The pack rides during the 19th stage of the Spanish Vuelta cycling race over 231.2 kilometers (143.6 miles) from the start in Piedrahita to the finish in Toledo, Spain, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010.
Pope Benedict XVI presides over a Celebration of Catholic Education at St Mary's University College, in London, on Friday Sept.17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on the second day of a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain.
A giant Chilean flag waves as a group of Chilean Air Force's planes fly above La Moneda government palace during the bicentennial celebrations in Santiago, Chile, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Chile celebrates 200 years of independence on Sept. 18.
125 cc rider Nicolas Terol from Spain speeds on his Aprilia during a practice for Sunday's Aragon Motorcycle Grand at the Motorland racetrack in Alcaniz, Spain Friday, Sept. 17, 2010.
Building inspectors survey damage to homes that lost roofs during a fierce storm, along Quincy Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. The National Weather Service is investigating whether a tornado touched down Thursday evening during the storm.
France's Gael Monfils dives to return the ball to Argentina's David Nalbandian during their Davis Cup semifinal match, in Lyon, central France, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010.
Workers do maintenance work on the Capitol Hill dome in Washington, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010.
An Afghan man pushes his cart containing packed ice cream walks under an election posters of Afghan parliamentarian candidates pasted on a demolished building in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will go to parliamentary election on Sept. 18 as the Taliban have warned of countrywide attacks on Saturday targeting voters and election workers.
Bavarian mountain riflemen stand during the opening ceremony of the "Historical Wiesn' in Munich, southern Germany, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. People from around the world are expected to the biggest and most famous beer festival Oktoberfest which runs from Sept. 18 until Oct. 4 and marks its 200th anniversary this year.
The mother, left, of Kashmiri Yasir Rafiq, a relative of senior separatist leader Yasin Malik, is comforted during the funeral if her son in Srinagar, India, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Rafiq was injured when he was allegedly shot while playing a board game in the street during curfew last month. He succumbed to his injuries in a New Delhi hospital yesterday.
A man searches for reusable items as an idol of elephant headed Hindu god Ganesh peeks above the waters of the Sabarmati river along with flowers and prayer material floating in the river in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, Sept. 17, 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.