Firefighters take a break after saving the well known Deetjen Big Sur Inn just feet from a wildfire in Big Sur, Calif., in Monterey County, Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Lightning-caused fires have scorched tens of thousands of acres and forced hundreds of California residents to flee their homes, though few buildings have been destroyed.
Cool Down
A man and a dog use a public fountain to cool off in downtown Bucharest, Romania on a hot day Tuesday June 24, 2008. Temperatures reached 93 degrees and a heat wave is forecast for the coming week.
Getting His Goat ... Baptized
A shepherd bathes his goat in the sea during a ritual of purification at the festival of Saint John in Puerto de la Cruz in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The ritual is a millenary tradition started by the Guanches, the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands.
Chair Lift
A resident carries his furniture past buildings destroyed by the May 12 earthquake and flooding from the Tanjiashan quake-formed lake in Beichuan County, in southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday, June 24, 2008.
Taking Her Dog For A ... Swim
Priscilla Wilson calls her dog Daisy back toward their house Tuesday, June 24, 2008, in South Shore, Mo. Wilson's house is surrounded by floodwater from the Mississippi River, but she has been able to stay in her home because it sits just high enough out of the water.
Try And Catch Me
A black bear cub sticks its tongue out while sitting in a tree in downtown Juneau, Alaska, on Monday June, 23, 2008. The young bear was sleeping and watching passers by. Black bears are a common sight in Alaska's capital city.
Chaotic Scene
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, bottom right, and wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, top right, are rushed onto an airplane by security during a departure ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, June 24, 2008. An Israeli police officer fatally shot himself in the head on Tuesday at the ceremony, sparking fear of an assassination attempt and prompting bodyguards to whisk Sarkozy and Israeli leader Ehud Olmert away.
Getting His Kicks
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reacts after kicking a ball during a campaign rally in Banket, about 60 miles west of Harare, Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was fleeing soldiers when he took refuge at the Dutch Embassy in Harare, an aide said Tuesday, offering some of the first details on the latest twist in the southern African country's political crisis.