Nine-year-old Xia Xueyin, her face badly bruised from a fall during last week's earthquake, takes photos of her family's damaged home in Hanwang town of China's southwest Sichuan Province Thursday, May 22, 2008. The girl's parents said that they brought her back to her home to see the damage and to look for her belongings to help her cope with the trauma of having experienced the May 12 earthquake.
Test Shot
A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration joint test assembly launches Thursday May 22, 2008, from North Vandenberg's Launch Facility-10 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 5,250 miles before hitting its pre-determined target in a broad ocean area 230 nautical miles southwest of Guam.
Veiled Protest
Veiled in Islamic wears, a female Iranian protestor chants slogans during a gathering in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 22, 2008, to protest a recent court verdict removing an Iranian opposition group, The People's Mujahedeen of Iran, from Britain's terrorist list. The People's Mujahedeen is regarded as a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.
Immigrant Unrest
South African police check the scene of a burning shack in the Reiger Park informal settlement outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, May 22, 2008. Clashes pitting the poorest of the poor against one another have killed 22 and focused attention on complaints that South Africa's post-apartheid government has failed to deliver enough jobs, housing and schools to go around.
Tent City
Locals displaced by Cyclone Nargis line up outside their tents as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, unseen, tours the camp, on Thursday, May 22, 2008, in Kyondah village, Myanmar. Ban flew into Myanmar's disaster zone Thursday as he pressed the country's leaders to open the doors to critical international aid for some 2.5 million cyclone survivors.
Up For Promotion
Gen. David Petraeus, right, and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 22, 2008, before their Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing. The hearing is on the reappointment of Petraeus to commander of the U.S. Central Command and the appointment of Odierno for appointment to the grade of general and to commander of the Multi-National Force-Iraq.
Wheel Close
In this photo finish image, Italy's Daniele Bennati, bottom, outsprints Mark Cavendish, of Britain, to win the 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Forli to Carpi, Italy, Thursday, May 22, 2008.
Fire In The Hills
A helicopter prepares to drop water on a wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008. A wind-whipped wildfire burning out of control threatened several homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Thursday, closing schools and prompting some evacuations.