November 19, 2013

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Students cross Ciherang river on a bamboo raft on their way home from school in Cilangkap village, Lebak Regency in Banten province, Indonesia. The raft has been used since January when the bridge collapsed due to flooding, local media reported.

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Guardsmen arrive in the rain at the cathedral in Monaco before the mass for the National Day.

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Two tankers are battered by gale winds in the rough waters of the Gulf of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Nov. 18, 2013. A violent rainstorm that flooded large parts of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia has led to the deaths of at least nine people.

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An elderly Thai woman sifts through rice grains on a bamboo tray, a process that removes stalks and dust from her newly harvested crop. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards/Thailand/VOA reader)