Day in pictures

A little blue penguin was found at Papamoa Beach in New Zealand. It was covered in oil after a Liberian cargo ship named Rena hit a reef on Oct. 7, 2011, in Tauranga, New Zealand.

A policeman at the gates of Downing Street clears away placards left by an anti-war protest on Oct. 7, 2011, in London. Five activists threw red paint and briefly occupied the secure area in front of the main gates of Downing Street in protest on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. and NATO led invasion of Afghanistan.

Christie's employees hold Roy Lichtenstein's "I Can See the Whole Room... and There's Nobody in It" on Oct. 7, 2011. in London. Estimated at $35-45 million, the painting will be auctioned at Christie's in New York in November.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addresses personnel at the Sigonella Naval Air Station and NATO regional operations center on Oct. 7, 2011, in Sigonella, Italy. Panetta. while visiting the base, met with pilots and other personnel who have been in involved with operations over Libya.

A yearling rears up outside the stables at the Tattersalls Bloodstock Auctioneers on Oct. 6, 2011, in Newmarket, England. Tattersalls was founded in 1766 and is the oldest and largest Bloodstock Auctioneers in Europe. The October Yearling Sale, the biggest of the year, can produce bids of up to a million pounds for a horse.

Ashleigh Brennan of Australia performs on the floor apparatus in the Women's Qualification during the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo 2011 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Oct. 7, 2011, in Japan.

Mark Skaife drives the #888 Team Vodafone Holden during practice for the Bathurst 1000, which is round 10 of the V8 Supercars Championship Series, at Mount Panorama on Oct. 7, 2011, in Bathurst, Australia.

Soccer supporters run after a gasoline bomb explodes during a Euro 2012 Group F qualifying soccer match at the Karaiskaki stadium in the port of Piraeus, on Oct. 7, 2011. The Greece-Croatia game was suspended less than three minutes from its start when more than 100 masked individuals, some wearing motorcycle helmets, appeared in the stand behind Greece's bench and attacked the Croatian supporters, throwing flares and at least one bomb in their direction. The Croatians replied by ripping out seats and throwing them at their attackers.