Australia faces both fortune, in the form of iron ores and a booming mining industry, and challenges, from illegal immigration from asylum seekers of Asia.
A portion of the North-South railway has been destroyed by recent floods in Vu Quang district, central province of Ha Tinh on October 22, 2010.
An Indian voter holds her identity card while in a queue at a polling station in Thakurganj village in India's Bihar state on October 21, 2010.
Is the creation of a large, for-profit enterprise the best way to take the benefits of microfinance to the millions of poor people who need it?
Mumbai University bans Rohinton Mistry's book "Such a Long Journey" after Shiv Sena members predictably protest against its "derogatory" references to them.
A woman looks at Brown sea nettle jellyfish at a marine themed park in Hong Kong on October 20, 2010.
While the world cheered the dramatic rescue of miners in Chile, China's trapped miners were underground and under-reported.
An actor performs during a premiere for the media of the Japan Anime Live event, made and performed by the Japanese creators of the Manga and Anime series on October 19, 2010 in Rome.