Photos Of The Day

On The Fire Line — AP/Atlanta Journal Constitution

Chuck Waldsmith, a captain with the Fulton County Fire Department, walks the fire line, watching neighboring buildings, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. A fire at a carpet warehouse sent a huge plume of dark smoke over Atlanta, but fortunately no injuries had been reported.

In Deep

Residents wade through a flooded street in Trinidad, northern Bolivia, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. A rainy season aggravated by La Nina, a periodic cooling of waters in the Pacific Ocean, has hit hard all across the country.

Baghdad Blast

A wounded man stands at the scene of car bombing in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Twin car bombs targeted a meeting of U.S.-allied Sunni tribal leaders near the compound of one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite politicians, killing at least 14 people and wounding 45, a military spokesman said.

Election Anxiety

A Pakistani vendor waits for customers at his vegetable stall at a market in downtown Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan's parliamentary elections were postponed after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007. Across Pakistan, the fear of violence runs high as the country prepares to head to the polls on Feb. 18.

Apology To Aborigines

Candles spell out "Sorry, The First Step" on the Federation lawn in front of Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Many Aborigines have high hopes that new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will usher in a new era of race relations when he apologizes this week to thousands of Aborigines who were taken from their families as children under now discredited policies.

Dog Show

Pogo, a 4-year old Parson Russell terrier from Azle, Texas, stands atop his crate in the backstage area during the 132nd Westminster Kennnel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 in New York.

X Men

Hungarian riot police stand guard outside the Parliament building, as protestors demonstrate against major reforms in the country's health sector, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. The government-controlled majority in Hungary's parliament approved a bill Monday introducing major reforms in the country's health sector, as several hundred people gathered outside parliament to protest the changes.

Bottoms Up

An Iraqi girl drinks milk from a bottle as U.S. Army soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment take up a position in a living room during a house search in the Azamiyah neighborhood in north Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008.