Super typhoon Haiyan leaves trail of destruction
As the super typhoon moves off towards Vietnam, the Philippine islanders begin search and rescue efforts and government agencies try to reach those left stranded, hungry and destitute by the storm's wake
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Bureau of fire protection volunteers pack relief goods bound for hard-hit areas of the southern Philippines, at a government warehouse in Manila
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Autumn Internationals: England v Argentina
Joe Launchbury grounds the ball for England's opening try
Chris Ashton is tackled by Santiago Cordero as he chips ahead. Ashton dived over the line to score England's second try of the game, his 18th England try and his first since February
With Argentina's defence in disarray, Billy Twelvetrees barges over for a try ...
And then is congratulated by his team-mates
Courtney Lawes, here being tackled by Argentina's Eusebio Guinazu, proved he can call a lineout and his work rate was phenomenal
Ben Morgan runs through for the 4th England try
Ben Morgan bleeds from a head cut at the end of the match. Despite a scoreline of 31-12, it was not a convincing victory for England as their performane fell away in the second half. To have any chance of beating the All Blacks in their next Autumn Internationals match, they will have to play at the high standard they are capable of for an entire match, rather than bits of it as was the case against the Pumas
The look on the face of England captain Chris Robshaw is one of "what the hell is this" as he is handed the bizarre Match trophy after the game
Super typhoon slams Philippines - more pics
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A view inside a damaged airport after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 9, 2013
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A huge haul of crystal methamphetamine and pills also containing the drug was put on display by officials in Bangkok. The drugs had been brought in from Burma.
Guardsmen joined poppy sellers at London's Heathrow Airport. Poppies are sold ahead of the UK honouring its war dead on Remembrance Sunday.
Tacloban in ruins
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Ireland's Fergus McFadden (L) is challenged by Samoa's Brando Vaaulo in their international rugby union match at Aviva stadium in Dublin November 9, 2013
Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler (L) reacts as she is crowned by Olivia Culpo, Miss Universe 2012, after winning the Miss Universe pageant at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow November 9, 2013
Residents stand on the ruins of their house amidst other destroyed houses after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10, 2013. One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines province of Leyte, a senior police official said on Sunday, with coastal towns and the regional capital devastated by huge waves. Super typhoon Haiyan destroyed about 70 to 80 percent of the area in its path as it tore through the province on Friday, said chief superintendent Elmer Soria, a regional police director.
An elderly man reads an inscription on a cross dedicated to his brother in the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London November 9, 2013. The field commemorates Britain's war dead with crosses and poppies ahead of Remembrance Sunday
Pat Seitas, dressed in mid 19th-Century clothes, waves goodbye to her husband, a crew member for the world's oldest active sailing ship, the "Star of India", as it heads out on a morning sail to celebrate its 150th birthday in San Diego, California November 9, 2013. According to the Maritime Museum of San Diego, the 212-foot-long vessel was built at Ramsey shipyard on the Isle of Man in Great Britain and was named the Euterpe when it was launched in 1863.
Ryan Rice speaks to his father Joe as they wait for the start of a make-shift drive-in movie theater in Gary, Indiana, September 6, 2013. Struggling U.S. Rust Belt cities for years have tried to counter the loss of manufacturing jobs with big, expensive projects including casinos and stadiums. Now, Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson is going small with strategic, narrowly focused ideas such as selling vacant homes for $1, demolishing derelict buildings and basic neighborhood clean-up projects that produce immediate results
Members of the Brazilian indigenous ethnic group Kuikuro dance before the opening ceremony of the XII Games of the Indigenous People in Cuiaba November 9, 2013. Forty eight Brazilian Indigenous tribes will present their cultural rituals and compete in their traditional sports such as archery, running with logs and canoeing during the XII Games of Indigenous People which takes place from November 8 to 16
A fighter from the Tawhid Brigade, which operates under the Free Syrian Army, launches a projectile towards forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo November 9, 2013
Devastation of Typhoon Haiyan
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Remembrance Sunday
Cenotaph, London
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Traitors Gate
Afghanistan
Bristol
Fort William
Malta
An elephant got a bit more than he bargained for when it visited a watering hole for a drink and ended up getting a nasty nip from a crocodile
A mischievous macaque was definitely up to monkey business after it leapt out of a tree and headed straight towards the tripod mounted GoPro camera belonging to Canadian Frederic Blais-Belanger on Ao Nang beach in Thailand
Five five-week-old baby cheetahs born at Metro Richmond Zoo on October 6, 2013, in Chesterfield, Virginia are shown off to the press in their enclosure. There are three males and two females and the birth of the cheetahs doubles the population of cheetahs born in captivity in the USA
The International Space Station (ISS) crew member Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin holds the torch of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games after landing near the town of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan
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