Chamila Karunarathne/AP Photo
Jonny Osborne, wearing the medals of his great-great uncle, Sapper Lawrence Burton attends a service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in London to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day, when peace returned to Europe at the end of the First World War. Ian Nicholson/AP Photo
The sun sets over the venue of the APEC Summit in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Foreign and trade ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum are holding talks in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on creating a vast free trade area that would link the world's three biggest economies -- the United States, China and Japan-- and some of its fastest-growing emerging markets. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
While the German economy is being held up as the model for ailing Europe to follow, some Germans say that the benefits of the boom aren't reaching them.
When President Obama stood in Berlin today and said that budget balancing must not trump the priority of improving lives, some saw a dig at German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has led the call for austerity across Europe.
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