Pictures in the News | Oct. 4, 2012

Photographers and spectators follow the trajectory of a Delta IV rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket carried a global positioning satellite for the Air Force.  (Craig Bailey / Associated Press)

A peace activist draws chalk figures on the sidewalk outside the headquarters of the Scottish National Party, Scotland’s dominant political party. Members of the Faslane Peace Camp, as part of a the No To Nato Scotland Coalition, drew 24,000 figures on the pavement to represent the people killed to date in the war in Afghanistan.   (Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images)

Roses tossed by mourners lay on the hood of the hearse that carried the coffin of police Constable Fiona Bone to Manchester Cathedral during her funeral. Bone, 32, and her police colleague Nicola Hughes, 23, were killed as they responded to what they thought was a routine burglary call in Mottram, Greater Manchester, and were slain in a gun and grenade attack.   (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)

A shipyard worker rubs his eyes after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd outside Athens police headquarters that was demanding the release of those arrested during an earlier protest outside the Defense Ministry by shipyard workers complaining that they had not been paid in six months.  (Orestis Panagiotou / EPA)

A woman lights a candle at a pagoda for prayers marking the annual Pchum Ben Festival, or festival of death. The Pchum Ben festival, a popular holiday in Cambodia, consists of 15 days of prayers for the deceased, visits to temples and bringing food to monks.   (Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP/Getty Images)

South Korean rapper PSY, who sings the popular “Gangnam Style,” performs during a concert in front of Seoul City Hall.  (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)

Visitors crowd the Great Wall of China as Golden Week -- the fall vacation period that starts with National Day on Oct. 1 and sees most businesses, schools and government offices shut down -- gets into full swing. Hundreds of millions of tourists have flocked to scenic spots, resorts and other tourism destinations across the country while millions more have arrived in Beijing to visit the capital.  (AFP / Getty Images)

Indian police use a water cannon to disperse Congress Party workers protesting alleged corruption and deteriorating law and order in the state.  (Rajeev Gupta / Associated Press)

A police officer yells instructions to fans waiting to buy tickets for the Cricket World Twenty20 semifinals, which pit host Sri Lanka against Pakistan on Thursday and the West Indies against Australia on Friday.  (Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP / Getty Images)

Raindrops glide off a Brown Pelican’s feathers at the Hanover Zoo.  (Jochen Luebke / EPA)