Joseph Manning, right, of Raynham, Mass., and his son Joey, 6, a Cub Scout, place U.S. flags at the graves of
deceased veterans at the National Cemetery in Bourne, Mass., Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012.
Thousands of flags were placed in the cemetery in advance of Veterans Day.
Syracuse Orange's Michael Carter-Williams scores against the San Diego Aztecs during their NCAA season
opening basketball game on the flight deck of the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Midway, in San Diego, Ca.
Pheasant, Italy
This pheasant is proudly calling to mark its territory spotted with poppies, and seems to like to wear
one of them as a mask—the right face at the right place for the right shot.
Oryx, Namibia
Oryx captured in Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia just after sunset.
They are heading through the dunes in search of food and water.
Don't look down! Mechanics inspect sky-high cable car system
Herzogstand cable car mechanics inspect parts of the lift during the annual safety revision above the
small village Walchensee, southern Germany on Nov. 21.
The inspection continues until Dec. 21. The cable car begins around 2,600 feet above sea level at the small
village of Walchensee and ends in Fahrenberg around 5,300 feet.
Cable cars are prepared for the upcoming skiing season all over the Bavarian mountains.
In the weeks since Superstorm Sandy sent a wall of water through Breezy Point and more than 100 homes
burned to the ground, the battered neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., has seen a flurry of activity with relief
workers, volunteers and utility crews creating traffic jams on the one road into town.
Thanksgiving Day in Breezy Point started with a few residents still cleaning up and dozens of crews working on
the natural gas lines, but little else happening -- except over by the Point Breeze Volunteer Fire Department where
Teri Dodge and her fiancee Steve Peterson were in high gear cooking dinner in the parking lot.
Thanksgiving on Breezy Point: Teri Dodge and her fiancee Steve Peterson drove from
Portland, Maine to Breezy Point, NY on Wednesday to cook Thanksgiving dinner for up to 30 people.