Braving the storm

A fireman walks under the heavy wind at a waterfront where a barge slipped its moorings and ran aground on Thursday. Residents of Hong Kong hunkered down Thursday as they rode out a powerful typhoon that brought death and destruction when it tore through the Philippines earlier this week. Hong Kong's stock market suspended trading and shops and businesses shuttered as Typhoon Nesat made its way across the South China Sea from the Philippines, where the storm killed 35 people and that left another 45 missing. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)