Photo galleries of the day (14 photos)

In today's photo galleries you will see:

- The boy with no arms and legs in Sri Lanka;

- Draw for the World Cup in South Africa;

- Chile Funeral singer Victor Jara;

and much more ...





Muslim pilgrims perform the final round (tawaf) around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, which is located in the holy city of Mecca. (Mahmud Hams / AFP / Getty Images)



Locals go to partially dry riverbed of the Yangtze in Wuhan, China. (Stringer / Reuters)



Reporters carefully consider the bike on the road in the city of Schermbeck, West Germany, after police seized Peter Paul Michalski, one of the two prisoners who escaped from prison in Aachen last week. Michalski and Michael Hekhov serving a sentence for murder and attempted murder, were caught on Sunday. (Frank Augstein / Associated Press)



A visitor looks at an installation by Darren Almond, which is called «Tide 2008" (Tide 2008) and consists of 567 digital clocks. The picture was taken at the Royal Academy of Arts in London on Tuesday. The exhibition which will be held at the Royal Academy from December 3, 2009 to January 31, 2010, presented the recent work of 35 artists. (Peter MacDiarmid / Getty Images)



Cadet reads awaiting the start of Barack Obama's speech in the US Military Academy at West Point, NY. During his speech, Barack Obama spoke about his policy in Afghanistan. (Julie Jacobson / Associated Press)



Immigrant from Mexico, his son's son in classes on newborn care at the community health center for low-income parents in Aurora, Colorado. (John Moore / Getty Images)



Techniques, manufactures prostheses, XB Chandima measures Kausalya Hirushani feet that adhere to the mother. The picture was taken at the International Clinic of personal prosthetic limbs Aawas Nagoda in the city in Sri Lanka. The boy was born without limbs, and organization Aawas agreed to establish his dentures at a discounted price. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / Reuters)



Composition, driven locomotive Brockenbahn, arrives at the mountain station in East Germany. During the Cold War, Brockenbahn used to supply the garrison, located on a mountain top, and access was restricted to civil here. This line was re-opened to the public in 1991, and each year attracts thousands of tourists locomotives. (Eckehard Schulaz / Associated Press)



Dead swan lies on the shore near Varna, Bulgaria. Recently there spilled oil, contaminating a large plot of land on the Black Sea. (Petar Petrov / Associated Press)



Anna Maria Pilgrim, a native of Canada, takes the oath of allegiance to the United States during a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York. Anna served in the US Army. (Chris Hondros / Getty Images)



An employee of the bank «Canarias» requires severance pay in Caracas, Venezuela. The Government has closed four small banks, explaining their actions numerous violations. (Ariana Cubillos / Associated Press)

Artists perform during the end of the draw ceremony of the World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. (Karel Prinsloo / Associated Press)



Afghan family drives past a patrol of US Marines. The picture was taken in the troubled Afghan province of Helmand. (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)



Flowers on the coffin of Chilean folk singer Victor Jara during his funeral in Santiago, Chile. Victor Jara was buried many years after he was killed by soldiers in the first days after the military coup in 1973. (Roberto Candia / Associated Press)

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