An old woman and her husband wait for distribution of food from Oxfam in central Turkana district, Kenya. The UN says tens of thousands of people already have died in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti due to famine and has warned that the famine hasn't peaked. (AP)

A girl takes part in celebrations for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters)

War College students march during the Victory Day celebrations in Ankara, Turkey. (AP)

People gather alongside workers making repairs on Route 100 in Killington, Vermont, washed out by flood waters from Tropical Storm Irene. (AP)

The group 'Minyons of Terrassa' forms a human tower called 'Castell' during the annual fiestas of Sant Felix in Vilafranca del Penedes town, near Barcelona, Spain. The formation of human towers is a tradition of Catalonia and between 100 and 200 people are needed to complete a tower. (Reuters)

A very thin house at the end of a terrace in London. Lenders approved the highest number of mortgages since May 2010 last month but consumer borrowing was unexpectedly weak, doing little to shift a downbeat outlook for retail spending and property prices. (Reuters)

Masses of green seaweed, which at times emits noxious gasses, on a beach at Kerlaz near Douarnenez in Brittany, western France. (Reuters)

Germany's Robert Harting celebrates after winning the gold in the Men's Discus Throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea. (AP)