Heidi Kooy trying to catch one of her chickens at her yard which she calls the "Itty Bitty Farm in the City" in San Francisco, California.

Volunteers sorting donated food into individual boxes at the Manna Food Centre in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Gold on display in a shop window in Hong Kong, as gold prices register yet another record high.

US President Barack Obama stepping off Air Force One upon arrival at Capital International Airport in Beijing, for the second leg of his maiden state visit to China.

Farmers salvaging their crops after a snow storm in Jinan in China's Shandong province.

Workers restoring the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel's heritage wing in Mumbai, India.

Shoppers walking past American-themed Billy Bombers Cafe with a welcome sign for US President Barack Obama, close to the venue of the APEC Summit in Singapore.

A Palestinian man walking near a graffiti of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah a day before the 5th anniversary of Arafat's death.

Combo images showing the Chacaltaya Mountain some 40km from La Paz, Bolivia, at different periods: On top June 2007 and the bottom November 2009.

The China Festival of Lights held at the Emmen Zoo in the Netherlands.