Election workers carry ballot boxes at a polling center in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Campaign teams for President Hamid Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah each positioned themselves Friday as the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election, one day after millions of Afghans braved dozens of militant attacks to cast ballots.
Bill Comes Closer
Hurricane Bill is seen in the Atlantic Ocean in this satellite image on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Hurricane Bill weakened slightly early Friday but still threatened to flood Bermuda's coastlines and generate dangerous waves and riptides along the eastern U.S. coast. The Category 3 storm's maximum sustained winds lost a little strength to near 115 mph, from 125 mph late Thursday.
High-Flying
Russian Su-27s of Sokoly Rossii (Russian Falcons) aerobatic squadron take part in the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield near the town of Zhukovsky, just north of Moscow, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. The jets are flying above the Church of St. Michael at a cemetery near Zhukovsky.
Sudden Storm
Commuters brave a sudden early-evening thunder storm in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009.
Ready to Race
Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany sits in the car during a practice session at the Valencia street circuit in Valencia, Spain, on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. The F1 European Grand Prix will take place on Sunday.