Iraqi men warm themselves by a fire in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. After weathering nearly five years of war, Baghdad residents thought they'd pretty much seen it all, but Friday morning, as muezzins were calling the faithful to prayer, the people awoke to something certifiably new - for the first time in memory, snow fell across Baghdad.
Smoke Screen
Surrounded by tear gas thrown by Israeli forces, a Palestinian demonstrator uses his slingshot to throw a stone during minor scuffles between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near the city of Ramallah, Friday Jan. 11, 2008.
Holy Sites
President Bush laughs as he stands with Catholic nuns during a visit to the Church of the Beatification on the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered his famed "Sermon on the Mount," in northern Israel, Friday, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. Mr. Bush also visited Capernaum, a site where Jesus is said to have performed miracles and gazed across the Sea of Galilee where Jesus is claimed to have walked on water.
Music Cube
Musicians from Rajasthan perform Roysten Abel's "Manganiyar Seduction," as part of a cultural festival in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. Musicians are seated in 36 red-curtained cubicles and perform when their cubicle gets lit.
Looking At Prison Time
Disgraced former Olympic champion Marion Jones leaves after being sentenced at the Westchester County Federal Courthouse Friday, Jan. 11, 2008, in White Plains, N.Y. Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for lying about using steroids and a check-fraud scam, despite beseeching the judge that she not be separated from her two young children "even for a short period of time."
Flare Up
University students hold up flares during a peaceful protest outside Parliament in Athens, Greece, on Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. Some 400 students took part in the protest, demanding that the conservative government allocate more funds for education.
Taking Stock
Specialist Ned Zelles works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. Stocks resumed their downward slide Friday amid renewed fears that the financial sector's troubles with bad credit won't soon end and that some consumers are buckling under signs of a slowing economy.