AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia
Pope Benedict XVI caresses a child as he arrives in the Paul VI Hall for his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006.
Serial Killer Fears
AP Photo/Terry Bradford, pool
An investigator stands in the undergrowth on a path near crime scene where the bodies of two women were found murdered beside a road near the village of Levington, England, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. Police warned prostitutes to stay off the streets for their own safety. Five bodies have been discovered in the past 11 days, prompting comparisons to London's infamous killer "Jack the Ripper."
Flying Low
AP Photo/Dark Vojinovic
A U. S. military Apache helicopter flies over the 14th of Ramadan mosque in central Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006, after a car bomb exploded near a crowded bus stop in eastern Baghdad during morning rush hour, killing 11 people and wounding 27 in a mostly Shiite area.
On The Button
AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa
China's Hu Qing takes a punch to the nose during his bout against Mongolia's Munkh Erdene Uranchimeg in the Lightweight boxing category at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar Wednesday Dec. 13, 2006.
'Him' Cycle
AP Photo/Anupam Nath
Indian dhobis wash clothes in the river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. Dhobis are traditional laundry people who wash clothes by hand, and dry them in the sun, an occupation which has been in existence for generations.
Radioactive?
ROLAND MAGUNIA/AFP/Getty
Men in protective clothing examine each other for radioactive contamination after securing evidence Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006 in Haselau, Germany, where the mother of Dmitry Kovtun's ex-wife lives. Kovtun, a contact of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, is being investigated to determine if he brought polonium 210 into Germany in October when he passed through on his way from Moscow to London.
Massacre Memorial
China Photos/Getty Images
A wall engraved with victim names is seen, during a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of Nanjing Massacre on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. During World War II, Nanjing fell to invading Japanese troops who launched a ruthless massacre, known as the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were killed.
Snowy Search
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
Members of the National Guard 304th Rescue Squadron set out from Cooper Spur Ski Area during their search of Mount Hood, Oregon, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. Rescue teams headed up the flanks of treacherous Mount Hood on Wednesday to search for three climbers reported missing in heavy snow.
It Won't Be Long
GETTY IMAGES/Mario Tama
Workers unload the giant '7' completing the "2-0-0-7" sign for the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006 in New York. Thousands of revelers will pack Times Square for the annual ball drop celebration Dec. 31.
Consoling While Scolding
FARZANA WAHIDY/AFP/Getty Images
Afghan President Hamid Karzai hugs a crying Afghan boy during a visit to a school in Kandahar, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. Karzai accused the Pakistani government of trying to turn his countrymen into "slaves" in his strongest words yet blaming Islamabad for a wave of violence in Afghanistan.
