Photos Of The Day

Falconer Naseer Khan cools a 3-year-old Shaheen falcon named Nayef on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, at Al-Areen Wildlife Park in Sakhir, Bahrain, where temperatures hit 106 degrees. Without the frequent cool showers, which the falcons clearly enjoy, Khan says their feathers will fall off in the Gulf island nation's summer heat.

On The Move

A nomad baby crawls in a tent in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, July 10, 2007. There are several tribes of nomads who travel around Afghanistan in search of warm places where they can find enough food for their animals. These people live under tents and have dogs to protect their herds.

Beachcomber

A German medical official wearing protective clothing searches for dead wild birds along the storage lake Kelbra, eastern Germany, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Black-necked grebes found dead in Kelbra last week were confirmed to have been infected with the H5N1 strain of aviation influenza. H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed in a series of wild birds in Germany in the past three weeks.

Cool Down

A child enjoys a shower of water at a swimming pool in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Summer temperatures in the Chinese capital routinely soar to the high 80s, driving many to seek ways of cooling off.

Rebuilding Beirut

A Lebanese woman sits inside her destroyed apartment at Hezbollah's security perimeter in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Whether it be with mothers who lost their sons in combat or other Shiites whose homes were destroyed in Israel's blitz of Beirut a year ago, Hezbollah is still riding high on its home turf. The militia has helped find them work and a new homes.

Border Blues

A boy sticks his head through a fence as Hamas police stand guard while Palestinians hold a protest rally calling for the reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in front of the gate of the crossing Tuesday, July 10, 2007, in Rafah, Gaza Strip. At least 6,000 Palestinians, including women, children and students, have been stuck at the Egyptian side of the border for more than three weeks.

Mosque Siege

An unidentified injured man, who was inside Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) arrives at a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Troops stormed the mosque compound, prompting a fierce battle with militants accused of holding about 150 hostages inside, official said. At least 50 militants and eight soldiers died in the assault.

Fla. Plane Crash

A propeller rests in a yard at the scene of a plane crash in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, July 10, 2007. The small plane crashed into a neighborhood while trying to make an emergency landing, killing five people and starting two house fires that seriously burned three other people.

Stuck In The Mud

Jodi Reed of Westland, Michigan plays with her three-year old daughter Victoria in a giant lake of mud during Mud Day at Nankin Park Tuesday, July 10, 2007, in Westland, Mich. The annual Mud Day event consists of 200 tons of topsoil combined with 20,000 gallons of water and is sponsored by the Wayne County parks and recreation department.