Canada's PM Harper jokes around with journalists while holding a piece of ice with his wife Laureen aboard the HMCS Kingston on Eclipse Sound, near the arctic community of Pond Inlet
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) jokes around with journalists while holding a piece of ice with his wife Laureen aboard the HMCS Kingston on Eclipse Sound, near the arctic community of Pond Inlet, Nunavut August 24, 2014. Harper is on his annual tour of Northern Canada. Picture taken August 24, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Wattie (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)
Media members watch a telecast of Thailand's newly appointed PM Prayuth Chan-ocha giving a news conference in Bangkok
Media members watch a live telecast on a laptop, of Thailand's newly appointed Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha giving a news conference after the royal endorsement ceremony at the Government House in Bangkok August 25, 2014. Thai military leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was endorsed as prime minister by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Monday, four days after he was elected by his own hand-picked parliament, paving the way for the formation of an interim government. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS MEDIA)
U.S. Representative Mike Thompson speaks to members of the media after a news briefing regarding the 6.0 earthquake in Napa, California
U.S. Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) speaks to members of the media after a news briefing regarding the 6.0 earthquake in Napa, California August 24, 2014. The 6.0 earthquake rocked wine county north of San Francisco early Sunday, injuring dozens of people, damaging historical buildings, setting some homes on fire and causing power outages around the picturesque town of Napa. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)
Still frame taken from video shows U.S. journalist Peter Theo Curtis, who has been freed by kidnappers in Syria
U.S. journalist Peter Theo Curtis is shown in this undated still frame taken from video courtesy of Al Jazeera on August 24, 2014. Kidnappers in Syria have freed the writer missing since 2012, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday, following what Qatari-owned TV station Al Jazeera said were efforts by the Gulf Arab state to win his release. REUTERS/Al Jazeera/Handout via Reuters (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS � THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Media personnel cover an event organized to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "Largest Human National Flag" from the top of a bus at Tundhikhel, in Kathmandu
Media personnel cover an event organized to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "Largest Human National Flag" from the top of a bus at Tundhikhel, in Kathmandu August 23, 2014. According to the organizer Bhawesh Khanal, President of Human Values for Peace and Prosperity, an non-profit organization, more than 30,000 people took part, attempting to break the record held by Pakistan in which 28,957 people had participated. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY MEDIA TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Tahir ul-Qadri, Sufi cleric and leader of PAT political party, addresses members of the media inside a shipping container during Revolution March in Islamabad
Tahir ul-Qadri, Sufi cleric and leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), addresses members of the media inside a shipping container during the Revolution March in Islamabad August 23, 2014. Qadri, who controls a network of Islamic schools and hospitals with opposition politician Imran Khan, has been leading protests in the capital, Islamabad, trying to bring down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Qadri has taken up residence inside the shipping container since he led the march into Islamabad last week. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Media personnel cover an event organized to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "Largest Human National Flag" from the top of a bus at Tundhikhel, in Kathmandu
Media personnel cover an event organized to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "Largest Human National Flag" from the top of a bus at Tundhikhel, in Kathmandu August 23, 2014. According to the organizer Bhawesh Khanal, President of Human Values for Peace and Prosperity, an non-profit organization, more than 30,000 people took part, attempting to break the record held by Pakistan in which 28,957 people had participated. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY MEDIA)
A man holds up a sign supporting American journalist James Foley during a protest against the Assad regime in Syria in Times Square in New York
A man holds up a sign in memory of U.S. journalist James Foley during a protest against the Assad regime in Syria in Times Square in New York August 22, 2014. Foley, who was abducted in Syria in late 2012, was beheaded by a masked member of the Islamic State group in an act filmed in a video released on August 19 that also threatened a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)
Female journalist stands at a site where a landslide swept through a residential area at Asaminami ward in Hiroshima
A female journalist stands at a site where a landslide swept through a residential area at Asaminami ward in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 22, 2014. Heavy rain delayed a search on Friday for more than 50 people believed buried under a deadly landslide on the edge of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, as opposition politicians rounded on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his handling of the disaster. The death toll currently stands at 39. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT MEDIA)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel pauses during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel pauses during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, August 21, 2014. The sophistication, wealth and military might of Islamic State militants represent a major threat to the United States that may surpass that once posed by al Qaeda, U.S. military leaders said on Thursday. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)