An Indian thread maker prepares colored threads for flying kites in Jammu, India, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. The demand for these threads goes up in August when people in northern India fly kites and peaks during Independence Day, which falls on Aug. 15.
President Barack Obama walks towards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, before traveling to Atlanta.
Paratroopers march celebrating Russian Paratroopers' Day at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, with the St. Basil Cathedral, left, and Spasskaya Tower, right, at the background. Russian Paratroopers' Forces celebrated the 80th anniversary of their creation.
People carry their belongings as heavy flood destroy their homes in Nowshera, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. The government has deployed thousands of soldiers and civilian rescue workers to save an estimated 28,000 people trapped by the flood waters, distribute food and collect the bodies of the victims.
Palestinian youths cool off from the heat in a swimming pool near the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010.
Bears eat watermelons at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Israel on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010.
A three strand set of simulated pearls formerly owned by Jackie Kennedy Onassis are seen at Bonhams auction house in London, Monday, Aug., 2, 2010. The necklace, worn by Jackie Kennedy in the early 1960s, is estimated at 25-30,000 pounds ($ 39,300-47,200) and will be auctioned on Aug. 15.