A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, offers prayers to the sun after a dip in the Ganges River in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Allahabad, on the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswath River is one of Hinduism's important centers.
Time For A Bath
One of three new Amur tiger cubs, as yet unnamed, receives some attention from its mother at Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. There are an estimated 500 Amur tigers left in the wild, confined to the Amur River valley in far-east Russia. The cubs have been added to the European Breeding Program, created to guard against extinction.
Staying Dry
Cambodian Buddhist monks walk across a flooded road as they head to school on a rainy day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
Priest, Prayers And Prophet
A Kashmiri Muslim woman raises her hands as a head priest, unseen, displays a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad during special prayers on the death anniversary of Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first Caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
Taking Note
Children take notes during a lesson in a makeshift school on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The Day of the African Child is celebrated all over the African continent on Tuesday in memory of the Soweto uprising, which honors the deaths of hundreds of Soweto school children in South Africa in 1976.
Up In Smoke
Firemen spread water during a fire in a slum of Buenos Aires on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. According to local media, the fire, which began early Tuesday, left about 200 families homeless and two people were reported injured.
Keeping Watch
A State Trooper watches as Vijay Singh, right, of Fiji, walks down the first fairway during his practice round for the U.S. Open Golf Championship at Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y., Tuesday, June 16, 2009. The person in the middle is unidentified.
Grecian Sunset
A water-dropping aircraft flies over Saronic gulf during sunset at the southern Athens seaside suburb of Vouliagmeni, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Greek authorities say they are fighting several new wildfires near Athens but have nearly extinguished a large blaze that raged for 24 hours on the capital's outskirts, threatening homes.