World Lens: Week of Oct. 26

Don King Net Worth: $290 Million - Renowned boxing promoter, Don King, comes in at No. 11 on the list. King promoted such legendary bouts as the “Rumble in the Jungle,” a fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire, and the 1997 fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, which grossed $110 million, according to Forbes.

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King in Israel - What’s Don King doing in Israel? The boxing promoter is pictured with Britain’s Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, before a concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv. REUTERS/Pavel Wolberg/Pool (ISRAEL)

Meeting Ms. Obama - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga shares a chuckle with Sen. Barack Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Hussein Obama, during a surprise visit to her home in western Kenya. REUTERS/Moses Eshiwani (KENYA)

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Meeting Ms. Obama - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga shares a chuckle with Sen. Barack Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Hussein Obama, during a surprise visit to her home in western Kenya. REUTERS/Moses Eshiwani (KENYA)

Music for Obama - Charles Adamson Makadem, a Kenyan musician, who recently released a music video called “Obama be thy Name,” poses in front of a picture of the U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate. Makadem appealed to all Americans of different ethnic backgrounds to come together and vote for Obama. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna (KENYA

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Music for Obama - Charles Adamson Makadem, a Kenyan musician, who recently released a music video called “Obama be thy Name,” poses in front of a picture of the U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate. Makadem appealed to all Americans of different ethnic backgrounds to come together and vote for Obama. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna (KENYA

Kite Festival - Young people play with kites during Cape Town’s annual International Kite Festival in South Africa. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

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Kite Festival - Young people play with kites during Cape Town’s annual International Kite Festival in South Africa. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

World's Largest BBQ? - In Paraguay, people barbecue beef during an effort to create the world’s biggest barbecue in Mariano Rogue Alonso. More than 30,000 people grilled over 60,000 pounds of meat during their attempt to get into the Guinness World Record Book for the “Biggest Barbecue in the World.” REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY)

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World's Largest BBQ? - In Paraguay, people barbecue beef during an effort to create the world’s biggest barbecue in Mariano Rogue Alonso. More than 30,000 people grilled over 60,000 pounds of meat during their attempt to get into the Guinness World Record Book for the “Biggest Barbecue in the World.” REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY)

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Protest Block - African National Congress supporters yell at police after they blocked the entrance to a meeting of former ANC party members in a town near Cape Town. Last week, a South African official announced that a breakaway party would be formed, dividing the ANC and threatening the dominance it has had for years. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

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Protest Block - African National Congress supporters yell at police after they blocked the entrance to a meeting of former ANC party members in a town near Cape Town. Last week, a South African official announced that a breakaway party would be formed, dividing the ANC and threatening the dominance it has had for years. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)

Che Guevara Factory - In Cuba, a worker at the Ernesto Che Guevara factory is pictured. The factory makes solar panels and back-up batteries to provide electrical energy to schools and houses in remote parts of the nation. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA)

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Che Guevara Factory - In Cuba, a worker at the Ernesto Che Guevara factory is pictured. The factory makes solar panels and back-up batteries to provide electrical energy to schools and houses in remote parts of the nation. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA)

Angry at Peacekeepers - People in Congo throw stones at United Nations peacekeepers patrolling the streets of Kibati, about 16 miles north of the capital. The peacekeepers were trying to evacuate about 50 foreign aid workers from the town, which has been hit hard by violence, before Tutsi rebels arrived and took over. REUTERS/Stringer (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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Angry at Peacekeepers - People in Congo throw stones at United Nations peacekeepers patrolling the streets of Kibati, about 16 miles north of the capital. The peacekeepers were trying to evacuate about 50 foreign aid workers from the town, which has been hit hard by violence, before Tutsi rebels arrived and took over. REUTERS/Stringer (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Marathon - In Kenya, runners sprint at the beginning of the Nairobi Marathon at Nyayo Sports Center. Kenyan Kikwei Tuiyange won the race. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna (KENYA)

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Marathon - In Kenya, runners sprint at the beginning of the Nairobi Marathon at Nyayo Sports Center. Kenyan Kikwei Tuiyange won the race. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna (KENYA)

Opposition Support - Supporters of Zimbabwe’s opposition party Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) attend a rally held by leader Morgan Tsvangirai. At the gathering, Tsvangirai said he was open to creating a power-sharing agreement with longtime leader Robert Mugabe but would not settle for a role with little authority. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE)

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Opposition Support - Supporters of Zimbabwe’s opposition party Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) attend a rally held by leader Morgan Tsvangirai. At the gathering, Tsvangirai said he was open to creating a power-sharing agreement with longtime leader Robert Mugabe but would not settle for a role with little authority. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE)

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Vegetables for Sale - A vendor sits beside her stall in a South African town. The country’s targeted consumer inflation might have slowed down for the first time in a year. Reports Reuters. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA)

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Vegetables for Sale - A vendor sits beside her stall in a South African town. The country’s targeted consumer inflation might have slowed down for the first time in a year. Reports Reuters. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA)

A New Vision - In South Africa, supporters of the African Nation Congress breakaway group listen to the country’s ex defense minister, Mosiuoa Lekota, as he delivered a speech recently in Orange farm During the meeting, participants ripped up pictures of ANC head Jacob Zuma and vowed to rescue their nation from “warlords.” REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA)

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A New Vision - In South Africa, supporters of the African Nation Congress breakaway group listen to the country’s ex defense minister, Mosiuoa Lekota, as he delivered a speech recently in Orange farm During the meeting, participants ripped up pictures of ANC head Jacob Zuma and vowed to rescue their nation from “warlords.” REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA)