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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:31 AM

People attend a candle-light demonstration held to demand for South Korean President Park Geun-Hye to apologise to the nation and to call for the resignation of National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief Nam Jae-joon in central Seoul August 3, 2013. Local media recently reported that the spy agency's former chief Won Sei-hoon, who served under the regime of former President Lee Myung-Bak, was indicted on June 14, 2013 on charges of interfering in the last presidential election held on December 19, 2012, in violation of the country's election law. President Park said on July 8, 2013 that the spy agency needs to set up measures to reform itself, local media reported. The sign (C) reads:"Park Geun-hye's election is of invalidity! Park Geun-hye resign!". REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:31 AM

Thousands of people attend a candle-light demonstration held to demand for South Korean President Park Geun-Hye to apologise to the nation and to call for the resignation of National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief Nam Jae-joon in central Seoul August 3, 2013. Local media recently reported that the spy agency's former chief Won Sei-hoon, who served under the regime of former President Lee Myung-Bak, was indicted on June 14, 2013 on charges of interfering in the last presidential election held on December 19, 2012, in violation of the country's election law. President Park said on July 8, 2013 that the spy agency needs to set up measures to reform itself, local media reported. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:31 AM

A boy herds sheep by a nearly dried up pond at a village in Shaoyang county, Hunan province, July 28, 2013. The village received no rainfall for 40 days after June 20, local media reported. According to Xinhua News Agency, thirty-three counties and cities in Hunan Province are facing severe drought, as it received over 70 percent less rain than normal in July. The drought is affecting several provinces of south China, where flooding used to be the overwhelming problem during summer. Picture taken July 28, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS DISASTER SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:35 AM

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leaves Palazzo Grazioli, his residence in Rome, August 2, 2013. The upholding of a tax fraud conviction against Berlusconi compounds the problems facing his $6.6 billion (4.3 billion pounds) business empire, already struggling in a deep recession, and gives new impetus to questions about its future leadership. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW BUSINESS MEDIA)

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:35 AM

Congolese M23 rebel leader Bisimwa Bertrand speaks to the media in Bunagana August 2, 2013, after the deadline set by UN peacekeepers for rebels in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to lay down their weapons passed on Thursday. Bertrand dismissed the UN ultimatum and said the path to peace in the country is through the ongoing peace talks in Kampala. The UN peacekeeping mission's mandate is to disarm the rebel groups, such as the M23, if necessary by force. REUTERS/James Akena (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)