Palestinian police officers hit a protester with a wooden baton during a demonstration against President George W. Bush's visit in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008.
Shadow Of The Volcano
Children walk to school as the Tungurahua volcano spews ash near the village of Cotalo in Ecuador, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. The Tungurahua volcano is poised for a major eruption, a volcanologist said. Villagers return by day to tend to their crops and farm animals but stay in temporary shelters outside the danger zone at night.
Suicide Blast
Pakistani police officers tend to their wounded colleague in the aftermath of a suicide bomb explosion Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, in Lahore, Pakistan. The suicide bomber blew himself up among police guards deployed in front of a court in eastern Pakistan ahead of a planned protest by lawyers Thursday, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens more.
Operation Phantom Phoenix
Women watch as U.S. soldiers from Ghostrider Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment search their home during Operation Phantom Phoenix in the village of Abu Musa on the northern outskirts of Muqdadiyah, in the volatile Diyala province, about 60 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. The U.S. military launched the operation on Tuesday as a nationwide campaign against al Qaeda in Iraq.
In The Holy Land
A statue of Saint Hieronymus is seen as President Bush waves to photographers while standing with Franciscans after walking out of St. Catherine's Church during a visit to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Mr. Bush spent the day in the West Bank and met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Light As A Butterfly
An owl butterfly perches on a keeper's finger during the annual inventory at London Zoo in London, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. The inventory is a complete count of every animal in the zoo which contains more than 600 different species.
Fenced In
A boy from the Akamba tribe waits to flee the town of Kisumu, stronghold of the Luo people, in western Kenya, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Since a Dec. 27 election, political violence and ethnic clashes have left more than 500 people dead and some 255,000 displaced from their homes.
Fllod Waters Run Deep
Nick Dinardi rode his bike through his flooded Pontiac, Ill., neighborhood Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Pontiac residents could do little to begin repairing the damage from flooding until the water went down, so many simply explored their neighborhoods.
On The Glow
An unidentified athlete is silhouetted by one of the glowing globes illuminating the scenery during the men's 4x7.5 kilometers relay night race at the Biathlon World Cup competition in Ruhpolding, southern Germany, on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008.