A motorcycle policeman burns as his colleague, left, tries to help him after protesters threw a petrol bomb in Athens, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Scores of youths hurled rocks and petrol bombs at riot police after clashes broke out Wednesday during a mass rally taking place as part of a general strike.
An unidentified Bahraini woman wears a button on her veil reading "We all will sacrifice for our country" on a national flag, during an anti-government protest rally, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, in Manama, Bahrain.
Murray and Kelly James look at their destroyed house in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Tuesday's 6.3-magnitude earthquake collapsed buildings, caused extensive other damage and killed dozens of people in the city.
Fifteen-year-old Kent Manning, left, and his sister Libby, 18, react with their father, who asked not to be identified, after they were told by police that there was no hope of finding Kent and Libby's mother alive in a collapsed building following a 6.3-magnitude earthquake Tuesday, in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.
The Timeball Station is seen to be badly damaged, a day after the 6.3-magnitude earthquake in the township of Lyttelton near Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.
Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel, center, greets commuters at a train station, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, in Chicago.
Workers from American Turf and Carpet roll out the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre, in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.
Residents gather near the courthouse, as a flag of Libya's monarchy prior to Moammar Gadhafi's reign flies above, in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi clamped down in Tripoli Wednesday, but cracks in his regime spread elsewhere across the nation, as the protest-fueled rebellion controlling much of eastern Libya claimed new gains closer to the capital.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, seen lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, just outside the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The Defenders of the Fatherland Day, celebrated in Russia on Feb. 23, honors the nation's military and is a nationwide holiday.
Muddy shoes of a Afghan boy from a poor neighborhood are seen as he stands outside his home as it rains in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb, 23, 2011.
Finland's Matti Hautamaeki soars through the air during the men's training at the Ski World Championships in Oslo, Norway, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011.
Somali government soldiers take positions during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu's Daynile neighborhood, Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011. The fighting erupted after Somali forces advanced into the Islamist controlled barracks in the area.