An Iraqi refugee girl waits in line with her mother to get their share of aid distributed by Shiite cleric Moqtatda al-Sadr's office in Baghdad's impoverished district of Sadr City, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007.
Winds Wallop New Orleans
Win Messersmith talks on the phone as he surveys the damage to a home in the Carrollton area of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. High winds and a possible tornado struck the area killing an elderly woman, injuring at least 15 other people, and damaging dozens of business and homes in a region still trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Lebanon Bombs
An injured woman sits inside a damaged bus, waiting to get help from medics, in the village of Ein Alaq, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. Bombs packed with metal pellets tore through two commuter buses in a mainly Christian area on Tuesday, a day before the second anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination. At least three people were killed and 20 wounded in the attacks.
Storm Lumbers East
Marty Malloy grimaces as he clears the snow off sidewalks Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, in Columbus, Ohio. A winter storm that could dump up to a foot of snow on parts of Ohio arrived Tuesday in time to coat roads for the morning rush hour and force numerous school districts to cancel classes. The storm is also expected to drop significant snowfall on much of the Northeast.
Nuke Talks Breakthrough
From left, Japan's Kenichiro Sasae, South Korea 's Chun Yung-woo, North Korea's Kim Kye Gwan, China's Wu Dawei, Christopher Hill of the U.S. and Russia's Alexander Losyukov, hold hands before the closing ceremony of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, in Beijing. North Korea agreed to shut down its main nuclear reactor and eventually dismantle its atomic weapons program.
The Old Ball And Leash?
Dogs attend their wedding ceremony on the eve of Valentines Day at a shopping mall in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. The shopping mall held a mass wedding ceremony for pets combining Chinese and Western traditions. The dogs walked down a red carpet and made an "oath" of marriage by stamping paw prints on a wedding certificate.
Jab And Move
Former IBF light heavyweight champion Henry Maske practices during a training session in Frankfurt a. d. Oder, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. Maske is preparing for a fight against U.S. boxer Virgil Hill on March 31, 2007 in Munich.
Pointed Exchange
A police officer aims a machine gun at a woman as people protest near body of person killed during a shootout involving police and suspected drug traffickers at the Complexo de Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. The violence comes just before the city's Carnival celebrations next Feb 18 and Feb 19. Rio is one of the most violent cities in the world with an annual homicide rate of about 50 per 100,000.