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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:13 PM

People take part in a torch-lit rally as they celebrate after the Supreme Court rejected Abdul Quader Mollah's request for an appeal against his death sentence in Dhaka December 12, 2013. The court on Thursday cleared the way for the execution of Mollah, who is found guilty of war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, rejecting his request for a review of the death sentence, in a case that has heightened political tension less than a month before elections are due. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:07 PM

Some 230 million children under the age of five were not registered at birth, putting them at greater risk of abuse and neglect and possibly cutting them off from education and healthcare. In Somalia, only 3 percent of births are registered, UNICEF says

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:37 PM

Samiullah Afridi (R), lawyer for doctor Shakil Afridi who ran a fake vaccination campaign to try to help U.S. officials find al-Qaeda chief Osama bin laden, leaves the court building in Peshawar October 30, 2013. Lawyer Afridi has fled Pakistan after receiving threats from militants, relatives said on December 11, 2013. He went abroad after militants threatened to blow up his car and kill his family, a relative said. Picture taken on October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:34 PM

Samiullah Afridi (C), lawyer for doctor Shakil Afridi who ran a fake vaccination campaign to try to help U.S. officials find al-Qaeda chief Osama bin laden, arrives in court in Peshawar October 30, 2013. Lawyer Afridi has fled Pakistan after receiving threats from militants, relatives said on December 11, 2013. He went abroad after militants threatened to blow up his car and kill his family, a relative said. Picture taken on October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:30 PM

Samiullah Afridi, lawyer for Shakil Afridi who ran a fake vaccination campaign to try help U.S. officials find al-Qaeda chief Osama bin laden, speaks to the media after appearing before the court in Peshawar October 30, 2013. Afridi has fled Pakistan after receiving threats from militants, relatives said on December 11, 2013. He went abroad after militants threatened to blow up his car and kill his family, a relative said. Picture taken on October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW HEADSHOT)

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:38 AM

A man holds an umbrella while walking during a downpour in Pakistan's capital Islamabad December 11, 2013. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (PAKISTAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY)