Pictures of the Day: Friday, Nov. 9, 2012

Posted Nov. 09, 2012, at 6:51 p.m.

Lannis Waters, The Palm Beach Post | AP

A fish flops on the Lake Worth Pier as fishermen return Friday morning Nov. 9, 2012. The pier reopened Friday, after being closed for two weeks from damaged caused by Hurricane Sandy. Repairs were made to the wooden decking, the railing and water/electric lines.

B.K. Bangash | AP

Pakistani nomad woman Zakia kisses her grandson in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.

Majdi Mohammed | AP

A Palestinian protester hurls a stone at Israeli security forces during a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.

Markus Schreiber | AP

Students from a high school in Osaka, Japan, peer through a small opening of the Berlin Wall at the memorial side Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. The students are attending a ceremony to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall 23 years ago, on Nov. 9, 1989.

Silvia Izquierdo | AP

A girl turning 15 is bathed in green light inside a limousine as she arrives for a group debutante ball, organized by the Peacemaker Police Unit program in the Mangueira favela, or shantytown, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The debutante ball marks girls' transition from childhood to adulthood and is common in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

Vincent Yu | AP

Chinese security personnel stand guards in the Great Hall of the People during the 18th Communist Party Congress in Beijing on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.

Dar Yasin | AP

A Kashmiri Muslim woman (only hand seen) peels the skin of wicker sticks on the outskirts of Srinagar, India on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. Wicker is used for making traditional firepots called Kangir in Kashmir. Kashmiris use these traditional firepots to keep themselves warm during the severe winter months.