A Kenyan man sits in the cab of a destroyed truck used as a makeshift roadblock while a tire burns on the roof, as he and others enforce the roadblock in Kisumu, Kenya, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008.
The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade burns after masked attackers broke into the building and set an office on fire at the end of a massive protest against Western-backed Kosovo independence, in the Serbian capital, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. More than 150,000 Serbs gathered at the rally vowing to retake the territory which is Serbia's religious and national heartland.
Tibetan demonstrators participate in a peace march in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 19, 2008.
A children's play area covered by ashes from the erupting of the Chaiten volcano is seen in Futaleufu, Chile, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The eruption at the Chaiten volcano scattered ash across a wide swath of South America, closing regional airports and driving more than 7,000 people from their homes.
A small temple is seen submerged in a flooded rice field near a house destroyed by a devastating cyclone near Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Cyclone Nargis caused catastrophic destruction and at least 146,000 deaths, with thousands more people still missing.
A man is trapped in the debris in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, about 100 miles northeast of the epicenter of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake killed at least 69,000.
An Iraqi woman holds onto a truck while waiting for food supplies to be distributed by Iraqi soldiers to the residents of the Shiite enclave of Sadr city in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 8, 2008.
A sign below an old election poster of withdrawn candidate Morgan Tsvangirai points the way to a polling station in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Friday, June, 27, 2008. Tsvangirai withdrew from a run-off election, describing it as a "violent sham" and saying that his supporters risked being killed if they voted for him. The vote went ahead as planned with Robert Mugabe winning and being sworn in for another term as President.
Young Chinese boys train during gymnastics training at a sports training center in Beijing, China, Monday, July 28, 2008. The training center coaches children from the age of five. The facility, of which there are hundreds across the country, often help identify talented children who can be selected for sports schools where they receive an education, and sports training aimed at turning them into world class athletes.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic stands in the courtroom, where he refused to enter a plea, during his initial appearance at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, July 31, 2008. Karadzic appeared to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Prosecutors allege he masterminded atrocities, including the Srebrenica massacre and siege of Sarajevo, during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.
South Ossetia residents look out from the window of a vehicle as they are evacuated from the breakaway Georgian province, on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Russia sent columns of tanks and bombed Georgian air bases after Georgia launched a major military offensive to retake South Ossetia, the capital of Tskhinvali was devastated.
A Pakistani merchant listens to the address of President Pervez Musharraf at an electronics shop in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Musharraf said he decided to resign to avoid an impeachment battle that would harm the nation's interest. His exit will end a presidency both aided and hobbled by U.S. support.
A security guard helps a foreign guest out of the building after bomb explosion at a hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan Saturday, Sept 20, 2008. A huge explosion ripped through part of the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, killing at least 50 people and wounding hundreds more.
A police officer stands in front of a school building in Kauhajoki, Finland, the scene of a shooting Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. A gunman opened fire at students at a vocational school for adults in western Finland, killing 10 people before shooting himself, authorities said. The shootings began just before 11 a.m. local time with about 150 students at the school.
A child runs past a U.N. helicopter that landed near a makeshift displaced persons camp outside the MONUC base in Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. More than 250,000 people were displaced by violence, triggering a major humanitarian crisis belying the volcanic region's natural beauty.
A candle is placed outside the Taj Mahal hotel to pay homage to victims of the terror attacks in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. At least 173 people were killed and at least 308 were injured in the attacks.
Men with their hands tied behind their backs lie dead in a field near the town of San Ignacio in the pacific state of Sinaloa, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Police found 13 bullet-ridden men who had been executed near the resort city of Mazatlan. Mexico saw a spike in violence between drug cartels and police in 2008.
An Iraqi man throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad. The man, a journalist, threw two shoes at Mr. Bush, one after another, during the news conference. Mr. Bush ducked both throws.
Rioting youth stands by a burning barricade in the center of Athens as riots went on for a third day in the Greek capital on Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Gangs of youths smashed their way through central Athens and Thessaloniki, torching stores and buildings after the fatal police shooting of a teenager in the worst rioting Greece has seen in decades.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Deryk Simmons, 27, from Huntsville, Ala., of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, patrols with Iraqi police on the outskirts of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008.