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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead his weekly audience in St.Peter's square at the Vatican September 30, 2009.



Pakistani batsman Kamran Akmal ducks his head to avoid a bounce during their ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Australia and Pakistan on September 30, 2009 at SuperSport Park in Centurion.



A Pakistani wholesaler arranges a display of pulses outside his shop at a main market in Rawalpindi on September 30, 2009. Pakistan's central bank has announced that its key interest rate would remain unchanged at 13 percent, as threats remained to the nation's economic growth and with inflation still high. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said that while there were good signs in domestic financial markets and indicators of a more positive global economic outlook after the slump, private sector lending remained subdued.



North Korean soldiers look at pictures during a ceremony to hand over the body of a North Korean soldier from the South to the North at the truce village of Panmunjom on September 30, 2009. The body was found washed into South Korea along the Hantan river which flows across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) border in July.



Harald Gremel from the Federal Criminal Investigations Bureau shows a disk at a news conference on a child porn ring, in Vienna, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Austrian authorities say an international operation has netted 22 people suspected of belonging to a child pornography ring. The suspects were taken into custody in Austria, Canada, Bulgaria, Germany, the United States, Spain and Switzerland.



Indian bystanders - seen through the window of building - gesture while standing outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) as they watch the Sensex index on the digital broadcast in Mumbai on September 30, 2009. Indian shares jumped in trade, crossing the key 17,000-point level to reach a 16-month high, buoyed by optimism about quarterly earnings data from Indian companies. The benchmark 30-share Sensex index was up 1.16 percent, or 196.84 points, at an intraday high of 17,049.75 in morning trade. The markets last crossed 17,000 points in May 2008. The Sensex has risen over 76 percent in the year, aided by strong overseas fund flows into India of 11.89 billion dollars.



Georgia's ambassador to the European Union Salome Samadashvili talks to reporters in Brussels, September 30, 2009. Russia said on Wednesday an EU-sponsored report had found Georgia responsible for starting last year's five-day war, Russian news agencies reported.



Japan's electronics giant JVC Kenwood Holdings unveils the new home audiovisual server 'Ryoma', equipped with HDD and Blu-ray recorder, in Tokyo on September 30, 2009. The system is also equipped with an Internet radio tuner to receive high quality music and moving images from a special radio station called M-Link. JVC will put the product on the market next year.



Australian fans cheer up their team at the start of their ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Australia and Pakistan on September 30, 2009 at SuperSport Park in Centurion.



Pope Benedict XVI is framed by a Vatican Swiss Guard, left, and a crucifix as he attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.



France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) welcomes Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris September 30, 2009.



A doctor sanitizes wounds on the feet of flood victims at a makeshift outdoor clinic in eastern Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Flood victims from one of the country's worst storms, trudged through ankle-deep sludge to crowded relief centers in the Philippines, as the death toll rose from waters that submerged the homes of more than 2 million people.




People look at wreckage after a tsunami hit the village of Leone, American Samoa September 29, 2009. A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa, killing possibly more than 100 people, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday. A Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued after an 8.0 magnitude undersea quake off American Samoa, with reports of a small tsunami reaching New Zealand and rising sea levels in several South Pacific island nations.



Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohammad El-Baradei gives an acceptance speech after being awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. In the background is a portrait of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.



BEIJING, CHINA-SEPTEMBER 30: A worker changes oil prices at a gas station in Beijing, China on September 30, 2009. National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice, decided at 0:00 on the September 30, diesel prices will decrease 190 yuan per ton. The Chinese government has called for greater efforts to maintain public order and social stability so that people can celebrate the National Day holiday peacefully



Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks with Labour Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Britain's Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.



French police inspect several of thirty-three buses which were destroyed after a fire from a Molotov cocktail broke out at a public transport bus depot in Lyon September 30, 2009.



Businessmen move on an escalator with a backdrop of the logo of Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. On Friday Oct. 2, the decision as to who will host the 2016 Olympics Games will made in Copenhagen.



Masked Palestinian Hamas militants speak to the press during a press conference in Gaza City, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Israel and Hamas militants announced a deal Wednesday that will see Israel release 20 Palestinian women from prison this week in exchange for a videotape proving that a captive Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip is still alive. The decision was the first tangible sign of movement in more than three years of talks over the release of the soldier, Sgt. Gilad Schalit, who has not been seen since he was captured by Hamas-linked militants in a cross-border raid in June 2006.



A model wears a creation by Korean fashion designer Moon Young Hee during the presentation of her Ready to Wear Spring Summer 2010 fashion collection, Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009 in Paris.