A woman struggles against strong wind in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007 as a winter storm hit the city. Sleet stung the faces of pedestrians and snow and ice covered windshields and streets as a blizzard roared out of the Midwest and shut down parts of the Northeast.
Commemorative Stamp
A pro-government supporter wears a sticker of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on her cheek, as tens of thousands of Lebanese packed into Martyr's square in downtown Beirut to mark the second anniversary of Hariri's assassination Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. The government deployed hundreds of troops to deter violence and hoped a large turnout would strengthen its position against the Hezbollah-led opposition.
Settlement Clash
A Palestinian from Arab al-Hazaleen (south Hebron) fights Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, with Israeli border police as an army bulldozer demolishes Beduin mud houses beside the Israeli settlement of Karmel. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has raised the possibility of renewing Palestinian peace talks in the run-up to an Israeli-Palestinian-U.S. summit and the creation of a new Palestinian government.
Valentine's Day Kiss
A couple kiss during a kissing contest for Valentine's Day in Chengdu, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. Valentine's Day is getting more popular among Chinese young people, but this year the proximity of Valentine's Day to the Chinese calendar's Lunar New Year on February 18 means people are saving their cash to bring in the "Year of the Pig" with their families.
Korea Cool Down
South Korean Marines hurl snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. The two Koreas will meet Thursday to discuss resuming stalled high-level talks, officials said, in a sign of warmer relations after North Korea agreed to halt its nuclear programs in exchange for aid and improved relations with regional powers.
Tanked!
Whale sharks swim past the world's largest acrylic panel viewing window, which measures 26.9 feet by 73.8 feet, at the Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, southern Japan, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007.
Glimpse At The Future?
A Virgin Galactic employee sits in a conceptual cabin of the world's first vehicle for space tourism at the Science Museum in London, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007. The 28-foot-long mock-up gives a taste of a unique vehicle which combines the technology of an airplane with a rocket. The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo went on display for the first time Wednesday and potentially could take tourists into space by as early as 2009.
He's Got Heart
Mitchell Blakey, a 10-month-old heart transplant recipient, plays with his mother, Dr. Marnie Baker, left, and father, David, inside the cardiothoracic intensive care unit at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, eight days after successful heart transplant surgery. Young Blakey suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy and had been waiting for a donor heart since November 2006.
Taking Pause
President Bush pauses during a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007.