Egyptian Christians raise crosses during a protest against the Military Ruling Council in Cairo, a day after at least 24 people were killed when Christians, Muslims and security forces clashed outside the state television building. (AP)

Egyptian Coptic Christians clash with soldiers and anti-riot police during a protest in Cairo against the attack on a church in southern Egypt on October 9, 2011. Hundreds of Muslims and Coptic Christians exchanged blows and threw stones Sunday near a Cairo hospital treating wounded from earlier deadly clashes. (AFP)

Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters flash the V-sign for victory as they man a checkpoint south of Bani Walid. ( AFP)

Pumpkins decorated with the faces of bankers are displayed at the Occupy LA protest camp in Los Angeles, California, October 9, 2011. (Reuters)

British musicians Miss Dynamite (5th L) and Charlie Simpson (6th L) join unemployed young people in line outside a job center in central London during a photocall for the Battlefront Campaign, raising awareness of the large number of young people currently unemployed in the UK. (AFP)

Part of an ancient temple - one of a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Thailand's Ayutthaya province - is inundated with floodwaters. (AFP)

A water bomber drops water over a forest fire near the village of Soveria on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. Firefighters said some 570 hectares were destroyed in the last 72 hours. (AFP)

Moroccan fans celebrate their team's victory over Tanzania in their group D match in the Cup of African Nations (CAN) qualifying match in Marrakesh on October 9, 2011. (AFP)