Eye on the News

• In the UK, Royal Mail bosses and union officials planned last-ditch talks to try and avoid a pair of day-long strikes by mail workers. Here, people walk past a pillar box in Liverpool, England, on Oct. 21.
  
  
  

  Paul Ellis, AFP / Getty Images

• A man throws a stone at riot police in El Madania, Algeria, Oct. 20. Rioters pelted Algerian police forces with fire bombs and stones in a working class neighborhood of the capital. About 50 people were injured, witnesses said.
  
  
  

  AP

• Relatives of slain Indian Punjab Police personnel weep as they watch proceedings during an annual Police Commemoration Day in Amritsar, India on Oct. 21. The ceremony offers by policemen and women across the country a chance to mourn colleagues who lost their lives during counter insurgency operations.
  
  
  

  Narinder Nanu, AFP / Getty Images

• Filipino elementary school students use chairs to cross a flooded school yard in Taytay, Rizal province east of Manila, Philippines, on Oct. 20.
  
  
  

  Noel Celis, AFP / Getty Images

• Natalie Anne Innocenzi, 16, reacts to being chosen the 2010 Rose Queen by the Tournament of Roses Association on Oct. 20 in Pasadena, Calif.
  
  
  

  Nick Ut, AP

• People clash with police officers during a demonstration in support of legal abortion in Lima, Peru, Oct. 20.
  
  
  

  Karel Navarro, AP

• Algerian protesters stand in front of their homes during clashes over bad housing conditions at Diar Eshams suburb in Algiers on Oc. 20.
  
  
  

  Fayez Nureldine, AFP / Getty Images

• Noor Mohammad makes brooms at a broom market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 20.
  
  
  

  Altaf Qadri, AP

• Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens to U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 20.
  
  
  

  Musadeq Sadeq, AP

• An unidentified relative cries next to a portrait of slain police officer Izo Gomes Patricio during his funeral at the Jardim da Saudade cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 20.
  
  
  

  Felipe Dana, AP