Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas is carried through the crowds after breaking her world record during the Nathan's Famous Women's Hot Dog Eating World Championship, Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at Coney Island, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Thomas won her second consecutive women's competition with 45 downed hot dogs.
Oil tankers, which were used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, are parked Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Trucks carrying NATO troop supplies are set to resume shipments to Afghanistan on Wednesday following a deal between the U.S. and Pakistan that ended Islamabad's seven-month blockade.
Maulana Samiul Haq, right, head of a coalition of hardline Islamist religious leaders and politicians 'Defense of Pakistan Council', speaks as a coalition leader Hafiz Mohammad Saeed looks on during a press conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. The Defense of Pakistan Council announced to launch a protest campaign against the reopening the NATO supply route, Haq said.
Former Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond leaves after giving evidence to the Treasury Select Committee at Portcullis House, central London Wednesday July 4, 2012. Diamond said Wednesday that his bank illegally reported low borrowing rates in October 2008 because other banks were reporting even lower ones, making Barclays look bad and threatening efforts to attract investment from Qatar. Pressure had been building on the bank over the past week since U.S. and British regulators imposed fines totaling $453 million against Barclays for false reporting of its borrowing costs between 2005 and 2009.
An Afghan soldier stands guard, as smoke billows from a fuel warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. A Gas explosion at fuel and gas warehouse left around 12 people injured, it was an accident police officials said.
Maulana Samiul Haq, center with black turban, head of a coalition of hardline Islamist religious leaders and politicians in the 'Defense of Pakistan Council,' listens to a reporter during a press conference in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers standing near a Syrian military tank in Idlib, north Syria. The head of Syria's U.N. observer mission says violence in the country has reached "unprecedented" levels and he called for an end to the bloodshed.
Cuban President Raul Castro, foreground left, walks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, foreground right, after inspecting a guard of honor contingent at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 5, 2012. Cuban leader Raul Castro is in China for talks with President Hu Jintao and other leaders, his first visit to his country's key trading partner since taking office as president.
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, talks to villagers at a monastery as she visits Kawhmu township where she won a parliament seat in by-election in Kawhmu district, Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, July. 5, 2012. Suu Kyi traveled to her constituency, Kawhmu, in southern Yangon, to meet and listen to the grievances of her electorate.
Actors perform during a show marking 50 years of Algeria's Independence in Algiers, early Thursday, July 5, 2012. As the Muslim North African nation celebrates 50 years of nationhood on Thursday, Algeria and France are locked in a war of memories that still weighs on lives on both sides of the Mediterranean, and on the two countries' ties.
Actress Mrinali Kulkarni lighting the ceremonial lamp along with actor Nana Patekar during a function for the announcement of the film “Dr. Prakash Baba Amte- The Real Hero", in Mumbai on Wednesday evening.
Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani shake hands after their joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Thursday.
Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Assocham President Rajkumar Dhoot at a meeting at Yojana Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday.
Flood affected children rest at a temporary roadside relief camp in Kamrup district of Assam on Wednesday.
BSF DG U. K. Bansal shakes hands with Director General of Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), Major General Rizwan Akhtar (R) after signing an agreement during the BSF-Pakistan Rangers Bi- Annual Meeting 2012 at Border Security Force (BSF) headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday.
Presidential candidate PA Sangma with President of J&K National Panthers Party Bhim Singh during a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna shakes hands with his Mauritian counterpart Arvin Boolell prior to a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Thursday.
A People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) activist wears a coat festooned with the arms, legs and heads of baby dolls as she stands with others during a protest use of leather near Pragati Maidan where the India-International Leather Fair is being held, in New Delhi on Thursday.
UPA’s Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee meeting with Congress MLAs and MPs during his election campaign in Jaipur on Thursday.
Lok Janshakti Party President Ramvilas Paswan celebrates his 66th birthday along with family members at his residence in New Delhi on Thursday.
Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after a meeting at Writers Building in Kolkata on Thursday.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France reacts after defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany during a quarterfinals match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Wednesday,
Andy Murray of Britain plays a return to David Ferrer of Spain during a quarterfinals match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
Kenya's Peter Kirui raises his hands after winning the men's division of 43rd annual Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Kirui's unofficial time of 27 minutes, 36 seconds ties the fourth-fastest time in race history. It is the first Peachtree victory for the 24-year-old. The defending men's champion, Sammy Kitwara of Kenya, finished eighth.
Cricketer Gautam Gambhir paying obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday.
Cricketer Gautam Gambhir along with his wife paying obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday.





