Take a look at the stories that have been making headlines around the world over the past few days.
Protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks gather outside St Pauls Cathedral in the city of London as part of a global day of protests inspired by the Occupy Wall Street and Indignant movements. Several hundred protestors spent the night outside St Pauls Cathedral in Londons financial district, as the anti-capitalism demonstration entered its second day.
Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images 
A Yemeni looks from inside his tent at the pro-democracy Change Square in the heart of Sanaa. Eight people were killed in overnight clashes in Sanaa as tension spiked following a new wave of killings of anti-regime protesters by troops loyal to veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images 
A Thai woman walks through floodwaters past Buddhist statues in Pathum Thani province, suburban Bangkok. The flood threat to Thailands capital appeared to have eased but officials warned the crisis was not over as military and civilian authorities battled the worst inundations in decades.
Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images 
L-R) Kim Kardashian, Samantha Harris and La La Anthony attend the 2011 Angel Ball To Benefit Gabrielles Angel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
Photograph: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images 
Indias Virat Kohli (R) bats during the second one day international match against England at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi. India reached Englands score of 237 runs and won the game by eight wickets.
Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images 
Liverpools captain Steven Gerrard scores the opening goal from a free kick during the Barclays Premier League match against Manchester United at Anfield in England. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.
Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images 
Wales Leigh Halfpenny bows his head after losing the semi-final match of the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup against France on October 15, at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Wales lost the game 9-8 and are eliminated from the tournament.
Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images 
Venezuelas Mariestela Vilera (L) and Daniela Larreal topple over after celebrating their victory in the womens team sprint final during day three of the XVI Pan American Games at the PanAmerican Velodrome in Guadalajara, Mexico. Photograph Scott Heavey/Getty Images 
A construction worker sweeps up as the final touches are completed on Comedy Carpet by British artist Gordon Young, the latest art installation on Blackpools promenade on October 7, in England. Comedy Carpet is a giant map immortalising the UKs favourite comedians and comic writers from the Hey Day of Music Hall to 21st century stand up and adorns the new Festival Headland beneath Blackpool Tower.
Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images 
Libyas National Transitional Council fighters fire against Muammar Gaddafis troops as they move in for the kill against the strongmans remaining diehards on October 10, in the town of Sirte.
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images 
A wounded Yemeni protester is rushed to a makeshift hospital after he was shot during an anti-regime rally in Sanaa. Yemeni police opened fire on demonstrators in the capital demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens, medics said.
Photograph: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images 
Egyptian protesters shout slogans during a demonstration outside a mosque in Cairo in support of national unity that led to a clash between pro- and anti-military. The military has run Egypt since president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February.
Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images 
Workers of the public and private sectors demonstrate during a national day of strike against government austerity measures on October 11, in Paris, France. President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government says the cost-cutting measures are essential to reducing the country's debts and allowing France to remain a pillar of the troubled eurozone.
Photograph: AP/Thibault Camus 
Volunteers take an oiled little blue penguin out of the pool after the recovering session at the wildlife facility on October 11, in Tauranga, New Zealand. The penguins were rescued from the sea following the Liberia-flagged container ship Rena which ran aground has been leaking fuel.
Photograph: AP/ Natacha Pisarenko 
Tourists surround the statue of Christ the atop the Corcovado hill on October 12, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Christ the Redeemer statue, one of Rios landmarks, celebrated its 80th anniversary.
Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images 
Police arrest marchers from Zuccotti Parks Occupy Wall Street, during a protest near One Chase Manhattan Plaza on October 12, in New York, US. The protest is now in its fourth week.
Photograph: AP/Bebeto Matthews 
Italian protestors attack a police vehicle during a demonstration on October 15, 2011, in Rome. Clashes broke out at an anti-capitalist protest in Rome attended by tens of thousands of people as part of a global day of protests inspired by the Occupy Wall Street and Indignant movements, with one group setting fire to a government office and riot police firing tear gas and water.
Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images 
Filipino fashion designer Herbert Chavez stands dressed like comic book hero Superman among his huge collection of memorabilia on October 13, at his home in Calamba, south of Manila. Chavez even went so far as to have plastic surgery to transform himself into the Man of Steel having his nose thinned and a cleft made in his chin.
Photograph: Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images 
A Thai boy holds aloft banknotes to keep them dry while he swims during the flood on October 15, in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok. Thailand fought to hold back floodwaters flowing towards Bangkok as a spring tide hindered efforts to protect the city of 12 million people from the kingdoms worst inundation in decades.
Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images 
Cambodian children stand on their banana-trunk rafts to negotiate floodwaters on October 13, in Kandal province, 20kms east of Phnom Penh. Cambodias worst floods in over a decade have killed more than 200 people, a disaster official said.
Photograph: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy 
A New Zealand All Blacks fan attends the 2011 Rugby World Cup semi-final match against Australia on October 16, at Eden Park Stadium in Auckland.
Photograph: AFP/Gabriel Bouys 
Hollywood actress Evan Rachel Wood on the red carpet at the screening of The Ides of March on day two of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival on October 14, 2011, at the Abu Dhabi Theatre in UAE.
Photograph: Shijilesh Uleri/Gallo Images/Getty Images 
Egyptian actress Bushra.
Photograph: Shijilesh Uleri/Gallo Images/Getty Images 
Emirati actress Noha Raafat.
Photograph: Shijilesh Uleri/Gallo Images/Getty Images 
Bhutans King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema greet well wishers as they walk out after their marriage ceremony on October 13, 2011 at the Dzong monastery in Punakha, Bhutan. The fifth Dragon King came down from his golden throne to place a silk crown upon the head of his bride, 10 years his junior.
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images 
King Wangchuck stands next to Jetsun Pema during the purification marriage ceremony. Thousands of Bhutanese from the surrounding villages joined the king and queen at their wedding reception at a fairground outside the country's most sacred monastery fortress, where a slate of dancers performed traditional routines for the new couple.
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images 
Thanks & Regards, Raj. Kumar(courtesy to Yahoo)
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