High winds and sea batter the Antrim coast road in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Thousands of homes are still without power in Northern Ireland after gale force winds ripped down trees, power lines and electricity poles. Gusts of up to 70 mph which swept in from the Atlantic have left parts of the north, east and exposed rural areas facing major blackouts. Photo: AP
A Thai school boy looks from inside a lion costume during a procession to mark the 86th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: AP
A Pakistani man (bottom left) who goes from house to house looking for customers to fix their cooking pans, sits on the ground next to a customer, who was displaced with his family from Pakistan's tribal area of Bajur due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, while fixing his pans, outside a grocery store in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad. Photo: AP
A delegate listens to the opening speech by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak during the general assembly of ruling party United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: AP
Nanako Oyama, a 24-year-old employee of Kyugetsu, a Japanese traditional doll company, arranges "hagoita" battledores on display, in Tokyo. The wooden racquets are adorned with images based on persons of the year. The racquets from left in the bottom show Britain's Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, holding the Prince of Cambridge, former IOC President Jacques Rogge with the name of the city of Tokyo elected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics and Japan Series winning baseball team Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka with manager Senichi Hoshino. Photo: AP
