A Russian tank is camouflaged in the Georgian village of Kekhvi, 6 miles north of Tskhinvali, capital of the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Russian forces on Wednesday dug foxholes and built a sentry post in a swath of central Georgia far outside the security zone they are authorized to remain in once they complete a cease-fire mandated pullout.
Crash Site
A plane takes off near the site where a Spanair jet crashed on takeoff at a Madrid airport on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. The Spanish airliner carrying 173 people bound for the Canary Islands crashed and caught fire Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid's Barajas airport. There were fears the death toll could reach almost 150.
Hitching A Ride
A girl clings on the back of a man as they wade along flooded streets in suburban Malabon, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. A powerful typhoon packing 85 mph winds battered the northern Philippines with heavy rains, closing schools and putting authorities on alert for flash floods and landslides.
Hoping For A Leg Up
Models hold sheets of paper with their names and height as they wait to be called for an audition for the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. The Lakme Fashion Week, one of India's premier fashion events, is to be held in Mumbai in October this year.
Forced To Flee
Pakistanis from the Bajur tribal region are seen at a relief camp at a school compound in Nowshera district near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. The U.S. on Wednesday offered to help Pakistanis displaced by an army operation against Islamic militants in the northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Pakistani officials have said more than 200,000 have fled the region.
Eyeing An Agreement
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, prior to signing an agreement to place a U.S. missile defense base in northern Poland, at the prime minister's office in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. The formal signing comes six days after the countries agreed to a deal that will place 10 U.S. interceptor missiles just 115 miles from Russia's western frontier.
Fay Extends Stay
Girls prepare to take a kayak trip down a street, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, in Port St. Lucie Fla. Hundreds of homes have been flooded in central Florida by Tropical Storm Fay, which drenched the state for a third consecutive day, and forecasters warned the waters could worsen because the storm had stubbornly stalled.
Sweet Nectar
A bee gathers pollen from a sunflower at Martz Farms in Duncannon, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008.
Free To Sea
Seal pup Eddy peeks out of a basket at the Norddeich port, northern Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008, before being transported to the sands of the island of Juist. Eddy was raised in a station for abandoned seals in Norddeich and will be released into the North Sea.