Winnipeg Free Press > FP News Gallery > Day in Photos: Oct. 9, 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)

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  • Anne Murray tries to keep her face out of the muddy waters as she is carried by her husband, Sean Murray, during the 2012 North American Wife Carrying Championship Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 in Newry, Maine. The duo placed tenth with a time of 1:07.46. The event, inspired by Finnish folklore, features men carrying women on their backs in whatever way they can while negotiating an obstacle course featuring hurdles, sand traps and a water hazard. (AP Photo/The Lewiston Sun-Journal, Amber Waterman)

    Anne Murray tries to keep her face out of the muddy waters as she is carried by her husband, Sean Murray, during the 2012 North American Wife Carrying Championship Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 in Newry, Maine. The duo placed tenth with a time of 1:07.46. The event, inspired by Finnish folklore, features men carrying women on their backs in whatever way they can while negotiating an obstacle course featuring hurdles, sand traps and a water hazard. (AP Photo/The Lewiston Sun-Journal, Amber Waterman) Photo Store

  • Cyclists ride past the Tiananmen Gate in the first stage time trial of the UCI Tour of Beijing cycling competitions in Beijing Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

    Cyclists ride past the Tiananmen Gate in the first stage time trial of the UCI Tour of Beijing cycling competitions in Beijing Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Photo Store

  • A four-day-old male Brazilian Tapir cub interacts with his mother Passiflora in an outdoor enclosure at Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv, Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. The Tapir cub is the first male cub to be born in the Safari. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

    A four-day-old male Brazilian Tapir cub interacts with his mother Passiflora in an outdoor enclosure at Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv, Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. The Tapir cub is the first male cub to be born in the Safari. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Photo Store

  • A Palestinian woman sorts olives during the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Kabatyeh, near Jenin, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Palestinians began to harvest olives in October, a staple for many local farmers that also use them to make oil. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

    A Palestinian woman sorts olives during the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Kabatyeh, near Jenin, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Palestinians began to harvest olives in October, a staple for many local farmers that also use them to make oil. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) Photo Store

  • Riot police fight with demonstrators during clashes in front of the parliament in Athens on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. German chancellor Angela Merkel says Greece has covered

    Riot police fight with demonstrators during clashes in front of the parliament in Athens on Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012. German chancellor Angela Merkel says Greece has covered "much of the ground" required for recovery, during her landmark visit to the financially stricken country. Paying her first visit to Greece in five years, Merkel's arrival triggered protests attended by some 50,000 demonstrators in Athens. The rallies were mostly peaceful, but police briefly clashed with several dozen demonstrators and detained more than 50 people throughout the day. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis) Photo Store

  • Dost Mohammad, 40, works at a local brick factory in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

    Dost Mohammad, 40, works at a local brick factory in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Photo Store

  • Pakistani fishermen pull their net out of the sea onto the beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

    Pakistani fishermen pull their net out of the sea onto the beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) Photo Store

  • Cadets at Virginia Military Institute pray before a foreign policy speech by Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Lexington, Va. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

    Cadets at Virginia Military Institute pray before a foreign policy speech by Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Lexington, Va. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) Photo Store

  • St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia, right, throws to Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper during the first inning of Game 2 of the National League division baseball series, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

    St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia, right, throws to Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper during the first inning of Game 2 of the National League division baseball series, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Photo Store

  • Trader Joseph Lawler, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Another dire prediction about global economic growth is sending stocks lower on Wall Street in early trading on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    Trader Joseph Lawler, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Another dire prediction about global economic growth is sending stocks lower on Wall Street in early trading on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Photo Store

  • Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

    Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) Photo Store

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