Protegee, carrying her sibling on her back, cries as she looks for her parents in the village of Kiwanja, north of Goma, eastern Congo, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. A fragile cease-fire in Congo appeared to be unraveling Thursday as the U.N. said battles between warlord Laurent Nkunda's rebels and the army spread to another town in the volatile country's east.
Out For A Spin
Finland's Susanna Poykio spins as she practices before competing in the Ladies Short Program during the Cup of China ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2008 held in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008.
With The Herd
A shepherd and his children walk with their cattle on a farm on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008.
World View
Astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 18 flight engineer, wears a communication system headset while looking at Earth through a window in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station Sunday Nov. 2, 2008, in an image released Thursday, Nov. 6, by NASA.
Platinum Plain
A thorn tree grows on the dry and dusty land where platinum will be mined at the Bafokeng Rasimore Platinum Mine, in Phokeng, South Africa, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. The Bafokeng tribe, one of Africa's richest, has embarked on a joint venture with the world's largest platinum mining company, Anglo Platinum Limited.
More Market Misery?
A specialist works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. Stocks continued their slide amid more negative economic reports Thursday.
She Does Windows
Iwona, no other name given, cleans a window at an antiquarian bookshop in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Thursday Nov. 6, 2008.
Waving The Flag
A squirrel pauses as it grips a U.S. flag Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, in Omaha, Neb.
Cold Wind Blows
Kya Olson, 3, left, hides her face from winds gusting to 60 mph sweeping through her family's Rapid City, S.D. front yard, where she and her brother Jaden, 9, play in the snowdrifts caused by an early season blizzard. Schools, highways and businesses throughout much of western South Dakota are closed Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008.