After undergoing over two months of repairs to the external fuel tank, space shuttle Atlantis makes it way to launch pad 39a at sunrise, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, May 15, 2007. A launch is planned for no earlier than June 8.
Today's Catch
Fishmonger Erik Espinoza from the World Famous Pike Place Fish Company in Seattle ceremonially carries a 35-pound Copper River salmon off an Alaska Airlines cargo plane fresh from Cordova, Alaska at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The salmon, less than 24 hours old is expected to be on dinner tables in Seattle, Los Angeles and Boston by this evening.
Palestinians Mark The Day
Palestinian youths, wearing traditional Arabic headdresses and shirts with the year "1948" written on the back, attend a rally to mark the 59th anniversary of the Naqba, translation "The catastrophe" in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Palestinians commemorate Al Naqba May 15 each year, to mark their displacement by the founding of Israel in 1948.
Mortar Misery
A relative of a mortar attack victim grieves outside Imam Ali hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The attack killed four and wounded 11 at a market on the edge of Baghdad's Sadr City Shiite district.
Changing Of The Guard
Timorese veterans of the guerilla conflict with Indonesia line up to receive medals from Timorese President Xanana Gusmao, who led many of them in the fighting, Tuesday, May 15, 2007 in Dili, East Timor. Gusmao will be handing over the presidency to Jose Ramos Horta, who won a presidential election on May 9.
Voice Of Dissent
A South Korean grape farmer shouts a slogan during a rally against free-trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and South Korea near the National Assembly in Seoul Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement risks getting bogged down in presidential election politics next year unless Congress takes prompt steps to ratify it, a top U.S. business association official said.
Pakistan Blast
People gather at the site of the explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 15, 2007. A suicide attacker detonated a bomb that ripped through a crowded hotel restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least 24 people and wounding 25, police said.
Fuel For The Fire
Exhaust rises from cooling towers at the Niederaussem lignit coal-fired power station Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at Bergheim near Aachen, Germany. The four major German energy providers plan to invest more than $40 billion in construction and infrastructure of coal conducted power plants in Germany.