Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to crowd as she visits Mother's Home Free Education Center in outskirts of Rangoon along with Andrew John Bower Mitchell, unseen, member of parliament and secretary of state for International Development of Britain. (AP)

Merina Begum tries to salvage her belongings after a fire in a slum at Rayerbazar in Dhaka, Bangladesh. More than 250 shanties have been burned down as a blaze swept through the slum, the local fire department said. (Reuters)

A customer leaves a shop advertising its closing sale in the center of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch economy contracted for the first time in more than a year in the third quarter as export growth slowed and investment declined. (AP)

Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (C) and Queen Jetsun Pema (L) are greeted by Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) upon their arrival at the Imperial Palace for the state dinner in Tokyo, November 16, 2011. (AP)

Lawmakers of the opposition LMP party wear gas masks as they protest outside the parliament against high levels of air pollution in Budapest, Hungary. The city council issued a smog alert and blocked high-emission cars from central Budapest due to high levels of dust in the air after a lack of wind over the past few days. (Reuters)

A photographer looks for a different angle while photographing the 'Secret Postcard' exhibition at the Royal College of Art in London. Around 3000 postcard size artworks have been created and donated by artists and designers. (AFP)

Gnats, or small biting flies, gather on a bridge over the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (Reuters)

A Thai supporter wears a dual face headgear to amplify his cheer during a Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Group A soccer match between Thailand and Singapore at Gelora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP)

Emus look on at a farm in Amching village, east of Gauhati, India. This large bird native to Australia is farmed for its meat, oil, leather and various other uses. (AP)

A Great Egret in the Gringo lake of the Serere Natural Reserve at the Madidi region some 600 km (373 miles) north of La Paz, Bolivia, November 16, 2011 (Reuters)

Teams from Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) collect unexploded ordnance buried underground by the Gadhafi regime at a military base in Tajura, about 30 km (19 miles) east of Tripoli. (Reuters)

US President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard hold a joint press conference in Canberra, Australia. President Barack Obama announced an agreement to expand the US military presence in Australia, underscoring growing concern over an increasingly assertive China. (AP)

Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck inspects an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Bhutan's royal couple are in Japan for a six-day visit. (Reuters)

An honor guard carries the remains of three WWII Army Airman during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The remains representing the entire crew were buried in a single casket. They are 2nd Lt. Wilson C. Cater of Jackson, Miss., Master Sgt. Donald A. Mackey of Chambersburg, Pa., and Staff Sgt. Glenn E. Webb of Wetumpka, Okla. (AP)

Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kenny and German Chancellor Angela Merkel listen to their national anthems during a welcoming ceremony at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Kenny is on his first official visit to Germany. (AFP)

An ethnic Miao minority man shaves another villager's head with a sickle in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, China. The village of about 2,100 is believed to be the last village in China authorized by the government to keep guns. (Reuters)

US soldiers of 2nd Platoon C Company 9th Engineer Battalion COP Dash Towp stand around a fire during an overall security and disruption insurgency mission in Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan. (Reuters)

A man looks at the painting 'The World Self' by US artist and architect Paul Laffoley at Hamburger Bahnhof exhibition hall in Berlin, Germany. (Reuters)

A surfer rides a wave in the Mediterranean Sea at Israel's southern city of Ashkelon. (Reuters)

A model wears a creation by Abang Saufi from Malaysia during the Islamic Fashion Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP)

Thai mahouts ride on top of their elephants during celebrations for the annual Loy Krathong festival in Ayutthaya province, Thailand. Believers float krathongs in rivers, canals or ponds during the festival, which is held as a symbolic apology to the goddess of the river. (Reuters)

A devotee takes a ritual bath at the water tank of the illuminated Bangla Sahib Sikh temple on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in New Delhi, India. (AP)

South Korean protesters are sprayed with water by riot police during a rally near the National Assembly in Seoul, against a Free Trade Agreement between South Korea and the United States. (AP)

Anti-government protesters shout slogans demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a rally against immunity for him in a deal, in Sana'a. (Reuters)

An Afghan refugee child looks out of a window in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

A man walks in a bus lane next to a morning rush hour traffic jam in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Reuters)

Campaigners for change of media regulation, with one in a puppet of James Murdoch, Chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia, protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London. James Murdoch is due to appear at the House of Commons Select Committee for the second time for questioning on phone hacking. (AP)

Stalactites hanging in the upper cave of the Jeita Grotto in north of Beirut, Lebanon. Jeita Grotto, a compound of caves located 20 km north of Beirut in the Valley of Nahr al-Kalb (Dog River), is a finalist candidate representing Lebanon in the New Seven Wonders of the World campaign. (AP)

A man dressed as Father Christmas collects wish lists from children at a special Christmas post office in the village of Himmelpfort (Heaven's Gate), north of Berlin, Germany. (Reuters)

A creation by designer Jean-Paul Goude and used in 1989 for the French Revolution bicentennial is seen at the Arts Decoratifs museum in Paris, France. (AP)

Students protesting against tuition fee increases march towards the business district in the City of London, Britain. (Reuters)

Workers recover goods from a flooded factory in Bangkok's suburbs, Thailand. (Reuters)

Police prepare to serve as a guard of honor to Indian Jammu-Kashmir state chief minister Omar Abdullah during the reopening of the state's winter capital at the civil secretariat in Jammu, India. (AP)

A pedestrian and the Alexander Nevski Cathedral are reflected in a puddle on a warm autumn day, in Sofia, Bulgaria. (AP)

Pius Heinz of Germany poses with stacks of cash after beating Martin Staszko of the Czech Republic to win the championship bracelet and $8.7 million in prize money during the World Series of Poker main event at the Rio hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (Reuters)

Saint Peter's Basilica is reflected in the tuba of a musician during Pope Benedict XVI's weekly general audience at the Vatican. (Reuters)

A duck moves through the waters along the Esplanade on an unusually warm fall day in Boston, Massachusetts. (Reuters)

African penguins Pedro (R) and Buddy interact with each other at the Toronto Zoo, Canada, November 8, 2011. The Toronto Zoo announced they will separate the penguins after zookeepers noticed behavior denoting a gay relationship between the two. (Reuters)