A murmuration of starlings flies over the Scottish town of Gretna Green, on the border with England, at dusk. The starlings are visible every night as they roost in the area before migrating to Russia. (Owen Humphreys / Associated Press)
President-elect Barack Obama hugs Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran and director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, following a Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Bronze Soldiers Memorial in Chicago. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)
A Palestinian fisherman casts his net on the beach in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (Ali Ali / EPA)
Israeli soldiers arrest a young Palestinian in the West Bank city of Hebron during clashes that erupted after a demonstration to mark the fourth anniversary of Yasser Arafat‘s death. (HAZEM BADER / AFP / Getty Images)
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France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, angry about missing a point during a match in Shanghai, China, tries to take a bite out of the the ball. Tsonga wound up tasting defeat; he lost to Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in two sets at the Tennis Masters Cup tournament. (Eugene Hoshiko / AP)