Members of the Indonesian army anti-terror squad take part in an anti-terror drill at the police special forces headquarter compound in Depok, Indonesia's West Java province. The anti-terror drill was conducted in preparation for the planned visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Indonesia next week.
U.S. Army chaplain Carl Subler flies over the Argandab River while moving between bases to celebrate Catholic Mass for soldiers in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Military chaplains travel the battlefield throughout Afghanistan, providing a backbone of support for thousands of soldiers struggling with the difficulties of war and year-long deployments away from home.
Afghan boys and men work in a market bazaar in Khan Neshin, Afghanistan. U.S. Marines with the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion have set up their base inside the earthen walls of an ancient Afghan castle in Khan Neshin in the southern fringe of Helmand Province, and they make outings into the market outside their gates nearly daily to help the local economy and to show goodwill.
A Tibetan exile shouts slogan from inside a police van after being detained during a protest in front of Chinese embassy in New Delhi. Dozens of exiled Tibetans protested on Tuesday to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China.
Members of a military honour guard stand to attention during the arrival ceremony for Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at Fairbairn air base in Canberra. Yudhoyono is making a three day official visit to Australia.
Hostesses dressed in the costumes of an ethinic minoritiy pose for souvenir pictures on Tiananmen Square during a plenary session of the National People's Congress inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China sought to allay concerns about a reduction in its massive investment in US Treasuries, saying it was a responsible investor and any changes were part of normal market operations.
A man pushes his bike past an ice covered a bench on the Neuchatel Lake shores in Yverdon, West of Geneva.
People are silhouetted against the skyline as they fly a kite during sunset in Berlin.
A Nour missile is test fired off Iran's first domestically made destroyer, Jamaran, on the southern shores of Iran in the Persian Gulf. A newly inaugurated Iranian destroyer test fired a surface-to-surface missile in the Gulf on Tuesday, Iran's Fars news agency reported.
Indian students of Osmania University protest with the dead body of M. Sai Kumar at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. M. Sai Kumar, a second-year student of the university in the southern Indian city, allegedly commited suicide in support of the creation of the state of Telangana by hanging himself in his hostel room.
Shadows of people walking are cast on the ground where replicas of Lebanon's assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri's footsteps are paved on a route which he used to take regularly in downtown Beirut.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (centre) speaks with 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment troops at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Kandahar. Gates, on a visit to Afghanistan, cautioned against over-optimism, warning of "dark days" ahead despite grounds for hope on the battlefield.
