One of nature's helicopters, a large bumble bee, hovers around the flowers on the White House grounds in Washington, Thursday, June 12, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
River Runs Through It
The Cedar River overflows its banks, flooding downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, June 12, 2008. Officials estimated that 100 blocks in Cedar Rapids were under water, forcing the evacuation of nearly 4,000 homes and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets.
Kansas Town Clobbered
Residents look over tornado damage in Chapman, Kan., Thursday, June 12, 2008, after a violent storm cut a six-block path through the small Kansas town on Wednesday.
School Zone?
A young boy looks through a bullet hole in the window of a school in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, June 12, 2008.
Quake Zone, One Month Later
Chinese parents whose children were killed in the collapsed school buildings of Beichuan Middle School, mourn one month after the earthquake, near the debris of the school in Beichuan, in China's southwest Sichuan Province, Thursday, June 12, 2008. Those tasked with surveying the wreckage say the collapses point to poor design, a lack of steel reinforcement in the concrete and the use of substandard building materials.
Sandsational
Indian Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik waters his sculpture named "Global Warming," at the International Sand Sculpture Festival "Sandsation" in Berlin, Thursday, June 12, 2008. Together with his student Jitendra Kishore Jagadev, Pattnaik placed first at the USF (United Sand Festivals) World Doubles Championship.
Net Result
The ball hits the net behind Germany's Jens Lehmann after Croatia's Darijo Srna, unseen, scored the opening goal during the group B match between Croatia and Germany in Klagenfurt, Austria, Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships being held in Austria and Switzerland.
Panel Discussion
People tour a solar field of mirrors used direct the sun's rays for large scale solar thermal power plants at the Rotem Industrial Complex outside of the town of Dimona, southern Israel, Thursday June 12, 2008. Designers are using the Israeli solar array to test new technology for plants they plan to build in California for Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Hanging Out
A pair of young raccoons, one of them albino, lounge on a chain-linked fence near the Jasper Street Water Plant in Wichita Falls, Texas, Thursday, June 12, 2008.