The day in pictures

1 of 9 An Iraqi woman shields her child as US forces search her home in northern Iraq.

2 of 9 Tear gas explodes: Violence breaks out in Haiti as supporters and opponents of the president square off in Port-au-Prince.

3 of 9 A 17-year-old member of the Indian National Cadet Corps looks at a model of a ship at an army exhibition in Bombay.

4 of 9 US Army soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division play basketball in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces in Tikrit, Iraq.

5 of 9 Vicente Flores listens intently in Bolivia as indigenous Indians meet to discuss the future of their country recently rocked by political upheaval.

6 of 9 An Israeli soldier helps to carry a Palestinian baby across an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank.

7 of 9 A huge flock of European starlings takes flight as they reach their migratory home in the US for winter; flocks can reach 100,000 birds.

8 of 9 Winter is already here: A guard at a crossing fights heavy winds and snowstorm in Canandaigua, New York.

9 of 9 Welsh footballer Gary Speed wears a traditional Russian fur hat in Moscow ahead of Saturday's Euro 2004 play-off match with Russia.