Oct 26 in pics

Updated On Oct 27, 2011 01:33 pm IST

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World Bank President Robert Zoellick smiles as children do 'Pagmamano', a Filipino gesture often done by young people to the elders as a sign or respect, during his visit to a bank-supported community in Pasay City, Metro Manila. The World Bank is providing $400 million via a 5-year loan that ends in 2014 to help fund the Philippines conditional cash transfer programme aimed at lifting health conditions and supporting basic education for the poorest of the poor.

Updated on Oct 27, 2011 01:33 pm IST

World Bank President Robert Zoellick smiles as children do 'Pagmamano', a Filipino gesture often done by young people to the elders as a sign or respect, during his visit to a bank-supported community in Pasay City, Metro Manila. The World Bank is providing $400 million via a 5-year loan that ends in 2014 to help fund the Philippines conditional cash transfer programme aimed at lifting health conditions and supporting basic education for the poorest of the poor.

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A family carries bags of drinking water to their truck in Bangkok. Fears of flooding across the Thai capital grew after prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned parts of Bangkok could face inundation for up to a month, with authorities calling a special five-day holiday to allow people to leave.

Updated on Oct 27, 2011 01:33 pm IST

A family carries bags of drinking water to their truck in Bangkok. Fears of flooding across the Thai capital grew after prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned parts of Bangkok could face inundation for up to a month, with authorities calling a special five-day holiday to allow people to leave.

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Earthquake survivors stand in front of a damaged building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van. Turkey clung to hopes of finding survivors under rubble three days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 459 people, and the government finally requested foreign help to shelter thousands of homeless families.

Updated on Oct 27, 2011 01:33 pm IST

Earthquake survivors stand in front of a damaged building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van. Turkey clung to hopes of finding survivors under rubble three days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 459 people, and the government finally requested foreign help to shelter thousands of homeless families.

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A man wades through a flooded temple in Bangkok. Fears of flooding across the Thai capital grew after prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned parts of Bangkok could face inundation for up to a month, with authorities calling a special five-day holiday to allow people to leave.

Updated on Oct 27, 2011 01:33 pm IST

A man wades through a flooded temple in Bangkok. Fears of flooding across the Thai capital grew after prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned parts of Bangkok could face inundation for up to a month, with authorities calling a special five-day holiday to allow people to leave.

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Earthquake survivor Gozde Bahar is carried to an ambulance by rescue workers in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, Emergency workers rescued the 27-year old woman alive from a collapsed building, nearly three days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 400 people and left tens of thousands homeless in southeastern Turkey. Bahar went into cardiac arrest as she was being transported to hospital in the town of Ercis, one of the hardest hit by Sunday's 7.2 magnitude quake.

Updated on Oct 27, 2011 01:33 pm IST

Earthquake survivor Gozde Bahar is carried to an ambulance by rescue workers in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, Emergency workers rescued the 27-year old woman alive from a collapsed building, nearly three days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 400 people and left tens of thousands homeless in southeastern Turkey. Bahar went into cardiac arrest as she was being transported to hospital in the town of Ercis, one of the hardest hit by Sunday's 7.2 magnitude quake.

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People sit on a raft in the floodwaters in Phnom Penh. Floods have killed at least 247 people in Cambodia, which is the worst in a decade, while more than 230,000 hectares of rice paddies have been damaged, according to the Cambodian National Disaster Management Committee (CNDMC).

Updated on Oct 27, 2011 01:33 pm IST

People sit on a raft in the floodwaters in Phnom Penh. Floods have killed at least 247 people in Cambodia, which is the worst in a decade, while more than 230,000 hectares of rice paddies have been damaged, according to the Cambodian National Disaster Management Committee (CNDMC).

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A Hindu priest makes a blessing during the festival of Diwali at Shivm Kovi temple in Colombo. Prayers and offerings are made to Hindu gods and goddesses on the occasion of Diwali, the annual festival of lights.

Updated on Oct 27, 2011 01:33 pm IST

A Hindu priest makes a blessing during the festival of Diwali at Shivm Kovi temple in Colombo. Prayers and offerings are made to Hindu gods and goddesses on the occasion of Diwali, the annual festival of lights.

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Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant and singer Mika Singh during a promotional event of the film 'Loot' in Mumbai.

Updated on Oct 27, 2011 01:33 pm IST

Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant and singer Mika Singh during a promotional event of the film 'Loot' in Mumbai.

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