The statue of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin is reflected in broken glass in Gori, northwest of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Russia ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks sent Georgia's army into headlong retreat and left towns and military bases destroyed.
Nose-To-Nose
Christian Peters, 10, rests his nose on the nose of his steer Rawhide as he gives Rawhide a bath at the Southwest Washington Fair Grounds in Chehalis, Wash., Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. The 99 year-old Southwest Washington Fair opened Tuesday and runs through Sunday, Aug. 17.
Rough Road
A Pakistani police officer looks down through a hole created by bomb explosion on an overpass in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. A roadside bomb hit a Pakistan air force truck in the northwestern city, killing 14 people as the military pounded insurgent positions in a nearby tribal region.
Air Locked
A stream of water flies over a fountain in downtown Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Temperatures in Tokyo have peaked in the upper 80s and low 90s in the past several days.
Pyrotechnic Pageant
Team Malaysia presents their fireworks display over the country's landmark Seri Saujana Bridge, during the Malaysia International Fireworks Competition 2008, being held in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.
Listening To The Lama
Buddhist monks listen to the Dalai Lama at the pagoda of Evry, in Evry, south of Paris, France, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. The Tibetan spiritual leader is spending most of the duration of the Beijing Olympics in France.
Deadly Crash
As a firefighter watches, a chaplain from the Mansfield Fire Department says a prayer by the wreckage of a smoldering small plane that crashed in the parking lot of Hannaford's Supermarket in Easton, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Preliminary reports indicated that three people were killed in the crash, which was carrying a patient to Boston for medical treatment.
Early Start
Patrick DeBow, left, has some words of advice for his son Morgan, 5, on his first day of school, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 at Lafayette Primary Center in South Bend, Indiana.
Big Baby
A two-month-old beluga whale calf briefly surfaces for air while swimming at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. The unnamed beluga, born in June at the aquarium, was reintroduced to her grandmother, Aurora, on Monday night after being separated so she could bond with her mother, Qila.
Eyeing Mistreatment
The eye of an elephant belonging to the Le Cirque circus is seen during an operation by the Brazilian Environmental Institute, IBAMA, in Brasilia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. IBAMA accused Le Cirque, one of the biggest circus' in Brazil, of mistreating its animals. Federal Police officers took away the circus' animals during the operation.