A young girl who fled with her family from nearby Maimbung holds her milk bottle beside a policeman at an evacuation center in a government school in Parang, on the restive southern Philippine island of Jolo Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. The military launched a new offensive against Muslim militants after 40 soldiers were killed in recent clashes and nearly 20,000 civilians fled their homes on Jolo and nearby Basilan island.
Baghdad Search
Staff Sgt. Brandon Goodman from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division looks on during a search operation in the Amariyah neighborhood of west Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007.
Prisoner Protest
A veiled Palestinian woman during a weekly protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, outside the International Red Cross building in Gaza City, Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. Israel holds about 9,200 Palestinian prisoners, most of whom were arrested during the past seven years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
End Of The Rove
President Bush, left, puts his arm around Karl Rove as they appear before reporters during a news conference announcing Rove's resignation, Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
Set Free
Two female South Korean hostages are seen after they were released by the Taliban in Ghazni province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007.
Bumpy Ride
Cyclist Rigoberto Uran from Colombia, of Team Unibet.Com, lies injured beside the route of the Germany Cycling 'Deutschland Tour 2007' near Fischen, southern Germany, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, after crashing.
Sky Lights
This long exposure photo taken near Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, shows the stars in the sky influenced by the earth's rotation. Hundreds of Cypriots gathered at Xyliatos dam outside Nicosia at midnight to witness the meteor shower known as the Perseids -- so named because it appears to radiate from the constellation Perseus. The meteor shower is expected to peak later this week.
Mine Vigil
Robert Murray, right, founder and chairman of Murray Energy Corp., covers his face as Richard Strickler, Assistant Secretary of the Dept. of Labor and director of Mine Safety & Health Administration, listens to a question during a news conference on the rescue efforts for six trapped coal miners at the entrance to the Crandall Canyon Mine on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, northwest Huntington, Utah.
Splashing Around
A boy gets a cool splash from a water fountain as he is swung by his mother at a park in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 13, 2007. Temperatures in Tokyo easily peaked in the 80s over the past several days.