Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the start of a trading day made hectic by the ongoing global financial crisis. (Justin Lane / EPA)
A city worker passes the Evening Standard headline board in London. Shares worldwide have fallen dramatically as fears grow of a widespread recession. (Cate Gillon / Getty Images)
Laborers walk on a bridge near the Baglihar hydroelectric project on the Chenab River in Chanderkot, India. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the dam today. (Channi Anand / Los Angeles Times)
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Shopkeepers in Lahore, Pakistan, burn compact discs and movie posters after a warning from hard-line religious fundamentalists to stop selling CDs and videos that those people consider “un-Islamic.” (K.M. Chaudary / Associated Press)
A male white lion, part of a rare white lion pack, rests in South Africa’s Sanbona Wildlife Reserve. A project to establish the world’s only self-sustaining integrated pride of white and tawny lions in the wild has been heralded as a success. (Liesl Eichenberger / EPA)
Students wearing black veils march in Naples during a silent demonstration against education reforms planned by the Italian government. Thousands of students demonstrated in Italian cities, and a general strike is scheduled for Oct. 30. (Carlo Hermann / AFP / Getty Images)
Presidential security officials talk in the audience before the start of the National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)
