Asia
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in May. The beleaguered leader is expected to step down in coming weeks. Koji Sasahara/AP hide caption
Michael Levy enjoys a game of Mahjiang with local youth. Courtesy Of The Author hide caption
Senior Chinese official Dai Bingguo and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shake hands before their meetings in Shenzhen, China, on Monday. Saul Loeb/AP hide caption
Vehicles dotted a flooded road in Seoul on Wednesday. Officials said heavy rains and landslides have left about 620 people homeless. Lim Hung-jung/AP hide caption
Pakistani boys attend the rehabilitation school Sabaoon in Malakand, adjacent to Pakistan's Swat Valley, in July 2010. Anjum Naveed/AP hide caption
Customers line up at an Apple store for the launch of the iPhone 4 in Shanghai in 2010. Lines for everything from luxury handbags to social service programs can go on for days — literally. One entrepreneur in Shanghai will wait in line for you, for around $3 an hour. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
A wrecked train carriage is lifted from the scene of a crash Saturday involving two trains in Wenzhou, in China's Zhejiang province. ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images hide caption
Pig's feet soup is a traditional meal for new Chinese moms. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption
New parents Wu Lili (left) and Mo Shiwei hold their 29-day-old baby boy. The new mom is staying at the Weige center in Beijing, which provides luxury accommodation and 24-hour nursing staff to woman who are participating in the Chinese tradition of "sitting the month." Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption