The world this week

Dawn Report Published October 22, 2011
Libyan children celebrate in Souk El Juma district in Tripoli, Libya, Friday Oct. 20, 2011. The death Thursday of Gadhafi, two months after he was driven from power and into hiding, decisively buries the nearly 42-year regime that had turned the oil-rich country into an international pariah and his own personal fiefdom ? AP Photo.
Libyan children celebrate in Souk El Juma district in Tripoli, Libya, Friday Oct. 20, 2011. The death Thursday of Gadhafi, two months after he was driven from power and into hiding, decisively buries the nearly 42-year regime that had turned the oil-rich country into an international pariah and his own personal fiefdom ? AP Photo.
A File picture dated July 1, 2007 shows Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud waving before delivering a speech at the Shura (consultative) Council in Riyadh. The desert kingdom's Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has died, a palace announcement on state television said on October 22, 2011, throwing his brother Prince Nayef into line to succeed King Abdullah as leader of the key oil producer ? AFP Photo.
A File picture dated July 1, 2007 shows Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud waving before delivering a speech at the Shura (consultative) Council in Riyadh. The desert kingdom's Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has died, a palace announcement on state television said on October 22, 2011, throwing his brother Prince Nayef into line to succeed King Abdullah as leader of the key oil producer ? AFP Photo.
A woman paddles in a tub through floodwaters in the Thai capital Bangkok. Thailand's prime minister warned on October 22 that the kingdom would endure at least one more month of flooding, telling anxious residents in the capital Bangkok to prepare for possible metre-deep water ? AFP Photo.
A woman paddles in a tub through floodwaters in the Thai capital Bangkok. Thailand's prime minister warned on October 22 that the kingdom would endure at least one more month of flooding, telling anxious residents in the capital Bangkok to prepare for possible metre-deep water ? AFP Photo.
Worshippers of the Black Christ of Portobelo light candles in Colon. Thousands of devotees gather at the Festival of the Black Christ every year on October 21 to celebrate the Christ's miracles - Reuters Photo.
Worshippers of the Black Christ of Portobelo light candles in Colon. Thousands of devotees gather at the Festival of the Black Christ every year on October 21 to celebrate the Christ's miracles - Reuters Photo.
A young visitor admires a model of a solar bicycle on display at the 2011 Taipei World Design Expo on October 22, 2011. The expo is the largest of its kind in Taiwan and in 2011 coincides with what the island's government has named the ?Year of Design? ? AFP Photo.
A young visitor admires a model of a solar bicycle on display at the 2011 Taipei World Design Expo on October 22, 2011. The expo is the largest of its kind in Taiwan and in 2011 coincides with what the island's government has named the ?Year of Design? ? AFP Photo.
Demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests wait for activist musician Pete Seeger, 92, to exit the Symphony Space on the Upper West Side and march together to Columbus Circle for a brief acoustic concert in New York. Nearly a thousand people marched down Broadway singing ?This Little Light of Mine? and other folk and gospel songs while ad-libbing lines about corporate greed and social justice ? AP Photo.
Demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests wait for activist musician Pete Seeger, 92, to exit the Symphony Space on the Upper West Side and march together to Columbus Circle for a brief acoustic concert in New York. Nearly a thousand people marched down Broadway singing ?This Little Light of Mine? and other folk and gospel songs while ad-libbing lines about corporate greed and social justice ? AP Photo.
Colombian designer Hernan Zajar acknowledges the crowd after models presented his collection during the Cali Exposhow in Cali ? Reuters Photo.
Colombian designer Hernan Zajar acknowledges the crowd after models presented his collection during the Cali Exposhow in Cali ? Reuters Photo.

Saudia Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz passed away, Bangkok saw more flooding as people try to resume life, Moammar Qadhafi was captured and killed - the world this week in photos – Photos Agencies.

 

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