A Palestinian protester uses a sling to throw stones at Israeli troops during clashes near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on November 16 Image by Mohamad Torokman/ Reuters
Health workers administer polio vaccine for children during a house-to-house vaccination campaign in Yemen's capital Sanaa on November 11 Image by Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
A man carries the coffin of Emanuele Vitoria Fernandes, 5, who died in Bento Rodrigues district after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, in Mariana, Brazil, on November 10. Search and rescue teams have confirmed four deaths after two dams burst and unleashed mudslides on a village. Twenty-two people have been missing and hundreds have been displaced around the iron ore mine operated by Samarco, a joint venture owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Image by Ricardo Moraes/ Reuters
A mine worker speaks on his phone as he returns from the Lonmin mine at the end of his shift, outside Rustenburg, South Africa, on November 10. As loss-making platinum producer Lonmin LMI.L appeals for cash from shareholders and slashes costs, many of its mine workers are eager to grab redundancy deals and leave a company battling to stay afloat. Battered by strikes, rising costs and weak platinum prices, Lonmin is seeking to raise $407 million in a share issue - priced at a 94 percent discount this week - and another $370 million in loans. It says the money is crucial for its survival Image by Siphiwe Sibeko/ Reuters
A businessman crosses a road under autumn leaves at Tokyo's business district in Japan on November 11. Most Japanese companies do not expect the nation's flagging economy to recover until well into next year, as a China-led slowdown keeps overseas demand weak and consumer spending at home remains sluggish. However, Japan's core machinery orders rose by 7.5 percent in September - the first increase in four months - an encouraging sign for capital expenditure Image by Toru Hanai/ Reuters
People jump rope during a lunch break in a financial district in Beijing, China, on November 12 Image by Damir Sagolj/ Reuters
Deadwood is seen at sunset in Epecuen Village, southwest of Buenos Aires, on November 6. Over the past few years, Epecuen has been attracting tourists with its eerie apocalyptic atmosphere after a flood submerged it in salt water for more than two decades. Originally a busy lakeside tourist village in the 1920s renowned for its saltwater baths, Epecuen came to a sudden end on November 10, 1985, when a succession of rainy winters caused Lago Epecuen to overflow and water surged through a special retaining wall and into the town. Residents and tourists were forced to evacuate and in just a few days, homes and buildings were covered by almost 33 feet of salt water. Now, 30 years on, the water has evaporated and former residents can walk amidst the rusted out ruins of what was once their town Image by Enrique Marcarian / Reuters
An exterior view of 390 Madison Avenue, an office building in midtown Manhattan in New York, that is undergoing complete reconstruction. A new skyline rising across Manhattan poses a challenge for the owners of the city's ageing office buildings as they face expensive overhauls in order to compete against a wave of amenity-rich towers nearing completion. Manhattan has the oldest office infrastructure in the world, and record levels of available space by 2017 will test the moxie of landlords who are losing top tenants to new buildings mostly going up in Lower Manhattan and on the West Side Image by Mike Segar/ Reuters
