Embers swirl around a firefighter on Sesnon Blvd. north of the 118 in Porter Ranch. A mandatory evacuation was ordered in the area. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times))
An Indonesian activist takes part in a protest at Jakarta Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Indonesia. Several activists staged a protest urging the Indonesian government to reject ecological debt and climate investment funding from the World Bank. (Bagus Indahono / EPA)
A fair worker arranges books in shelves at an editor’s stand at the 60th Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. The world’s biggest book fair will take place Oct. 15-19. (Thomas Lohnes / AFP / Getty Images)
Pro-government supporters armed with sticks practice moves during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s Constitution Court accepted a dissolution case against the People Power Party (PPP), the leading party in the coalition government, on charges that it committed election fraud in the Dec. 23 polls. (Rolex Dela Pena / EPA)
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Workers put photovoltaic cells on the roof of a papal audience hall in the Vatican, to convert sunlight into electricity. A total of 2,700 solar panels are being installed. (Giuseppe Giglia / EPA)
A visitor photographs a sculpture at Sydney’s Tamarama Beach. Sculpture by the Sea is Australia’s largest annual free outdoor exhibition of sculpture. (Mark Baker / Associated Press)
The morning sun begins to rise over the U.S. Capitol building in Washington. President Bush announced a $250-billion plan to shore up banks. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
A farmer lays a fishnet in a river near coastal Qingdao city, in eastern China’s Shandong province. China has made a key decision to transfer land-using rights to market-oriented farm corporations. (Wu Hong / EPA)
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A canoeist on the Tiber River passes St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. This October has been unusually warm in most of Italy, with highs in the 80s Fahrenheit. (Andrew Medichini / Associated Press)
