A Mexican army paratrooper prepares to land in the main Zocalo plaza during the traditional Independence Day military parade as part of the bicentennial of the independence celebrations in Mexico City, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010.
Pope Benedict XVI, right, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, inspect an honor guard of members of the Royal Company of Archers and members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland Band as the Pope arrives at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United Kingdom on Thursday for a four-day visit, a controversial yet historic state trip that has been overshadowed by the sex abuse scandals which have shaken confidence in the Roman Catholic Church.
A young person impersonates the Pope, and shakes hands with well wishers lining the street in Edinburgh, Scotland, during a State visit by Pope Benedict XVI , the first ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. Pope Benedict XVI, beginning a controversial state visit to Britain, acknowledged Thursday that the Catholic Church failed to act decisively or quickly enough to deal with priests who rape and molest children.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, speaks with Romania's President Traian Basescu during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A summit of government leaders seeking to mold a united European Union front on the global stage opened in disarray over France's expulsion of Gypsies and comparisons with World War II deportations.
U.S Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves to journalists after her meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. After two days of inconclusive Mideast peace negotiations, Clinton traveled Thursday to the Palestinian Authority's headquarters in the West Bank to confer with President Mahmoud Abbas.
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard during curfew in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept.16, 2010. Violent civil unrest against New Delhi's rule in Kashmir has roiled the disputed Himalayan region for the past three months killing several people.
Menachem Mendel Taub, a prominent Hasidic rabbi, right, participates in Tashlich, a ritual for casting sins upon the water, at the botanic gardens in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Tashlich, which means 'to cast away' in Hebrew, is the practice by which Jews go to a large flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins by throwing a piece of bread, or similar food, into the water before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which start on Friday.
Students from Cambridge Central School hold flags after a hearse with the casket of 22-year-old Cpl. Philip Charte passed following a funeral in Cambridge, N.Y., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Charte was killed on Sept. 7 while conducting a combat mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Burial will take place in New Hampshire.
Ballot materials are carried by men and donkeys to polling stations in Dara, Panjshir province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 16,May. 2010. Afghanistan will go to parliamentary elections on Sept. 18.
A man prepares to immerse an idol of elephant headed Hindu god Ganesh in the Sabarmati river in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Every year millions of devout Hindus immerse idols of god Ganesh into oceans and rivers in the 10-day long festival that celebrates the birth of the Hindu god.
Lobstermen ride a skiff out to a moored boat as they start their workday at sunrise, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in South Freeport, Maine.
Roy Morejon wipes dew off the windshield of his lobster boat at sunrise, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in South Freeport, Maine.