Pictures of the Day: Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Journalists take cover during a police operation against drug dealers in the Vila Cruzeiro slum in Rio de Janeiro. As of Wednesday, 33 people have died since violence between rival gangs of drug traffickers erupted in Rio over the weekend.
Ricardo Moraes / Reuters

Duck and Cover

Journalists take cover during a police operation against drug dealers in the Vila Cruzeiro slum in Rio de Janeiro. As of Wednesday, 33 people have died since violence between rival gangs of drug traffickers erupted in Rio over the weekend.