Room XX : A guest applauds during the inauguration of the renovated Room XX at the United Nations offices in Geneva. Top contemporary Spanish artist Barcelo was commissioned to create a unique ceiling painting for Room XX, which will host the UN Huma…... [more »]

Date: 18 November 2008, 3:06 pm

Frozen river : A partially frozen river is pictured at dawn near Kittilae in Lapland. (AFP/Olivier Morin)... [more »]

Date: 17 November 2008, 6:49 pm

Swans swim in a small lock after council workers rounded up them from Hamburg's inner city lake Alster November 17, 2008. Every year the swans are collected from waterways around the northern German city of Hamburg and taken to winter quarters wh…... [more »]

Date: 17 November 2008, 7:03 am

Glow of the fires : With the temperatures hovering around 90 degrees Farenheit, a girl runs along the shore in Santa Monica, California. The orange color of the light is due to the wildfires near Los Angeles. (AFP/Gabriel Bouys)... [more »]

Date: 16 November 2008, 6:57 pm

Fiery jump : Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force (STF) commandos perform during a parade in Katukurunda, some 43 kms south of Colombo. (AFP/Ishara S. Kodikara)... [more »]

Date: 16 November 2008, 6:53 pm

Ice carver Mikhail Fedotov from Russia works on his sculpture 'Bremen's Town Musicians' in Bremen, northern Germany, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. Some 40 artists will carve 28 figures of Grimm's fairy tales. The ice sculpture festival opens its doors for t…... [more »]

Date: 16 November 2008, 5:17 am

Pretty kitty? : A hairless Canadian sphynx cat is pictured during an International Feline Beauty contest in Sofia. (AFP/Boryana Katsarova)... [more »]

Date: 15 November 2008, 5:58 pm

Polesello's view : A visitor is reflected through a creation by Argentine artist Rogelio Polesello on display during Sotheby's Latin American Art preview, in New York. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)... [more »]

Date: 14 November 2008, 1:53 pm

Winter weather : A woman protects herself against the snow in Spitzingsee, southern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Oliver Lang)... [more »]

Date: 13 November 2008, 6:12 pm

Water festival : An illuminated display floats by during the Water Festival in Phnom Penh. (AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)... [more »]

Date: 12 November 2008, 4:54 pm