A teacher who identified herself as Valeska shouts slogans during a demonstration near the Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Teachers have been on strike demanding better pay for almost two months. Photo: AP
People walk in the rain outside International Monetary Fund (IMF) building in Washington, as the meetings of the IMF and World Bank started. In the run-up to meetings of the IMF, World Bank and the Group of 20 major economies, global financial leaders have been sounding loud warnings about the possibility of a US debt default as well as potential damage from the partial government shutdown if it continues. Photo: AP
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim speaks at a news conference during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings at IMF headquarters in Washington. Kim has set a new goal of reducing extreme poverty to 9 percent by 2020, saying that 400 million children are still among the world's most extreme poor, living on under $1.25 per day. Photo: AP
Indian fishermen sort their fishing nets after they return with their catch on the Bay of Bengal coast at Puri, Odisha. According to Indian news reports, Odisha on Thursday raised its warning level as cyclonic storm "Phailin" over east central Bay of Bengal was gaining strength and moving slowly towards the east coast. Photo: AP
Malala Yousafzai, center, her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai (left) and Christiane Amanpour pose for photographs, in New York. Yousafzai, was shot by the Taliban for her advocating education for girls. Yousafzai won the $65,000 Sakharov Award, Europe's top human rights award and is a likely contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. Photo: AP
An Israeli soldier waves as he rides on a tank during a military exercise in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights near the border with Syria, a day after two mortar shells from Syria struck an Israeli military post on the Golan Heights, lightly wounding an Israeli soldier. Israel's military said it struck back, hitting the source of fire, but did not specify if the mortars came from a rebel or government position. Photo: AP
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with wife Gursharan Kaur arrives at Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport, Jakarta in Indonesia ahead of Bilateral Summit. Photo: PTI
Doctors protest against government-imposed austerity measures, privatization plans and labor reforms in the public healthcare sector in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: AP