World in Pictures
Photo source: ImagineChina

	Underwater wedding 美国:世界最大的水下婚礼 Tom Loveday cradles his new wife Lena Scott after the Homestead, Florida couple exchanged nuptials underwater in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, October 31. Included in the wedding party were 112 other divers. The event will be submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records to break the current largest underwater wedding mark, which featured 105 divers in a ceremony held on September 12, 2003, off St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
	Smallest dictaphone 俄罗斯:硬币大小的录音机问世 The "Edic-mini" digital professional dictaphone developed by the "Tele-systems" Russian firm was put in the Guinness Book of World Records as the smallest dictaphone in the World, November 1.
	Flower carpet 日本:玫瑰花瓣地毯吸引10万游客 People enjoy flower and sand arts, made from millions of rose petals on a river sidewalk in Tokyo November 3. The Infiorata or flower carpet, recreating the event held in Italy's Genzano city, attracts over 100,000 visitors.
	Tissue newspaper 德国:纸巾上印报纸 A young woman blows her nose with a "tissue newspaper" in Berlin, Germany, November 5. The regular tissue is printed on one side with the memoirs of Lothar Vosseler, the half brother of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. A pack of 10 tissues can be bought at regular newspaper stands.
	The donkey and the elephant 印度:上演真实版"象驴之争" An Indian man stands between a donkey bearing a Democrat's banner and an elephant bearing a Republican's banner during an election watch organized at the American Center in New Delhi, November 3. People gathered to monitor results in the contest between Republican President George Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry.
	Run with burning barrel 英国:背着燃烧木桶赛跑 A competitor runs with a wooden barrel filled with burning tar November 5 in Ottery St. Mary, Britain. Every year the village of Ottery St. Mary in Devon hosts a festival in which competitors run with burning barrels on their back through the village, until the heat becomes too unbearable or the barrel breaks down. The barrel is then passed onto the next competitor. The event takes place on Bonfire Night annually which celebrates a failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.
	Disk made of cornstarch polymer 日本:玉米淀粉制成光盘 Japanese electronics giant Pioneer researcher Tasuo Hosoda displays a prototype model of a blue ray disc made of cornstarch polymer on its substrate part, which has 25GB capacity of DVD disc format at the company's laboratory in Tsurugashima City, suburban Tokyo, November 4.

World in Words
Collected and translated by Beverly

World leaders jostled to congratulate Bush while seeking to influence his foreign policy agenda for the second term.
各国领导人竞相祝贺布什当选,同时也表达了他们对布什调整未来外交政策的期望.

China (President Hu Jintao): "Both China and the United States are great countries and share a wide range of common interests and basis for cooperation. I look forward to continuing to work together with you to further promote the development of the constructive cooperative relations between China and the United States to benefit the people of the two countries and rest of the world."
中国(主席胡锦涛):"中美两国都是伟大的国家,拥有广泛的共同利益和合作基础.我期待着继续与你一起,推动中美建设性合作关系进一步向前发展,更好地造福于两国人民和世界人民."

Russia (President Vladimir V. Putin): "I can only feel joy that the American people did not allow itself to be intimidated, and made the most sensible decision."
俄罗斯(总统普京):"我非常高兴.因为美国人民没有被吓倒,并做出了他们所认为的理智决定."

Britain (Prime Minister Tony Blair): "America and the UK have a unique bond through our shared history and tradition. Bush's re-election came at a critical time for a world that is fractured, divided and uncertain."
英国(首相布莱尔):"英国与美国有着相近的历史和传统,两国的盟友关系是独一无二的.布什的连任对于纷乱动荡的世界来说极为关键."

Japan (Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi): "The Japan-US alliance is the foundation for Japan's security. I want to push forward the bilateral relations based on the mutual trust and friendship already built with President Bush."
日本(首相小泉纯一郎):"日美关系是日本国家安全的关键.我与布什总统已经建立起互信关系,我期望能在此基础上进一步推动日美关系发展."

Iraq (Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi): "I hope that the US government will not change its stance and role in Iraq and will maintain the current good relations between Iraq. "
伊拉克(临时政府总理阿拉维):"我希望美国政府在伊拉克问题上的立场和政策不要有任何改变,并继续保持目前两国的友好关系."

Palestine (Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath): "We will demand Bush meet his election commitments and promises in which he said he will exert more efforts to bring Israel back to the roadmap (peace plan)."
巴勒斯坦(外长沙阿斯):"我们希望布什能兑现他的竞选宣言,努力使以色列重归路线图(和平计划)."

German (Chancellor Gerhard Schroder): "The world is facing challenges from international terrorism, the danger of unconventional weapons and regional crises, as well as poverty, climate change and epidemics, which threaten our security and our stability. These challenges can only be faced together. "
德国(总理施罗德):"世界正面临着巨大的挑战:国际恐怖主义,大规模杀伤性武器的危险,地区冲突,还有贫穷,气候变化,流行病,这些都威胁着我们安全和稳定.只有合作才能迎接这些挑战."