A wildfire burns in the mountains above Avalon, Calif. on Catalina Island, Friday, May 11, 2007. Firefighters struggled early Friday to protect the resort island's main city from a wildfire that forced hundreds of residents to flee on ferries as ash rained down like snow.
Holy Sun Block
A woman holds a photograph of Pope Benedict XVI to shade the sun while she waits for the holy Mass and Canonization of devout Friar Galvao, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at Campo de Marte, Friday, May 11, 2007, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Nose-To-Nose
A Palestinian peace activist raises his fist to an Israeli soldier as he and other Israeli and foreign activists protest against the building of the controversial Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank village of Umm Salamuna south of Bethlehem Friday, May 11, 2007. Israel says the barrier is necessary to protect it self from Palestinian militants. The Palestinians call it a land grab.
Prime Moniker
An ethnic Albanian boy named after the British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Tonibler Dajaku, waves in the village of Rakitnica in central Kosovo on Friday, May 11, 2007. Crediting him with stopping the brutal Serb forces' crackdown on independence-seeking ethnic Albanians, the Dajaku family named their youngest son born shortly following the war, after Blair.
Having A Ball
Polar bear Knut sits behind a "boomer ball" he was given by the Canadian embassy to Germany, Friday, May 11, 2007, at the zoo in Berlin. Many fans of Knut, who has become a global sensation after surviving rejection by his mother, consider the little bear as an ambassador for climate protection.
Horsing Around
A handler and his horse wait to compete during the Windsor Horse Show on Friday, May 11, 2007, in Windsor, England.
Eye On The Ball
A Kashmiri boy balances a ball on his head during a soccer training session at a local field in Srinagar, India, Friday, May 11, 2007. Brazilian soccer star Juan Marcos Trio is conducting a weeklong coaching camp for footballers in the Kashmir valley.
Graduation Day
Virginia Tech students gather for photos before the start of commencement exercises on the Virginia Tech campus Friday, May 11, 2007, in Blacksburg, Va. Less than a month after a student went on a murderous rampage, killing 32 students and faculty, about 4,000 students were to be honored during commencement at the school's football stadium.
Smoke Screen
Smoke from a nearby wildfire shrouds a section of Interstate 75 access, Friday May 11, 2007, in Lake City, Fla. Firefighters battled wildfire as gusty winds spread the fast-moving blaze into northern Florida The haze from several fires had traveled more than 300 miles to worsen air quality in the Miami area.