Russian President Dmitry Medvedev bites a watermelon while visiting a farm outside Saratov, about 700 kilometers (450 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
Israelis shop for a television set as the ceremony opening the Israeli Palestinian direct talks in Washington is broadcast at an electronic appliances shop in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. After a day and evening in White House talks with President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sit down together Thursday for the first of what American officials hope will be a series of meetings that lead in a year's time to an agreement on the creation of a Palestinian state.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington.
Oakland Athletics' Kurt Suzuki is hit by a pitch from New York Yankees' Jonathan Albaladejo during the ninth inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in New York. The Yankees won 5-0.
Canada's Ashley Barson crashes during women's U23 cross country race event at the Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships at Mont-Sainte-Anne, in Beaupre, Quebec, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
A man carries a frame with newspaper clippings showing the excavation of some of Spain's mass civil war graves during a demonstration in Madrid, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. People and associations continue to search for the bodies of thousands of people believed to have been killed by supporters of dictator Francisco Franco during Spain's 1936-1939 civil war and dumped in unmarked graves.
Patty Schnyder of Switzerland cools off with an ice bag and a drink between sets as she plays Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
U.S. Marines in the background provide security as a Marine and a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow flight medic, right, rush a Marine wounded in an explosive attack across a field to a medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan.
An Indian worker's child plays with vermicelli hung out to dry in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Vermicelli is used for preparation of a traditional sweet dish prepared by Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan.
Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued.
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, seen on a video screen, delivers his state of the nation address to Congress in Mexico City, ThursdaY Sept. 2, 2010. Calderon said Mexico has made gains in security and is enjoying its strongest economic growth in a dozen years.
Clouds from the advancing rainbands of Hurricane Earl shroud the sun over the pier in Surf City, N.C. on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.