October 9, 2008: Today in Pictures

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October 9, 2008: Today in Pictures

Today's best photos: around the world in pictures is a daily look at photos from Atlanta, national and world news, entertainment, sports and celebrities through the eyes of photographers from ajc.com and other sources.

A man prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's Old City, during morning prayers before the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur on Wednesday. Yom Kippur, or "Day of Atonement," is the holiest of Jewish holidays and the nation comes to almost a complete standstill.

Kennesaw Mountain senior defensive lineman Scotty Frieman watches as interpreter Rose Crews translates his coach's instructions. Frieman is deaf and has been playing football for four years, "I love football," he says.

Two alpinists make their way across the summit of the Gross Glockner mountain in the Austrian province of Easttyrol on Wednesday. It's the highest mountain in Austria.

A woman walks past a graffiti depicting Argentine-born revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Havana on Wednesday. This week the country marks the 41st anniversary of Guevara's Oct. 9, 1967 death.

Two Enterprise, Ala., residents go through their car after a possible tornado hit near the city's civic center damaging the building and most of the cars in the center's parking lot.

Jeff Unger is urrounded by some of the 1000 orphaned golf clubs he has collected in the garage of his Roswell home. Unger, a golfer, got an idea to sell lost golf clubs on eBay to raise money for nonprofit purposes. Now, courses all over Atlanta give him golf clubs.

A young Palestinian farmer rides a donkey on his way back from picking olives during the harvest in the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, at sunset on Wednesday.

An anti-government protester listens to a leader's speech inside the Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday. An uneasy calm returned to Bangkok a day after fierce clashes between anti-government protesters and police left at least two dead and more than 400 injured. The headband reads: "Rescue the nation."

Atlanta homicide detective Vincent Velazquez continues testifying about the Brian Nichols interview tape (foreground) in Atlanta on Wednesday. Nichols is accused of killing three people at the Fulton County Courthouse and a customs agent in March, 2005.

Brokers react at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday. European markets tumbled in early trading amid ongoing fears about the state of credit markets.

Washington Wizards forward Linton Johnson III (left) fights for a rebound with Grizzlies' guard Greg Buckner in the second half of their game in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday.

This image provided by NASA shows the planet Mercury taken on Oct. 6, 2008, at roughly 4:40 a.m. when MESSENGER flew by the closest planet to the sun for the second time this year. The spectacular image shown here is one of the first to be returned.

Karl Merk, a 54-year-old farmer, reacts as he talks during a news conference in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday. The German farmer received the world's first complete double arm transplant. He is recovering and able to perform some basic tasks, though doctors said it could take up to two years before he re-learns how to use his hands. Merk lost his arms just below the shoulder in a farm accident involving a combine six years ago.

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic serves to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow on Wednesday.

A model wears a creation by Spain's Agatha Ruiz De La Prada in Mexico City on Wednesday.

An Afghan boy named Qarar stretches as he waits for customers at a goldsmith shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

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A man prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's Old City, during morning prayers before the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur on Wednesday. Yom Kippur, or "Day of Atonement," is the holiest of Jewish holidays and the nation comes to almost a complete standstill.

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