Week In Photos

Monaco defender Adriano Pereira attempts to head the ball away from Grenoble goalkeeper Ronan Le Crom during an French L1 soccer match in Monaco.  (Valery Hache / AFP/Getty Images)

Heidi Green of the Sensedance company rehearses a scene from “Impending Visit” at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Theater.  (Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images)

A flock of geese walk across a field in the eastern German city of Kuhhorst. Goose is a popular choice in Germany for the Christmas day meal.  (Michael Urban / AFP / Getty Images)

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Justin Gage leaps to catch a pass over tweo San Francisco 49ers’ defenders. The Titans used two Alex Smith interceptions late to beat the 49ers, 34-27, for their second straight win.  (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)

A passerby makes her way near a monument of Diana, the goddess of the hunt, and her dogs. An attached note tells people to take precautions, saying “life is more expensive than pride and image.”  (Yuriy Dyachyshyn / AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian man shields himself from the rain after crossing from the West Bank town of Kalkilya to work in Israel.  (Oded Balilty / Associated Press)

Delegates in traditional Ndebele dress gather before the Institute of African Royalty’s launch. The kings, queens and chiefs of Africa say they have a role to play in democracy and development on the continent and that former South African President Nelson Mandela is their role model.  (Themba Hadebe / Associated Press)

Cpl. Casey Liffrig, left, and Lt. Thomas Goodwin seek cover as Taliban fighters ambush U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, during a patrol in the Pech Valley.  (David Guttenfelder / Associated Press)

Protesters and typhoon victims pause to pray by the Marikina River east of Manila, marking the 40th day of the worst flooding of the capital in 42 years. The fourth typhoon to hit the Philippines in as many weeks lashed the city and nearby provinces over the weekend.  (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)

Members of a Russian right-wing ultra-nationalist group fight with members of an anti-fascist movement (carrying a green banner) at a rally. A new annual day to celebrate national unity was marked with demonstrations that included rallies by far-right extremists.  (Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP/Getty Images)

Alarm clocks are piled up during an international climate change conference, symbolizing that time is running out for world leaders to strike a deal on the issue.The display was put together by the TcK TcK TcK campaign, which represents more than 200 organizations including the Red Cross, Amnesty International and Greenpeace.  (Lluis Gene / AFP/Getty Images)

Sculptor Liu Bolin, who aims to capture Barack Obama’s global impact with a bronze effigy of the U.S. president that bursts into flames, blows on the sculpture while it is on display at a museum. Obama is scheduled to visit China on Nov. 15.  (Elizabeth Dalziel / Associated Press)

Afghan women attend a seminar on domestic violence. Independent human rights watchdogs have been saying that gender violence has reached an alarming level in the country.  (Jalil Rezayee / EPA)

A warehouse employee stores one of the giant “dominos” that will be used on Nov. 9 to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago.  (Michael Kappeler / AFP / Getty Images)

In a sign of autumn, chairs and tables are covered with yellow leaves at the city zoo.  (Sebastian Willnow / AFP / Getty Images)

Pro-government Iranians chant slogans in a demonstration in front of the former U.S. Embassy in the capital, part of a commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the embassy by militant students.  (Vahid Salemi / Associated Press)

Opponents of Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage, gather at Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood before a protest march marking the one-year anniversary of the measure’s passage.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Dancers of the Hungarian National Ballet Group perform at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest on Nov. 4, 2009, during the dress rehearsal of “The Karamazovs.” “The Karamazovs,” an adaptation of Russian novelist Fedor Dostoievski by the Russian choreographer Boris Eifman, will held on Nov. 7, 2009.  (Attila Kisbenedek / AFP / Getty Images)

A U.S. Marine takes a picture during a joint landing exercise by the U.S. and South Korea in the southeastern port city of Pohang.  (Jung Yeon-Je / AFP / Getty Images)

With honor guards, foreground, wearing 1910s-era Cossack military uniforms, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill speaks in Moscow during a rally to mark National Unity Day. The holiday marks the end of the foreign intervention in Russia in 1612.  (Misha Japaridze / Associated Press)

Chanta and Vannaret Ross, center, parents of slain Wilson High School student Melody Ross, are surrounded by students and friends during a candlelight vigil at the campus. Two alleged gang members, both 16, were arrested in the killing.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Hideki Matsui of the Yankees stokes a two-run home run in Game 6 of the World Series, which New York won by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, at Yankee Stadium.  (David J. Phillip / Associated Press)

Dawn workouts at the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia.

Owners and trainers are busy getting ready for the the Breeders Cup this weekend.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

A rosy pelican, center, catches a fish in a pond at a New Delhi zoo. The 214-acre National Zoological Park in the Indian capital is home to more than 2,000 species of animals and birds from Africa, America, Australia and Asia.  (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP/Getty Images)

A model on the runway during China Fashion Week in Beijing.  (Feng Li / Getty Images)

Kevin Pearce of the U.S. competes in the men’s half-pipe Snowboarding FIS World Cup final event in Saas-Fee, southern Switzerland. He placed 12th.

Japans’ Kazuhiro Kokubo won, ahead of France’s Mathieu Crepel, second, and Finland’s Peetu Piiroinen, third.  (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/Getty Images)

Indian Delhi Metro Rail employees work on a tunnel under construction at the Shivaji Stadium Metro Station in New Delhi.  (Anindito Mukherjee / EPA)

Monks of the Tawang monastery, the second-largest in Asia, hang a banner in preparation of the visit of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Tawang, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

The Indian government refused today to allow foreign journalists to cover the visit to the northeastern state, which is at the heart of a long-running border dispute with China.

China has strongly opposed the visit by the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India and whom it accuses of advocating independence from Chinese rule for his native Tibet.  (Manish Swarup / Associated Press)

Russian soldiers in replica World War II uniforms participate in a military parade rehearsal at Red Square. They reenact the events of Nov. 7, 1941, when troops marched from the Red Square to the front lines to fight invading German troops.  (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP/Getty Images)

Army Sgt. Anthony Sills comforts his wife outside Ft. Hood. The couple’s 3-year old son was still in daycare on the Texas base while it was in lockdown after the mass shooting.  (Jack Plunkett / Associated Press)

Brazilian-made Tucanos surround Israeli-made Kfirs during an aerial exhibition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Colombia’s air force.  (Fernando Vergara / Associated Press)

U.S. singer Beyonce with her award for Best Video at the 2009 MTV European Music Awards in Berlin, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)  (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) with a copy of healthcare legislation. About 10,000 conservative activists descended on Capitol Hill for a rally calling for the defeat of a House healthcare overhaul bill that could be voted on this weekend.  (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)

Hertha BSC player Marc Stein covers the eyes of SC Heerenveen’s Oussama Assaidi during a Group D Europa League match in Heerenveen. Valeri Domovchiyski had two goals to lead Hertha BSC, who won the match, 3-2.  (Peter Dejong / Associated Press)

A model gets ready to hit the catwalk during Fashion Week in the Chinese capital.  (Elizabeth Dalziel / Associated Press)

A student tries to douse the flames that engulfed the Kenya Water Institute. There were no injuries and the cause of the fire was not immediately known.  (Sayyid Azim / Associated Press)

A Palestinian demonstrator gestures atop the separation barrier, moments after knocking down a segment of the concrete wall, during a protest against the barrier.  (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)

Afghan buzkashi players on horseback fight for control of a beheaded goat during a game. In buzkashi, the national sport of Afghanistan, the object of the game is to try to snatch the goat carcass in the field and carry it to the scoring area.  (Majid Saeedi / Getty Images)

Skaters Pang Qing, top, and Tong Jian of China perform the short program during the pairs competition at the NHK Trophy Grand Prix.  (Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP/Getty Images)

Fans cheer and take photographs of the New York Yankees during a parade along Broadway, celebrating the team’s 27th World Series championship.  (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)

One hundred men and women are sworn into active duty in the armed forces during the California Disabled Veterans Business Alliance tribute breakfast.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker cries as “Amazing Grace” is sung during a candlelight vigil for the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Ft. Hood. A 39-year-old psychiatrist about to be deployed to Afghanistan is suspected in the attack in which 38 people were also injured.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Col. John Rossi, left, Col. Steven Braverman and Col. Ben Danner walk away after a news conference on the fatal shootings at Ft. Hood.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

Visitors check out “Phantasy Landscape Visiona 2,” an installation by Denmark’s Verner Panton. The late designer’s works are on display at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.  (Shuji Kajiyama / Associated Press)

President Obama casts a shadow on the wall as he walks to the podium for a Rose Garden news briefing Friday. Among the topics, Obama gave an update on the Ft. Hood tragedy in Texas, “one of the worst mass shootings ever to take place on an American military base.” Full shooting story  (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)

Workers from the public sector protest the Irish government’s plans to impose an emergency budget and rein in the nation’s soaring deficit. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions said its “national day of action” was designed to pressure the government to scale back planned budget cuts.  (Peter Morrison / Associated Press)

Rep. Steve King (R- Iowa) holds a copy of the healthcare bill after a protest rally on Capitol Hill. The bill passed the House on Saturday night. Full story  (Alex Brandon/ Associated Press)

Members of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions rally to protest the South Korean government’s plans to allow multiple unions for each workplace and prohibit companies from paying wages to full-time union representatives. The laws’ implementation has been delayed for more than a decade because of opposition from labor organizations, the Associated Press reported.  (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

A family is silhouetted as the sun sets on a rocky ridge in the Sakhir desert area.  (Hasan Jamali / Associated Press)

Mourners gather by a makeshift memorial at the apartment complex of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who authorities say went on a shooting rampage in Ft. Hood, Texas, killing 13 and injuring dozens. The military community tries to ‘absorb the blow.’ Full story  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)