A gust of wind blows as Pope Benedict XVI speaks during his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Reuters)

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (in car, R) and Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin (in car, L) review the troops during a ceremony to mark the 64th Korea Armed Forces Day, which falls on October 1, at the military headquarters in Gyeryong, about 140 km (87 miles) south of Seoul. (Reuters)

A fire bomb explodes among riot police during a nationwide general strike in Athens. Police clashed with protesters hurling petrol bombs and bottles in central part of the city after an anti-government rally called as part of a general strike in Greece turned violent. (AP)

Students throw their caps after the graduation ceremony at the Hamburg School of Business Administration in Hamburg, Germany. (Reuters)

People conduct rescue operations after a bus plunged into the Purna River in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district, about 600 km (372 miles) northwest of Mumbai, India. (Reuters)

The Lebanese Army Airborne Division takes part in a mock ambush of a tank convoy during a drill in the area of Ouyoun al-Siman in the Lebanese mountains. (AFP)

An eight-meter minke whale is seen washed up on the beach at Druridge, northern England. The whale was euthanized by a vet after rescuers were unable to save its life. (Reuters)

Insects are seen on a concrete post on a flooded street in Ha Tinh, Nghe An province in the central Viet Nam in September. (Thu Thao/Vietnam/VOA reader)

A woman walks through foam, caused by heavy winds and stormy seas, on a coastal path in the town of Portstewart in Northern Ireland, September 25, 2012. (Reuters)

A restaurant worker cleans beneath lanterns hanging above a street ahead of the Mid Autumn Festival in Beijing, China. Traditionally recognized as a symbol of good luck, red lanterns are hung during the festival which falls on the 15th day of the lunar new year, which this year is September 30, 2012. (AFP)

Belarussian Emergency Ministry members work at a pesticide burial site in a forest near the village of Savichi, some 160 km (99 miles) southwest of Minsk. About 640 tons of pesticides, including DDT, were extracted from the ground due to pollution issues. (Reuters)