An image of Florencio Avalos, one of the 33 miners trapped in the San Jose collapsed mine, is seen on a TV set near the mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and record the miners with a camera.
Police vehicles drive through striking civil servants during a protest in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Thousands of civil servants took to the streets across South Africa in a peaceful mass demonstration for higher wages, while police management tried to bar officers from joining the protests.
In this photo released by the New York Racing Association, Sermon of Love, right, ridden by Brian Crowley clears a fence on the way to winning the The New York Turf Writers Cup steeplechase horse race at Saratoga Race Course on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Taxi driver Ahmed Sharif shows where he was wounded on the neck and arm during a media conference on the steps of City Hall in New York, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Michael Enright, who once volunteered with a group that promotes interfaith tolerance, was charged Wednesday with using a folding knife to slash the neck, face, forearms and one hand of Sharif after he said he was Muslim.
A Pakistani child washes under a water pump at a temporary camp for families displaced by flooding, in Sukkar, Sindh province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.
Pakistani villagers stand on the remains of an embankment washed away by heavy flooding in Thatta near Hyderabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The Taliban hinted Thursday they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history, saying their presence was "unacceptable." The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats.
BP senior vice president Kent Wells rubs his eyes while testifying during the Deepwater Horizon joint investigation hearings by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Management, Regulation and Enforcement Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, in Houston.
A Palestinian worker walks past a window on a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Givat Zeev, near Jerusalem, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. A 10-month slowdown in West Bank settlement construction by Israel is set to expire at the end of September, and the government is divided over whether to extend it. The Palestinians have warned they will pull out of the new round of negotiations if building is resumed.
Cast member Danny Trejo arrives at the premiere of "Machete" in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010.
A view of the Wusong Hotel where North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is reported to be staying in Jilin, northeastern China's Jilin province on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Kim is traveling to China, South Korea's presidential office said Thursday, in what would be his second trip there this year.