A rainbow forms over the peaks of Grandfather Mountain after a storm passed through the area near Linville, N.C., Sunday afternoon, July 13, 2008.
Bastille Day
Military jets perform a flyover while displaying the French national colors during Bastille Day ceremonies in Paris, Monday July 14, 2008. Leaders from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and the head of the United Nations gathered in Paris for the Bastille Day military parade, one day after their Mediterranean Summit in the city.
Watchful Eye
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, July 14, 2008. Stocks turned mixed in early trading Monday as investors lost some of their initial enthusiasm over the government's plans to shore up confidence in mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Cuddly Cubs
Three rare white lion cubs, which will be raised by keepers using a bottle, are presented to the media at the Safaripark in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, western Germany, Monday, July 14, 2008. A total of seven white lion cubs were born at the park by two mothers on June 30, 2008. While three cubs are being raised by their mother 'Kibo,' the four other cubs were refused by their mother 'Mawensi.'
Getting Their Kicks
Paramilitary police officers demonstrate their fighting skills in an exercise in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province Sunday July 13, 2008. With the Olympic Games drawing near, China is stepping up security measures across the country.
In Harm's Way
A reveler slips and falls during the San Fermin Fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday July 14, 2008. The fiestas, held since 1591, attract tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. The San Fermin festival gained worldwide fame in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises.'
Dustup
A U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit tries to take cover from the dust as a U.S. marine Chinook lands at a base in the town of Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, Monday , July 14, 2008. Militants with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars attacked a remote base in the village of Wanat in the mountainous northeastern province of Kunar Sunday, killing nine U.S. soldiers.
Spectating Sisters
Nuns applaud as the pack passes through Lourdes during the 10th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Hautacam, southern France, Monday July 14, 2008.