Day in Pictures

This photo shows an aerial view of Hihifo, on the western side of Tonga, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. A powerful quake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people back out to sea while leaving scores dead and dozens missing.

On the (Olympic) Campaign Trail

First lady Michelle Obama exits her plane as she arrives at Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Michelle Obama has joined the Chicago 2016 bid team, who are competing with Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro, for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday, Oct. 2, in Copenhagen.

Storm Aftermath

A boy carries a folding table as he walks through mud at a storm ravaged village in Rodriguez, Rizal province, Philippines, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Flood victims trudged through ankle-deep sludge to crowded relief centers in the Philippines as the death toll rose from water that inundated the homes of nearly 2 million people.

Lighting the Way

The hands of a visually impaired girl, prepare earthen lamps ahead of Diwali, the festival of lights, in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. Diwali will be celebrated on Oct. 17.

Clouds Roll On

Blue sky is seen over a beach in Danang's Thanh Khe district in Vietnam, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. One of the most destructive storms in years extended its deadly path across Southeast Asia, blowing down wooden villages in Cambodia and crushing Vietnamese houses under mudslides after submerging much of the Philippine capital.

Squeaky Clean

A window washer cleans the windows outside the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.

What's in a Name?

A one-month-old baby gorilla is held by his mother Ngozi at the Toronto Zoo on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. The zoo is holding an online competition to name the baby western lowland gorilla.

Lunchtime!

A 12-day-old white lion cub feeds in the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. The white lion cubs, an extremely rare subspecies of the African lion, is one of two born in Belgrade Zoo. White lions are unique to the Timbavati area of South Africa and are not albinos but a genetic rarity.