In pictures: The world on 22/11/2011

epa03011295 Cambodian officials throw flowers on a stupa to commemorate victims of the 2010 bridge stampede, during a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 22 November 2011. Phnom Penh municipality is inaugurating a stupa in honor of the victims who died on the Diamond Island bridge when a stampede took place in November 2010. At least 353 people died and 395 were injured after they panicked while crossing the bridge during Water Festival celebrations. EPA/MAK REMISSA

Employees of a beauty salon exercise together outside their shop in Beijing. How Hwee Young / EPA

Nasa astronaut Mike Fossum smiles as his carried into a medical tent in Kazakhstan after returning to earth with Russian cosmonaut, Sergei Volkov and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa after spending more than five months???

Some of the 60 blue penguins are released back into the sea after they were cleaned up following an oil spill caused by cargo ship Rena on Mt Maunganui beach in New Zealand. Graeme Brown / EPA

Members of a Kosovar folklore group perform during an official ceremony of the change of command of the Kosovo Security Forces in Pristina, the capital. Valdrin Xhemaj / EPA

A woman protests against the passing of new laws on state secrets outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. Nic Bothma / EPA

Swans sit in a boat during the annual collection of Hamburg's "Alster Swans". Every year the swans are collected from waterways around the northern German city and are taken to winter quarters where they will be fed and cared for until spring. Fabian Bi???

Lebanese soldiers glide on ropes during a military parade to celebrate the 68th anniversary of Lebanon's independence in Beirut. Mohamed Azakir / Reuters

A boy stands with colleagues and family members of a policeman, who was injured by an explosion. One policeman was killed when a small bomb exploded outside a girl's school in the northwestern town of Mardan, with three policemen and four bystanders wound???

South Korean marines patrol along the seashore on Yeonpyeong Island. Shin Jun-hee / Yonhap / Reuters

City workers, volunteers raise their brooms and spades as they shout slogans before starting a cleaning operation in Patum Thani on the outskirts of Bangkok. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo