Day in pictures

Amanda Knox looks at her lawyer Luciano Ghirga as she attends her appeal hearing at Perugia's Court of Appeal on Sept. 29, 2011, in Perugia, Italy. Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are awaiting the verdict of an appeal that could overturn their conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher.

American student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, who were convicted in 2009 of killing their British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy in 2007, have served nearly four years in jail after being sentenced to 26 and 25 years respectively.

Alberto Alvarez, one of Michael Jackson's security guards, takes the stand in the Dr. Conrad Murray involuntary manslaughter trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Sept. 29, 2011, in downtown Los Angeles.

Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren, holding a bottle of propofol, questions Alvarez on the events of June 25, 2009, when pop star Michael Jackson died from an overdose of propofol and sedatives. Dr. Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death.

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, open the new Oak Centre for Children and Young People at The Royal Marsden Hospital on Sept. 29, 2011, in London.

A Traveller youth plays on a rope at Dale Farm Travellers camp on Sept. 29, 2011, near Basildon, England. Traveller residents on the illegal Dale Farm settlement are at The High Court in London to hear whether a judicial review of the eviction can take place.

Tampa Bay Rays' David Price, left, and Jeff Niemann celebrate early on Sept. 29, 2011, after the Rays clinched the AL wild card with an 8-7 win over the New York Yankees in a baseball game in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Displaced Pakistani villagers try to hand over their identity cards to get permits for relief at an office in Tando Mohammad Khan near Hyderabad, Pakistan, on Sept, 29, 2011. Floods have killed more than 220 people and destroyed some 665,000 homes, displacing 1.8 million people in Sindh province.

An artist puts final touches to an idol of Hindu Goddess Durga in New Delhi, India, Sept. 29, 2011. The five-day Durga Puja festival that commemorates the slaying of a demon king by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil, begins Oct. 2.

A protestor with Yemen's flag painted on his face and Arabic writing on his chest reading, " if you (the regime) see youth with bare chest, don't think that youth will be defeated," reacts and shouts slogans during a demonstration to demand the resignation of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Sept. 29, 2011. Clashes between government troops and rival tribesmen erupted anew in the Yemeni capital and artillery shelling left at least one person dead and several wounded.

Heavy gunfire and explosions started early in the morning in Sanaa's Hassaba neighborhood, spreading to nearby streets in the capital. Hassaba is a stronghold of Yemen's most powerful tribal confederation, the Hashid, led by Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar who has sided with the opposition.

Jan Thoolen walks his dog as the sun shines through early morning mist near Slek, southeast Netherlands, Sept. 29, 2011. The Netherlands is enjoying unseasonably warm weather for this time of the year.

South Korean army soldiers dressed like North Korean soldiers re-enact the Battle of the Naktong Bulge near the Waegwan railway bridge in Waegwan, South Korea, Sept. 29, 2011. The South Korean soldiers re-enacted the 1950 battle as part of events to mark the 61th anniversary of the Korean War.

Doug Johnson of USA on the practice ground prior to the first round of the Belas Clube de Campo Senior Open de Portugal played at Belas Clube de Campo on Sept. 29, 2011, in Lisbon, Portugal.

Mexican artist Brama Santos performs covered in corn at an event marking National Corn Day in Mexico City, Sept. 29, 2011. Environmental organizations commemorated National Corn Day to show their opposition to transgenic corn and demand the government annul two permissions given in 2009 that allow for the experimental planting of transgenic corn in Mexico.

Sporting's Emiliano Insua, left, from Argentina, challenges Lazio's Alvaro Gonzalez, from Uruguay, during their Europa League group D soccer match on Sept. 29, 2011, at Sporting's Alvalade stadium in Lisbon.

Models wear creations by German fashion designer Lutz for his spring-summer 2012 ready to wear collection, Sept. 29, 2011, in Paris.