A soldier stands guard at Colombo International airport in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka suspended air traffic and switched off power around its capital following reports of a suspicious aircraft.
Demonstrators dressed as ghosts protest against violent crimes in front of the Legislative Assembly in Rio de Janeiro. Rio is one of Brazil's most violence-plagued cities with an annual homicide rate of around 50 per 100,000 residents.
The USS Intrepid sits in dry dock in Bayonne, N.J. The Intrepid that survived five Japanese kamikaze suicide plane attacks during World War II and later served in Asia is getting a two-year $60 million overhaul.
A Boeing 747 Dreamlifter is opened after it's arrival from Italy to Everett, Wash. The Dreamlifter, whose tail is designed to swing open for huge payload that is unloaded using the largest cargo loader in the world
Members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals demosntrate against the making of Foie Gras in front of the Europeen parliament in Strasbourg, France. Foie gras is the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened through overfeeding.
Navy officers from the HMNZS Te Mana pay tribute to the fallen Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought during World War I with a Haka performance at the Kranji War Memorial Cemetery in Singapore.