A 70-foot female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship is seen washed ashore on the coast near Fort Bragg, California.
Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed joined his vice president and 11 cabinet ministers for the world's first underwater cabinet meeting, to push for a stronger climate change agreement in the upcoming UN climate summit in Copenhagen
A woman is submerged in a pool of water during a prayer and healing ritual at the Espinazo community in Nuevo Leon State, Mexico.
People flee the deck of a hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico as large waves from Hurricane Rick overtake their perch
Local people gather at the site of the accident where an express train rammed into the back of another train near India's northern city of Mathura. At least 21 passengers were killed.
Farmers demonstrate on the Champs-Élysée in Paris to protest grain prices that have fallen below the cost of production
An Indonesian soldier carries a cup of tea as he helps provide security during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's inauguration in Jakarta.