Take a look at the News and Events that have been making headlines around the world over the past few days:
A woman walks on a snow covered road in Putney, Vermont, US. Freezing conditions prevailed on the US East Coast Sunday after a rare October snowstorm and icy rain reportedly killed at least three people, sparked long airport delays and caused massive power outages. Photograph: AFP/Don Emmert
A woman walks on a snow covered road in Putney, Vermont, US. Freezing conditions prevailed on the US East Coast Sunday after a rare October snowstorm and icy rain reportedly killed at least three people, sparked long airport delays and caused massive power outages. Photograph: AFP/Don Emmert
Indian children light fireworks for the Hindu festival of lights Diwali, on October 26, 2011, in New Delhi. Diwali marks the victory of good over evil and commemorates the time when Hindu God Lord Rama achieved victory over Ravana and returned to his kingdom Ayodhya after 14 years in exile. Photograph: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images
Yemeni women burn veils in a symbolic and traditional move in Sanaa to protest the governments brutal crackdown against the countrys popular uprising, as overnight clashes in the capital and another city killed 25 people, officials said. The women spread a black cloth across a main street and threw their full-body veils, known as makrama, onto a pile, sprayed it with oil and set it ablaze. Photograph: MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images
A supporter of Tunisias Islamist Ennahda party touches the national flag at the movement headquarters in Tunis. Tunisias biggest secular party said it had started coalition talks with the Islamist Ennahda which leads the vote count in historic polls, insisting the frontrunner is neither the devil nor the Taliban. Photograph: FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images
A Thai man sits on a raft in floodwaters near Chao Praya river in Bangkok. Thailands battle against its worst floods in decades has spilled into the political arena, underscoring the deep divisions that linger more than a year after deadly civil unrest rocked the kingdom. Photograph: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri
Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan addresses a rally in Lahore calling for President Asif Ali Zardari to step down. The rally, seen as a show of strength, attracted some 30,000 people in the key political battleground of Lahore. Photograph: AFP Photo/Arif Ali
British actress Joely Richardson signs autographs for her fans prior to the German premiere of the movie Anonymous in Berlin. The political thriller will start in German cinemas on November 10, 2011. Photograph: AFP/Johannes Eisele
Queen Rania (C) attends the opening of the Jordanian Parliament by her husband King Abdullah II in the capital Amman. The king said that Arab uprisings had emphasised the need for political reform in the kingdom which would eventually lead to a system of parliamentary government. Photograph: KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images
Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel steers his car after making a pit stop during the Indian Formula One Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, New Delhi. Vettel won the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, capturing his 11th victory in 17 races. AFP/POOL/Eugene Hoshiko
Czech Republics Petra Kvitova kisses the trophy after winning the Istanbul WTA Tennis Championship final against Belarus Victoria Azarenka in Turkey. The Wimbledon champion won her first WTA Championships title after beating Azarenka 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, a victory that will also put her at No. 2 in the world rankings. Photograph: AFP/Bulent Kilic
Indias wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni watches as Englands Ravi Bopara is bowled out during their 5th One Day International match on October 25, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India bowled England all out for 176 and won the match by 95 runs, whitewashing the series 5-0. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
Pakistans pacer Umar Gul (L) celebrates with teammates after dismissing Sri Lankas batsman Mahela Jayawardene (C) on the opening day of the second cricket Test match at Dubais international cricket stadium in UAE. The Pakistan spinners got in on the act after pace duo Umar Gul and Junaid Khan ripped through the Sri Lankan top order to bundle out the tourists for 239 in their first innings Photograph: LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images
Arsenals team captain Robin van Persie celebrates scoring his hat-trick during the Barclays Premier League football match against Chelsea on October 29, at Stamford Bridge in London, England. Van Persies red hot form stepped up a gear as his hat-trick fired Arsenal to a 5-3 win at Chelsea in a remarkable see-saw match, gaining their first away victory of the season. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
Australias David Shillington (L) in action with New Zealands Isaac Luke during their Four Nations rugby match at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington, UK. Australia underlined its status as favourite to win the Four Nations by beating reigning champion New Zealand 26-12 in the opening match of the rugby league tournament. Photograph: Chris Brunskill/Getty Images
Italian actress Monica Bellucci (L) waves as she arrives with an unidentified guest for the re-opening ceremony of the Bolshoi Theatre on October 28, in Moscow. Russias famed Bolshoi Theatre finally lifted its curtain after a six year closure for reconstruction that aimed to restore the former glory of its imperial splendour and artistic reputation. Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
Heres the worlds 10 hottest women of 2011 according to Mens Health web, as most of these women are very smart and successful.
10.Megan Fox: Some women were simply born to be hot. Thats Megan Fox - the excuse every man needed to plunk down a ten-spot on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and probably once more when she stars in the upcoming comedy Friends With Kids. Photograph: George Pimentel/WireImage
9. Miranda Kerr: Mrs. Orlando Bloom is one of the worlds most photographed models, a way-hot version of the girl next door with dimples that could make any man weak in the knees. Did we mention shes also a serious practitioner of yoga? Now youre weak. Photograph: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images
8. Katrina Bowden: Despite the surname of her 30 Rock receptionist (that would be Xerox, for the uninitiated), the 22-year-old Bowden is a true original. We can hardly wait to see her treading water in Piranha 3DD or making pastries in the forthcoming American Pie sequel. Photograph: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Motorola
7. Brooklyn Decker: Sorry, fellas, but this 24-year-old beauty - a former Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl, starring in next summers blockbuster Battleship - is married to tennis star Andy Roddick. Game, set, match, Andy. Photograph: Uri Schanker/WireImage
6. Alana Blanchard: Earning the title of hottest surfer in the world is no small feat, but the Hawaii-born Blanchard effortlessly hangs ten on the world stage, dodges shark attacks, and steals hearts. Aloha wau ia 'oe, Alana. Photograph: Eric Charbonneau/WireImage
5. Rosie Huntington-Whitely: Whats better than looking at this stunning English beauty in the almost-altogether in a Victorias Secret catalogue? Watching this stunning English beauty battle gigantic robots and save the world in Transformers: Dark of the Moon - in the almost-altogether. Megan who? Photograph: AP Photo/Evan Agostini
4. Minka Kelly: Had this gorgeous brunette followed through with a career as a surgical assistant, wed probably be cracking wise about wanting to play doctor. Instead, well have to praise her heartbreaking work on televisions Friday Night Lights and say were revving our engines to keep up with her street-racing temptress on ABCs upcoming Charlies Angels TV series. Photograph: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images
3. Zoe Saldana: Black, blue, brown, or polka-dotted, Saldana is one of cinemas most splendiferous leading ladies, and versatile too - capable of heavy-duty action (Avatar, Star Trek, this falls Colombiana), playful comedy (Guess Who, Death at a Funeral), and more dramatic fare (next years thriller, The Words). But it was Zaldanas noble, full-bodied, motion-capture Navi performance in Avatar thats made us true-blue fans. Photograph: AP Photo/Matt Sayles
2. Emma Stone: Shes not only smart, shes clever. And shes not only clever, shes wicked - whether shes earning an Easy A, coping with an intoxicating case of Crazy Stupid Love, or wooing The Amazing Spider-Man. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
1. Jennifer Lawrence: We freely admit there arent many women who could turn us on while covered head to toe in blue paint its just not our thing - and fewer still who could arouse us with little more than a bow and arrow, yet 20-year-old Oscar-nominee Lawrence does both as Mystique in X-Men: First Class and as Katniss Everdeen in next years hotly-anticipated Hunger Games. Photograph: AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
Emergency workers laugh as they attempt to steer a boat through a flooded neighbourhood near the Chayo Praya river on October 28, 2011, as rising waters threaten parts of Bangkok, Thailand. Around 370 people have died in flood-related incidents since late July according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, with Thailand experiencing the worst flooding in 50 years. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
A woman in shock is taken away following a rocket attack from the Palestinian Gaza Strip hitting Gan Yavne, on October 29, close to the coastal Israeli city of Ashdod. Israels air force bombed an Islamic Jihad base in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, killing five senior militants and drawing cross-border Palestinian rocket salvoes that killed an Israeli civilian. Photograph: David Buimovitch/AFP/Getty Images
Afghanistans security force and rescue personnel inspect the site of a suicide attack near the Darul Aman palace in Kabul. A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armoured NATO bus on a busy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people including a dozen Americans in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan capital since the war began. Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images
A Turkish man cries in front of the rubble of buildings collapsed by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Ercis. Turkey clung to hopes of finding survivors under rubble three days after the powerful earthquake killed at least 459 people, and the government finally requested foreign help to shelter thousands of homeless families. Photograph: AFP/ADEM ALTAN
Relatives mourn in front of a grave of a victim of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake during a funeral ceremony on October 28, in Ercis, province of Van. Rescuers pulled a 12-year-old boy from the rubble after he had been trapped for more than 100 hours, as the death toll in the disaster rose to 573. Photograph: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images
Libyans dance during a celebration in honour of the National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters on October 27, in Misrata. NATO decided to end its mission in Libya on October 31, declaring it fulfilled its historic mandate to protect civilians as contact was made with Muammar Gaddafis fugitive son. Photograph: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images
Yemeni anti-regime protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in Sanaa. Yemeni security forces heavily deployed in Sanaa allowed a massive anti-regime rally to cross the capital without intervening, for the first time since January. Photograph: AFP/Mohammed Huwais
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