A firefighter walks near the scene of a forest fire in El Tanque on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain, Wednesday, August 1, 2007. Some 11,000 people were evacuated in the Canary Islands Tuesday as firefighters worked to extinguish forest fires in two of the archipelago's popular tourist islands.
Baghdad Blast
Firemen extinguish a fuel tanker that exploded near a gas station in the primarily Sunni Mansour neighborhood of western Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 50 people and wounding 60, on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. Police said the explosion was the work of a suicide attacker.
Army Anniversary
Chinese military officers, sporting new uniforms, attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Wednesday, August 1, 2007, in Beijing, China. The PLA is the world's largest standing army with 2.3 million members.
Open Wide
A hippopotamus yawns as he lies in his enclosure at the zoo in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007.
Sleepy Scouts
Tired scouts doze off as they attend the sunrise ceremony to begin the centenary World Scout Jamboree on Wednesday, August 1, 2007, in Chelmsford, England. The United Kingdom's scouting movement, started by Robert Baden-Powell with his first Scout camp on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour in 1907, is now the largest co-educational youth movement in the U.K., with over 400,000 young members and 100,000 adult volunteers.
Which Came First?
A chicken eyes its egg in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007.
Fountain Fun
Children play in front of a fountain in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. It was sunny and warm with temperatures climbing to 80 degrees in much of the country. After a cool, wet July, Germans are hoping for a return to more summer-like conditions in August.
Rumsfeld Returns
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, in Washington. Congress is looking into the friendly-fire killing of American football star Pat Tillman in Afghanistan. The Army first said Tillman had died a hero's death while fighting Taliban insurgents. Later they admitted that he had been killed in a 'friendly fire' incident.
Wading Weather
A woman wades through floodwaters carrying her child, as others travel on a boat to safer areas at Madanabori, east of Gauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. The army has sent troops to India's remote northeast where monsoon-triggered floods have killed 11 people, displaced more than four million others and caused dozens of rare rhinos to flee for higher ground.
Drum Minor
A young boy attends a rehearsal for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Redford Barracks on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Tattoo is in its 58th season and this year features performers from the Far East, New Zealand and South Africa.