Cranes fly from their feeding sites to their sleeping places during sunset near the eastern German village of Linum north of Berlin, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. Linum is the biggest resting place for this birds in central Europe, before heading south for the winter.
Wake-Up Workout
Horses and riders return to the stables as the sun rises after early-morning workouts for the upcoming Breeders' Cup horse race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008.
Bel Air Brush Fire
Los Angeles City firefighters battle a wildfire that broke out early Thursday morning and quickly spread in the west Los Angeles area off of Sepulveda Blvd. near the Getty Center Museum, Oct. 23, 2008.
Mass Mourning
An Iraqi Shiite woman reacts above the coffin of her relative during the funeral of people found in a mass grave, in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. Iraqi officials Wednesday reported finding mass graves with remains of 34 people, most believed to have been Iraqi army recruits waylaid three years ago by al-Qaida gunmen as they traveled to a training base near the Syrian border.
Rescue Raid
Child laborers sit at a police station after they were taken away from a factory during a raid by policemen and activists of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or save childhood movement, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. Thirty-four child laborers were rescued from a local embroidery factory.
Ladies Man
President Bush, right, reacts after posing for a photo with 43 women from the Middle East and North Africa involved in elections in their home countries, Oct. 23, 2008, in Washington. The women, from Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, are part of an exchange program to promote democracy, economic and educational reform in their home countries.
Aerial Display
Gerome Mathieu of France in action during a qualification competition for the upcoming FIS World Cup snowboard big air competition at the Battersea Power Station in London, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008.
Crowded Quarters
Passengers in a crowded train bound for Bihar await departure at a railway station in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. India's northern railway canceled several trains in wake of violence in Bihar state where angry mobs set fire to trains Wednesday to protest attacks earlier in the week on migrant workers in India's financial capital, Mumbai.