Jews pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday Jan. 7, 2006. Doctors continued through the weekend to treat Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for the effects of a severe stroke.
A child asks for sweets during the Blacks and Whites Carnival parade in Pasto, southern Colombia, Friday, Jan. 6, 2006. Parade participants throw candies to each other during the parade, held annually on the day Catholics celebrate as Three Kings Day.
A firefighter walks in front of the Pilgrim Baptist Church as it goes up in flames in Chicago, Friday, Jan. 6, 2006. The 1890 church on the city's South Side was a landmark in the development of gospel music in the 1930s.
Competitors start the men's 4 x 7.5 kilometer relay at the Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006. A giant helium balloon illuminates the course of the twilight race.
Brazilian yacht Adrenalina Pura is shown during the start of the Cape to Bahia yachting race in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006.
U.S. Navy sailor Billy Skinner, center, waves to his girlfriend as he and other sailors line the rails of the flight deck on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier as it prepares to depart Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006. The Reagan's six-month deployment is its first mission since being commissioned in 2003.
Mongolian-born sumo grand champion Asashoryu, right, accompanied by sword-bearer Asasekiryu, also of Mongolia, performs ring entry forms during the new year's sumo dedication ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006. About 3,000 well-wishers thronged to the shrine to observe the annual shinto ritual celebrating the new year.
The famed "Del Monte Note," a $20 bill with a Del Monte sticker on it that sold on Ebay for $10,000, is seen at the Heritage Galleries and Auctioneers in Dallas. The $20 note brought $25,300 at the galleries' Signature Auction Jan. 6, 2006 in Orlando, Fla.
A pigeon flies past other pigeons sitting on a rooftop in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, Friday, Jan. 6, 2006. New cases of deaths related to bird flu in Turkey have once again spread concerns of a possible pandemic.
Worshippers attend the Orthodox Christmas Eve procession at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Friday Jan. 6, 2006.
Bulgarian men jump into icy water as they compete to retrieve a cross in the middle of Druzhba Lake in Sofia on Epiphany, Friday, Jan. 6, 2006. It is believed that the person who retrieves the cross, which is thrown into the water by an Eastern Orthodox priest, will be healthy throughout the New Year.
Muslim pilgrims pray at Jabal Al Rahma holy mountain, the mountain of forgiveness, in Arafat outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia early Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. More than two million Muslim pilgrims raised their hands to heaven and chanted in unison as they hiked through a desert valley Sunday to a tent city on the outskirts of Mecca in preparation for the annual hajj.
An Israeli farmer continues with his plowing as Israeli Army mobile artillery pieces are deployed with orders to open fire against Palestinian militants in nearby Gaza on Jan. 4, 2006 in southern Israel. The artillery is being used to enforce a buffer zone in the northern Gaza Strip in an attempt to prevent Palestinians from launching Qassam rockets at Israeli targets.
Two attendees look at a display of Aquos flat screen televisions on the opening day of the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 5, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. "CES" is the year's biggest gadget show.
A flock of sheep graze as an evening mist descends over the Cheshire countryside on Jan. 3, 2006, in Great Budworth, England. The United Kingdom's farming union is calling on its members to ensure that paperwork for identifying livestock is up to date.