Firemen climb over damaged Parmesan cheese inside a collapsed storage in Rolo, near Modena. A special firemen force called 'The Angels of Parmesan' has been called in to rescue thousands of cheese damaged in recent earthquakes in northern Italy. (Reuters)

Anti-Shafiq protesters react angrily after the Egyptian court ruled that Ahmed Shafiq can run in this weekend's presidential elections. (Yuli Weeks/VOA)

France's President Francois Hollande pays his respects during a solemn funeral ceremony at Invalides in Paris, for four French soldiers killed in Afghanistan. (AP)

Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives a gift from Swiss apprentices on the train between Geneva and Bern on her first trip to Europe since 1988 to formally accept the Nobel Peace Prize. (AP)

South Korean army soldiers pay a silent tribute after excavating the remains of 11 South Korean soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War from a ridge of Mount Seorak in Sokcho. (AP)

An army tank drives on a road near the southern Yemeni city of Zinjibar. (Reuters)

A child plays in between two cartoon military statues on display outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China. (AP)

Irish fans drink beer while sitting on a bench with a Polish woman ahead of the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group C match between Ireland and Spain in Gdansk, Poland. (AP)