Cowgirls perform rope tricks at the World's Toughest Rodeo at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. -- PHOTO: AFP
Cathy Reed (left) and Chris Reed of Japan perform during the Ice Dance Original Dance competition at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy in Nagano, central Japan. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Coins with face of Abimael Guzman, the jailed leader of the Maoist Shining Path group, are seen on display at a police museum in Lima. The museum contains communist paintings, flags and objects used by the group as well as photographs of some of it bloody attacks. Guzman was captured in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison. -- PHOTO: AP
A Kosovo Albanian boy performs with his skateboard at a youth center in Pristina. -- PHOTO: AFP
The rising sun illuminates the sky over the castle Wernigerode in Wernigerode, eastern Germany. -- PHOTO: AP
Informed Decision, center, ridden by Julien Leparoux, wins the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint horse race at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, Calif. Ventura, right, ridden by Garrett Govez takes second. -- PHOTO: AP
A piel roja monkey (Saguinus Oedipus) born in captivity one month ago, climbs onto his mother at the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin. The piel roja monkey is an endangered species. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A Tachypleus tridentatus swims in an aquarium tank during the annual Taiwan International Aquarium Expo at the World Trade Center in Taipei on Nov 7. More then 100 tanks of fishes from nine asian countries can be seen during the exhibition. -- PHOTO: AFP
This handout photo provided by the Miami Metrozoo shows an unnamed female giraffe being cleaned by her mother Kita at the Miami Metrozoo in Miami. The calf was born last Tuesday, and weighed in at 61.2kg and stands almost 1.83m tall. -- PHOTO: AP
Xiomara Vazquez, 8, sits on her porch in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression on Friday. -- PHOTO: AP
Flags at the US Capitol fly at half staff in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama ordered all flags on federal office buildings be lowered to half staff to honour those killed during Friday's shooting at Fort Hood. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Guo Pei during China Fashion Week in Beijing. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Activists of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costumes representing an alien delegation mingled with UN delegates during UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday. Barcelona is hosting the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. -- PHOTO: AP
