1An aerial view of a flooded rice field in Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines. (Reuters/Philippine Air Force)

1Chilean students clash with riot police during a demonstration in Santiago in their ongoing attempt to press the government to reform the country's education system. (AFP)

1An Occupy Wall Street campaign protester wears a mask on the back of his head as he walks through Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street in New York, USA. Protesters complaining about the power of the financial industry staged noisy demonstrations and slowed pedestrian traffic on Wall Street for the second consecutive week. (Reuters)

1A Libyan man walks by graffiti in Tripoli, depicting Moammar Gadhafi. (AP)

1A Palestinian holds a sign depicting caricatures of German Chancellor Merkel, US President Obama and French President Sarkozy during a protest against the UN Security Council meeting, Ramallah, the West Bank. (AP Photo)

1Libyans are seen through the new flag of their country while attending an open-air Friday prayer in downtown Tripoli. (AP)

1Demonstrators hold effigies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L), Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest outside the 66th UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York. (AFP)

1People walk under strong winds and rains from Typhoon Violet in downtown Tokyo, Japan. (AP)

1Locals and rescue personnel search for bodies trapped in the debris of homes after the 6.9 earthquake in Dikchu about 20 km from Mangan on the border between India's northeastern Sikkim state and Nepal. (AFP)