Firemen stand near a fire at the al Dora oil refinery in South Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. Iraqi oil officials and the U.S. military initially said the plant had come under indirect fire, the military term for mortars or rockets. But the U.S. later issued a statement saying American forces had determined that the fire "was the result of an industrial accident."
Serious Spill
South Korean soldiers prepare to remove dense crude oil at Mallipo Beach, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. Some 2.7 million gallons of oil gushed Friday from a 146,000-ton Hong Kong-registered supertanker after a barge carrying a crane slammed into it about seven miles off Mallipo Beach. The spill was the country's largest, involving twice as much oil as a spill in 1995.
In Plane View
A worker makes directional signals as the new Airbus A380 taxis at Sao Paulo international airport, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. The plane is in Brazil for promotional purposes.
Out And About
An Iraqi woman walks down a street on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah in the volatile Diyala province, about 55 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007.
Prized Possession
Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore, left, and Doctor Rajendra Pachauri pose for a picture with the Nobel medal and diploma during an award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. The former vice president received the 2007 Peace Prize with Pachauri for their work to help combat global warming
Ice Storm
Trees outside the state Capitol in Oklahoma City are coated with ice, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. A winter storm affecting states from the southern Plains to the Northeast spread a coating of ice and freezing rain linked to at least 13 traffic deaths.
Tragic Loss
The brother and sisters of Dianne Trent, from left: Sandi Clark, Kellie Schlecht, hidden second left, Kathy Taylor, Bill Clavin, and Eileen Litwa, grieve her death at the funeral service at the St. Leo Catholic Church in Omaha, Neb., Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. Dianne Trent was one of eight persons killed last week by Robert Hawkins in a shooting at the Von Maur department store in Omaha.
Passing The Baton
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner takes over the Argentine presidency from her husband Nestor Kirchner, during a swearing-in ceremony at the Congress building in Buenos Aires, on Monday, Dec. 10, 2007.