Russia’s Maria Sharapova, right, hugs Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic as she retires from the quarterfinal match due to an injury, at the Japan Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo. Photo: AP
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee leaves 10 Janpath after meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao greets Telugu Desam Party MLA from Kamareddy, Gampa Govardhan who resigned from the membership of Andhra Pradesh Assembly besides quitting the party protesting its “ambivalent” stand on the Telangana statehood issue, at Telangana Bhavan in Hyderabad. He joined the TRS today. Photo:Mohammed Yousuf
Police try to stop an agitating woman lawyer from entering the house of Andhra Pradesh Labour Minister Danam Nagender in Hyderabad. Lawyers supporting the Telangana campaign today clashed with the police when they tried to enter the house of the Minister as part of their protest. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Health workers shout slogans after bursting into the Catalan Health Institute during a protest against proposed budget cuts in public health care, in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: AP
Residents wade through floodwaters at La Paz township, Tarlac province in northern Philippines, three days after typhoon Nesat lashed northeastern provinces and the Philippine capital Manila. Photo: AP
Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari and party leader Venkaiah Naidu during a press conference, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts after casting her vote on the eurozone bailout fund at the German Parliament Bundestag, in Berlin. Photo: AP
Saudi citizens sit as they wait to cast their votes at a polling station during municipal elections in Riyadh. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted women, on Sept. 25, 2011, the right to vote and participate in municipal elections from 2015.