• epa03011295 Cambodian officials throw flowers on a stupa to commemorate victims of the 2010 bridge stampede, during a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 22 November 2011. Phnom Penh municipality is inaugurating a stupa in honor of the victims who died on the Diamond Island bridge when a stampede took place in November 2010. At least 353 people died and 395 were injured after they panicked while crossing the bridge during Water Festival celebrations. EPA/MAK REMISSA
    epa03011295 Cambodian officials throw flowers on a stupa to commemorate victims of the 2010 bridge stampede, during a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 22 November 2011. Phnom Penh municipality is inaugurating a stupa in honor of the victims who died on the Diamond Island bridge when a stampede took place in November 2010. At least 353 people died and 395 were injured after they panicked while crossing the bridge during Water Festival celebrations. EPA/MAK REMISSA
  • Employees of a beauty salon exercise together outside their shop in Beijing. How Hwee Young / EPA
    Employees of a beauty salon exercise together outside their shop in Beijing. How Hwee Young / EPA
  • Nasa astronaut Mike Fossum smiles as his carried into a medical tent in Kazakhstan after returning to earth with Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa after spending more than five months???
    Nasa astronaut Mike Fossum smiles as his carried into a medical tent in Kazakhstan after returning to earth with Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa after spending more than five months???
  • Some of the 60 blue penguins are released back into the sea after they were cleaned up following an oil spill caused by cargo ship Rena on Mt Maunganui beach in New Zealand. Graeme Brown / EPA
    Some of the 60 blue penguins are released back into the sea after they were cleaned up following an oil spill caused by cargo ship Rena on Mt Maunganui beach in New Zealand. Graeme Brown / EPA
  • Members of a Kosovar folklore group perform during an official ceremony of the change of command of the Kosovo Security Forces in Pristina, the capital. Valdrin Xhemaj / EPA
    Members of a Kosovar folklore group perform during an official ceremony of the change of command of the Kosovo Security Forces in Pristina, the capital. Valdrin Xhemaj / EPA
  • A woman protests against the passing of new laws on state secrets outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. Nic Bothma / EPA
    A woman protests against the passing of new laws on state secrets outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. Nic Bothma / EPA
  • Swans sit in a boat during the annual collection of Hamburg's "Alster Swans". Every year the swans are collected from waterways around the northern German city and are taken to winter quarters where they will be fed and cared for until spring. Fabian Bi???
    Swans sit in a boat during the annual collection of Hamburg's "Alster Swans". Every year the swans are collected from waterways around the northern German city and are taken to winter quarters where they will be fed and cared for until spring. Fabian Bi???
  • Lebanese soldiers glide on ropes during a military parade to celebrate the 68th anniversary of Lebanon's independence in Beirut. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters
    Lebanese soldiers glide on ropes during a military parade to celebrate the 68th anniversary of Lebanon's independence in Beirut. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters
  • A boy stands with colleagues and family members of a policeman, who was injured by an explosion. One policeman was killed when a small bomb exploded outside a girl's school in the northwestern town of Mardan, with three policemen and four bystanders wound???
    A boy stands with colleagues and family members of a policeman, who was injured by an explosion. One policeman was killed when a small bomb exploded outside a girl's school in the northwestern town of Mardan, with three policemen and four bystanders wound???
  • South Korean marines patrol along the seashore on Yeonpyeong Island. Shin Jun-hee / Yonhap / Reuters
    South Korean marines patrol along the seashore on Yeonpyeong Island. Shin Jun-hee / Yonhap / Reuters
  • City workers, volunteers raise their brooms and spades as they shout slogans before starting a cleaning operation in Patum Thani on the outskirts of Bangkok. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    City workers, volunteers raise their brooms and spades as they shout slogans before starting a cleaning operation in Patum Thani on the outskirts of Bangkok. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo

In pictures: The world on 22/11/2011


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