Ocean waves kick up near homes along Peggoty Beach in Scituate, Mass. Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, center, takes a bow after receiving an honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven in Kortrijk, Belgium, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. The university is conferring the degree on Christine Lagarde in recognition of what they consider her strong leadership, exceptional legal and macroeconomic vision, and lucid analyses and straightforward proposals for understanding and addressing the current global financial crisis.
President Barack Obama speaks in the White House Briefing Room in Washington, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, after returning to the White House from a campaign stop in Florida to monitor Hurricane Sandy
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Avon Lake High School in Avon Lake, Ohio
South African cricket captain Graeme Smith, right, chats with bowler Dale Steyn during training in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 ahead of their match against Australia A on Friday.
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney picks up the microphone before speaking to an overflow crowd during a campaign stop at Avon Lake High School in Avon Lake, Ohio
In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, a rebel sniper aims at Syrian army positions in the Aleppo Jedida district, Syria. Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria's troubles started 19 months ago.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, foreground centre, poses with sisters, Ramona, centre left, and Trixie Gibbs, with other winners of 'The Pride of Britain' awards in the background, outside his official residence at 10 Downing Street, in central London, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The Pride of Britain Awards is an annual event in the UK, honoring British people who have acted bravely or extraordinarily in challenging situations. Seven-year-old Ramona won the Pride of Britain Child of Courage award for saving her sister by pushing her out of the way of an incoming car outside their house in Bristol last year.
Sri Lankan cricket coach Graham Ford, left, and T20 captain Angelo Mathews inspect the out field at the Pallekele cricket stadium in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Rain has delayed the start of the only Twenty20 cricket international between Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
New Zealand's batsman Rob Nicol plays a shot during the Twenty20 cricket match against Sri Lanka in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012
French President Francois Hollande, left, shakes hands with Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris
A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ
Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night
U.S. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps, center, poses for the media with young swimmers at the Olympic Village Carlos Castilho in the Complexo de Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Phelps lead a swimming workshop for the children at the Olympic Village which was sponsored by Visa
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France returns the ball to France's Julien Benneteau during their match at the Paris Tennis Masters tournament
NASA astronaut Leland Melvin greets school children for the opening of the SpaceShuttleEndeavour at the Oschin pavilion at the California Science Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The shuttle arrived at Los Angeles International Airport aboard a modified Boeing 747 in late September after a dramatic flyover of landmarks across California before completing its 12-mile journey over three days along city streets from LAX to the Science Center. NASA ended the space shuttle program in August 2011 after 30 years.
Karan Sharma, who lost his father and sister, consoles his mother Sunita Sharma at an event to pay tribute to the victims of 2008 serial bomb blast in Guwahati on the completion of four years of the incident on Tuesday.
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi on Tuesday.





