In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
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
Cyclists ride past the Tiananmen Gate in the first stage time trial of the UCI Tour of Beijing cycling competitions in Beijing. Alexander F. Yuan/AP
An artist gives the finishing touches to an idol of demon Mahishasura during preparations for the upcoming Dashain festival in Lalitpur. Hindus in Nepal sacrifice animals, worship the Goddess Durga and celebrate victory over evil during the festival as part of celebrations held throughout the country. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
A Bedouin man rides his camel on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea, in Gaza City. Adel Hana/AP
New Zealand's ethnic Maori Metini Mitai Ngatai poses prior to the official opening of the book fair in Frankfurt. The world's largest book fair runs from October 9 to October 14 and has a special feature highlighting the literature of New Zealand. Ralph Orlowski/Reuters
A couple wearing traditional clothes wait for the start of a mass wedding ceremony, in the district of Comas in Lima. Some 60 couples wearing traditional outfits tied the knot in the mass wedding ceremony organized by Comas city officials to promote family integration and cultural diversity, according to officials. Lucero Del Castillo/Reuters
A dog stands in a pool in front of an art installation promoting the exhibition 'Naked Men' at the Leopold museum in Vienna. The exhibition, showing diverse and changing depictions of naked men from 1800 to the present day, opens from October 19 until January 28, 2013. Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
A ray of sunlight illuminates sunflowers, on display at a market stand near Waag, the historical weighing station, in the center of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Peter Dejong/AP
Elsie Davies of London poses for her parents next to a giant pumpkin at the Royal Horticultural Society's London Harvest Festival. The pumpkin, which won first prize in the giant pumpkin competition, was grown by horticulturalist Stuart Paton, of Pennington, Hampshire, and weighs 1054 pounds. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
A Kashmiri farmer winnows paddy during harvesting season in Bhatpora on the outskirts of Srinagar. Fayaz Kabli/Reuters
A child jumps on the waste products that are used to make poultry feed as she plays in a tannery at Hazaribagh in Dhaka. Luxury leather goods sold across the world are produced in a slum area of Bangladesh's capital where workers, including children, are exposed to hazardous chemicals and often injured in horrific accidents, according to a study. Andrew Biraj/Reuters
Snails made of regenerated plastic are installed on the terrace roof of Milan's Duomo gothic Cathedral, Italy. Fifty blue regenerated plastic snails by the Cracking Art Group will be installed with the aim of raising funds for the restoration of the Duomo. Luca Bruno/AP
A visitor poses next to pieces by artist Anish Kapoor at his new solo show at the Lisson Gallery in London. The show of new work by Kapoor marks the 30th year of his working relationship with the Lisson Gallery. Andrew Winning/Reuters
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated during a rehearsal of the ninth Festival Of Lights in Berlin. During the festival which runs from Oct. 10, until Oct. 21, 2012, about 70 buildings and landmarks of the German capital will be specially illuminated. Markus Schreiber/AP
Ugandan jets fly past a military parade of the Uganda People's Defense Force to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from British rule, in Kampala, Uganda. The East African country has come a long way from the days when brutal dictators were in charge, but it has not had a single peaceful transfer of power since 1962. Stephen Wandera/AP
A Palestinian elderly woman holds olives collected from broken olive tree branches in the village of Qusra, northern West Bank. Palestinian farmers say Jewish settlers from the nearby settlement of Eli cut more than 70 olive trees overnight. Nasser Ishtayeh/AP
Men walk with camels during sunset by the sea in Karachi, Pakistan. Athar Hussain/Reuters
Afghan National Police officers line up for a morning drill at the Police Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan. NATO defense leaders gathering in Brussels are committed to the war in Afghanistan, according to US and alliance officials, but there are growing signs that the Afghan political and military hostilities against the coalition are starting to wear on the coalition. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Louise Wyatt and Steve Parker from English Heritage stand inside a new art installation called 'Umbrella Sky' inside Clifford's Tower, York. The installation is made up from 45 colored umbrellas suspended within the historic walls and is a look on the recent bad weather suffered by the city. Anna Gowthorpe/AP
A model displays a creation by Gauri & Nainika during the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi, India. Tsering Topgyal/AP
A 1st century AD marble statue of Emperor Trajan towers over journalists visiting the exhibition 'Roma Caput Mundi (Rome Capital of the World) - Hegemony and Integration' during a preview for the media at the Colosseum in Rome. Domenico Stinellis/AP
A four-day-old male Brazilian Tapir cub interacts with his mother Passiflora in an outdoor enclosure at Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv, Israel. The Tapir cub is the first male cub to be born in the Safari. Ariel Schalit/AP
A man stretches on an early morning at Khokana in Lalitpur, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
A man uncovers a piece of street art of Queen Elizabeth in central London. Andrew Winning/Reuters
A postman carries a doll representing a shark during a protest in front of the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon. Postmen protested against the privatization of the Post Office. Rafael Marchante/Reuters
A man passes traditional red phone boxes in London. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Pakistani labor, Junaid Javed, poses for a picture while preparing clay for other workers, not pictured, in a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. According to Junaid, he earns 250 Rupees ($2.62 cents) per day. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
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
Russian prosecutors say that the Levada Center must register as a 'foreign agent' – a term synonymous with 'spy' in Russian – because 3 percent of its budget comes from abroad.
Russia's only independent polling agency, the Levada Center, may face closure after Russian prosecutors ordered it to register as a "foreign agent" – a term that's synonymous with "spy" in Russian – under a new law designed to clamp down on nongovernmental organizations that receive any amount of funding from abroad and engage in any form of activity that authorities deem political.
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