<?xml version="1.0"?> <img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/11/PA_7981165.jpg"><h2>Amphibious Car</h2><strong>Saturday, 31 October</strong><br/>Peter Martin, Carl McConkey, Rick Miles and Mark Farrell, from Bangor, Ireland, enter the record books by becoming the first people to steer an amphibious car across the Irish Sea from Donaghadee Harbour to Portpatrick in Scotland. Inspired by the antics of BBC's Top Gear team, the Bangor men spent the summer creating an amphibious car, now called <em>Sir Tristram</em>, from a Renault Laguna they purchased for £100. <br/><br/>Credit: Niall Carson/PA Wire<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/11/PA_7986514.jpg"><h2>Hindu</h2><strong>Monday, 2 November</strong><br/>Devotees take a boat ride in the River Ganges, holy to Hindus, during Karthik Purnima festival in Varanasi, India. Also known as Kashi or Banaras, Varanasi is sacred to millions of devout Hindus. <br/><br/>Credit: AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh<img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/11/PA_7988431.jpg"><h2>USS New York</h2><strong>Monday, 2 November</strong><br/>The new US Navy ship<em> USS New York</em>, built with World Trade Center steel, passes the World Trade Center construction site as it arrives in New York. See <a href=http://www.mbmclub.com/news/429694/world-trade-center-ship-to-be-commissioned>news story</a>.<br/><br/>Credit: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan<br/><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/11/PA_7988626.jpg"><h2>Oasis of the Seas</h2><strong>Monday, 2 November</strong><br/>The world's newest and largest cruise ship, <em>Oasis of the Seas</em>, dwarfs a Whitelink ferry as she enters the Solent en route to Ft Lauderdale, Florida. She stopped only briefly to pick up 300 contractors before continuing her journey. See <a href=http://www.mbmclub.com/news/428455/world-s-largest-cruise-ship-delivered>news story</a>.<br/><br/>Credit: Chris Ison/PA Wire<br/><br/><img src="http://www.mby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2009/11/PA_8000642.jpg"><h2>Duck House</h2><strong>Thursday, 5 November</strong><br/>Campaigners from 'Vote for a Change' attempt to set light to a giant duck house which was earlier towed past Parliament. The group is leading calls for an election day referendum on the voting system and claims that MPs are still unprepared to take real action to bring accountability to Parliament. <br/><br/>Credit: Ian Nicholson/PA Wire
