Georgian women pray in church in Tbilisi, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Georgian Health Minister Alexander Kvitashvili said Wednesday that 175 Georgians had died in five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins. He said many died Tuesday in a Russian bombing raid of Gori just hours before Russia's president said fighting had been halted.
Blue Note
A man carries his bicycle down the stairs at a regional transit station in Hanover, northern Germany, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Much of the building is made of blue glass bricks, which flood the various passageways in aqua-blue light.
Stark Contrast
An Afghan street vendor waits for customers to buy his posters of various Bollywood movie stars as an Afghan woman in a burka passes by, in Kabul. Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 13, 2008.
Through The Cracks
A tourist takes a photo through a gap of two concrete plates of the former Berlin Wall at the wall memorial on Bernauer Street in Berlin Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, prior to the 47th anniversary remembrance celebration of the construction of the wall.
Strange Penfellows
Three-month-old tiger cub Zoya, left, rejected by her mother, plays with Alsatian puppy Frida. Also 3 months old, in a special enclosure at the Warsaw zoo, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. The dog owned by a zoo employee was introduced to the tiger so that she could have a companion for the next few months.
Saturn Satellite
A close-up of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The Cairo Sulcus crosses the upper left portion of the image. An unnamed fracture curves around the lower right corner. The Cassini spacecraft began sending data to Earth Monday Aug. 11, 2008, following a very close flyby of Enceladus. During the closest approach, Cassini successfully passed only 30 miles from the surface of the tiny moon.
Neon Night
Neon lights and a long exposure create a swirl of color as El Nino and other rides entertain fairgoers at the Lane County Fair in Eugene, Ore. at sunset Tuesday Aug. 12, 2008.
Rowing The Day Away
An oarsman carries his boat ashore at sunset on Lake Chiemsee near Seebruck, southern Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.