Egyptians gather in Tahrir Square during a demonstration against President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of Morsi opponents poured out onto the streets across much of Egypt, launching an all-out push to force him from office on the first anniversary of his inauguration. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption
Jennifer Lopez on stage Saturday in Avaza, Turkmenistan. Igor Sasin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A woman walks past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing. Jason Lee/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Garment factory workers come out from a building during a lunch break in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in June. Many Bangladeshi garment factories are considered to be poorly constructed. A.M. Ahad/AP hide caption
Kevin Rudd, the incoming prime minster, and Julia Gillard, the outgoing prime minister, in happier times. Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
American Chip Starnes, co-owner of Specialty Medical Supplies, waves Monday from a window where he is being held by angry workers inside his plant at the Jinyurui Science and Technology Park on the outskirts of Beijing. He remained confined to the plant on Wednesday. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
Dingding Mao is a professional mourner, who is paid for her talents at singing the funeral dirge. This is a tradition that began in the Han dynasty 2,000 years ago. Courtesy of Wu Peng hide caption
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on April 20. Aamir Qureshi /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The landmark Petronas Twin Towers (top, right) in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, are barely visible amid the thick smoke. It's even worse farther south. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption