A coach helps a young gymnast with flexibility exercises during gymnastics training at a sports training center in Beijing, China, Monday, July 28, 2008.The center trains children starting at age 5. There are hundreds of the centers across the country designed to identify talented children for sports schools where they receive an education and sports training aimed at turning them into world-class athletes.
Fountain Fun
Eight-year-old Tessa Maehler screams as the water from a fountain in Erfurt, Germany, splashes on her on a hot Monday, July 28, 2008. Meteorologists predict sunny weather for the upcoming days in most parts of Germany.
Colorful Stroll
A woman walks on the painted pavement, a part of a Kandisnky style picture, on the Marienplatz of the small village of Weilheim, southern Germany, Monday, July 28, 2008. More than 500 students from schools in Weilheim painted the Kandinsky canvas using 39 colors on 8,000 flagstones.
Iraq Attacks
A child injured in a bomb attack is carried inside a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 28, 2008. Three suicide bombers and a roadside bomb struck Shiite pilgrims taking part in a religious procession in Baghdad, killing at least 32 and wounding 102. In the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, 25 people were killed and 185 wounded when a blast tore through a crowd of Kurds protesting a draft provincial elections law.
Rough Ride
Rescue personnel aid victims taking shelter from the sun under umbrellas after a bus carrying about 30 schoolchildren from Bonn, Germany, ran off the road and overturned just outside Linkoping, Sweden, Monday July 28, 2008. Seven of the passengers were taken to hospital, but there were no serious injuries, according to police. The cause of the accident is not known.
Makeshift Memorial
A note attached to flowers lay at the base of the church sign that's serving as a memorial at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Monday, July 28, 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn. A gunman opened fire at a church youth performance Sunday, killing two people.
Hay Now
Afghan Kuchi or nomad women carry grass which they have harvested for the cattle, near their makeshift dwelling in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 28, 2008.
Knee Deep
A woman is seen near her home as waters rise in Siretu, northern Romania, Monday, July 28, 2008. Severe weather continued to cause heavy flooding in Germany, Ukraine and Romania on Saturday and Sunday, forcing thousands to evacuate their flooded homes. In northern Romania, five people died in flooding and heavy rain in areas bordering Ukraine, and power outages affected around 20,000 people.