President Bush opens his umbrella as he exits Marine One in Waco, Texas, Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, as he prepared to board Air Force One to head to Rogers, Ark., after spending the weekend at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Congo Concern
A child cries on her mother's lap in a refugee camp, Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, near Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The UNHCR estimates that there have been 300,000 displaced since the start of 2007. Villagers are fleeing ongoing clashes between rebels loyal to dissident general Laurent Nkunda and government troops.
Cleared For Takeoff
Cranes take flight from a field in the Linum marches region near Linum, eastern Germany, Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. On their way from the wetlands of Russia, Scandinavia and eastern Europe, the migratory birds pause in Linum to rest before continuing their journey to Africa and southern Europe, where they will spend the winter.
Water Work
A farmer works at a laver farm at Gutong Village of Sansha Township on Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, in Xiapu County of Fujian Province, China. Xiapu County has about 196 islands and its coastline ranges about about 251 miles. It is a production base of kelp, oyster and laver (a red algae), with laver output over 36 million tons annually.
Flight Pattern
The South Korean Air Force's special flight team, the Black Eagles, flies in formation during a press day of the Seoul Air Show 2007 at the Seoul Military Airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 15, 2007.
Vegging Out
A devotee to the Chinese shrine of Ban Tha Rue cover his ears as fireworks explode around him Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, at the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. The annual festival which features vegetarianism and purification of the body as its main themes attracts tourist from around the world.
General View
A U.S. army soldier braces himself as a helicopter transporting Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, departs after a meeting with tribal leaders in Quarghuli Village, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Gen. Petraeus paid a visit to the village to laud the concerned citizens who have formed to secure the restive area.
Got Milk?
Four Holsteins peer from a barn doorway at the Lilley Hill Farm in Calais, Vt., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007.
Shadowy Figures
The shadow of two Lebanese army soldiers are seen on a wall, at a checkpoint where two Hezbollah fighters' remains were to arrive, in the coastal town of Naqoura in south Lebanon on Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. The fighters' remains, as well as a Lebanese prisoner, were returned to Lebanon in exchange for the corpse of an Israeli civilian as part of a prisoner exchange.