Winnipeg Free Press > FP News Gallery > Day in Photos: Oct.16, 2012

  • A 15-day-old night monkey sits in a veterinarian's palm. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
  • MANAGUA - A nurse tends to paper work in the emergency ward in Managua, Nicaragua.
  • General view of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The Egyptian military on Monday assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum are announced. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • Residents cross a river using suspended ropes at Andap, New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after Typhoon Bopha made landfall. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power in two entire provinces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Images from around the world chosen by the photo desk at the Winnipeg Free Press.

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    Day in Photos: Oct.16, 2012

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  • Pigeons perch on the Redwood bridge in Winnipeg Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Joe Bryksa/ Winnipeg Free Press)

    Pigeons perch on the Redwood bridge in Winnipeg Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Joe Bryksa/ Winnipeg Free Press) Photo Store

  • A cow is silhouetted on a meadow in Samerberg near Rosenheim, southern Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Weather forecast predicts good autumnal weather conditions in Germany for the upcoming days. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

    A cow is silhouetted on a meadow in Samerberg near Rosenheim, southern Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Weather forecast predicts good autumnal weather conditions in Germany for the upcoming days. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Photo Store

  • Boys sit on the stoop of their home as a police officer patrols nearby with a sniffer dog during an operation in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012. The Jacarezinho slum will now become part of a state program that establishes so-called

    Boys sit on the stoop of their home as a police officer patrols nearby with a sniffer dog during an operation in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012. The Jacarezinho slum will now become part of a state program that establishes so-called "peacekeeping police units," in shantytowns previously held by drug traffickers. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Photo Store

  • Pakistani health worker Arifa Asif, 27, left, gives a polio vaccine to a boy, while a group of women holding their children wait their turn, in an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

    Pakistani health worker Arifa Asif, 27, left, gives a polio vaccine to a boy, while a group of women holding their children wait their turn, in an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Photo Store

  • People are reflected on the electronic board of a securities firm as a man looks at his mobile phone in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday, led higher by exporters after a report on U.S. retail sales showed consumers in the world's biggest economy stepped up spending. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

    People are reflected on the electronic board of a securities firm as a man looks at his mobile phone in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday, led higher by exporters after a report on U.S. retail sales showed consumers in the world's biggest economy stepped up spending. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Photo Store

  • This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, purports to show smoke rising due to heavy bombings from military warplanes, not pictured, in Idlib province, northern Syria, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Syrian government warplanes unleashed deadly airstrikes on rebel strongholds in the country's north on Tuesday, activists reported. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

    This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, purports to show smoke rising due to heavy bombings from military warplanes, not pictured, in Idlib province, northern Syria, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Syrian government warplanes unleashed deadly airstrikes on rebel strongholds in the country's north on Tuesday, activists reported. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) Photo Store

  • President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Newport News Williamsburg International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Williamsburg, en route to New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

    President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Newport News Williamsburg International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Williamsburg, en route to New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Photo Store

  • In photos provided by the University of Maryland Medical Center, face transplant recipient Richard Lee Norris, the recipient of the most extensive face transplant performed to date, is seen a photo taken before the face transplant, left, and in a photo made 114 days after the transplant was performed. Norris, 37, of Hillsville, Va. received the transplant in a 36-hour operation in March 2012. It included the replacement of both jaws, teeth, tongue, and skin and underlying nerve and muscle tissue from scalp to neck. Norris was injured in a gun accident in 1997. (AP Photo/ University of Maryland Medical Center)

    In photos provided by the University of Maryland Medical Center, face transplant recipient Richard Lee Norris, the recipient of the most extensive face transplant performed to date, is seen a photo taken before the face transplant, left, and in a photo made 114 days after the transplant was performed. Norris, 37, of Hillsville, Va. received the transplant in a 36-hour operation in March 2012. It included the replacement of both jaws, teeth, tongue, and skin and underlying nerve and muscle tissue from scalp to neck. Norris was injured in a gun accident in 1997. (AP Photo/ University of Maryland Medical Center) Photo Store

  • Hindu devotees offer prayers while taking a holy dip in the Ganges River on the first day of Navratri festival, in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Feasting and fasting takes over normal life for millions of Hindus during Navratri, the festival of nine nights. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

    Hindu devotees offer prayers while taking a holy dip in the Ganges River on the first day of Navratri festival, in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Feasting and fasting takes over normal life for millions of Hindus during Navratri, the festival of nine nights. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Photo Store

  • An artist gives final touches to an idol of Hindu Goddess Kali during the first day of Navratri festival in Bhopal, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Feasting and fasting takes over normal life for millions of Hindus during Navratri, the festival of nine nights. (AP Photo/Rajeev Gupta)

    An artist gives final touches to an idol of Hindu Goddess Kali during the first day of Navratri festival in Bhopal, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Feasting and fasting takes over normal life for millions of Hindus during Navratri, the festival of nine nights. (AP Photo/Rajeev Gupta) Photo Store

  • A laborer looks out of a workshop that prepares idols of goddess Durga in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Durga Puja, the festival dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga begins on Oct. 20 and will continue until Oct. 24. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

    A laborer looks out of a workshop that prepares idols of goddess Durga in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Durga Puja, the festival dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga begins on Oct. 20 and will continue until Oct. 24. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) Photo Store

  • The Assiniboine River was blanketed in fog this morning. Walkers along the River Walk near the Legislative Building enjoy a misty stroll. (Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press)

    The Assiniboine River was blanketed in fog this morning. Walkers along the River Walk near the Legislative Building enjoy a misty stroll. (Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press) Photo Store

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