A Lebanese Swedish woman holds her baby girl as she bids farewell to her parents while being evacuated from Lebanon on a bus organized by the Swedish embassy from an intersection leading out of the Hezbollah stronghold of south Beirut, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. About 850 Swedes have been evacuated as westerners fled by land, sea and air as Israel launched attacks that hit south Beirut, the border and the city of Baalbek.
Hailing Hezbollah
A man holds a copy of the Koran, Islam's holy book, and a toy gun in front of a poster of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, during an anti-Israeli demonstration at the Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. A crowd of thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators listened to Iranian parliament speaker Gholam Ali Haddad, who made inflammatory comments at the gathering.
Wheels Up
One U.S. military helicopter leaves, as another arrives, left, as they evacuate American citizens from the grounds of the U.S. Embassy in Aukar at the northern edge of Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, July 18, 2006. The U.S. ambassador said 320 Americans would be evacuated from Lebanon to Cyprus by the end of Tuesday and that 1,000 more would leave the following day.
Iraq Bombing
An Iraqi man mourns over the body of a relative killed in a car bomb attack, Tuesday, July 18, 2006, in the Shiite holy city of Kufa, 100 miles south of Baghdad. A suicide car bomber detonated explosives among a crowd of laborers across the street from a major Shiite shrine, killing 53 people and wounding 105, officials and witnesses said.
Tackling Heat Concerns
Ashland Paul Blazer High School football player Trey Keaton gets cooled down Tuesday, July 18, 2006, during a practice in Ashland, Ky. As the practice season begins in high heat, trainers are making sure plenty of water is available to all players and cool-down periods are built into the schedule.
Tsunami Aftermath
An elderly Indonesian woman lies on the floor of a tent in front of a mosque where she and others have taken refuge after a tsunami wiped out their homes Tuesday, July 18, 2006 in Pangandaran, Indonesia. Over 300 people perished when a 6 1/2-foot high wave rolled into Java Island's southwest coast, triggered by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake centered under the sea south of Indonesia's most populated island.
Ukraine Unrest
A supporter of the Pora youth democratic movement sits near the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. President Viktor Yushchenko's bloc is going into opposition in the Ukrainian parliament, a top party leader declared Tuesday, suggesting that the party had rebuffed overtures to join a new coalition headed by the president's Orange Revolution rival Viktor Yanukovych.
Peaks And Valleys
The pack crosses the Durance river at the Serre-Poncon dam in Salines-le-Lac, southeastern France, during the 15th stage of the 93rd Tour de France cycling race between Gap, southeastern France, and L'Alpe d'Huez, French Alps, Tuesday, July 18, 2006.
China Deluge
A boy floats past a flooded house in Qingyuan, in China's southern Guangdong province, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. The death toll from tropical storm Bilis jumped to 198 after 10 more people were confirmed dead in southern China as the region braced for another onslaught of torrential rain.
Korea's Cover Boy
A South Korean pedestrian walks by copies of a magazine featuring North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il on a street in Seoul Tuesday, July 18, 2006. South Korean Unification Minister Lee Jong-seok said that a U.N. Security Council resolution sanctioning North Korea for recent missile tests will not affect South Korea's economic projects with the communist nation.
Sad Tale
An 11-foot whale lies in the sand after it became stranded on Cabarita Beach on the Gold Coast in Australia, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. Australian wildlife officials euthanized the baby humpback that was stranded on an eastern Australian beach because it had little chance of survival without it's mother.
Smoke On The Water
Smoke from a wildfire paints an ethereal picture over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness north of Grand Marais, Minn., Tuesday, July 18, 2006. About 23 square miles of forests have burned.
Nose For The Camera
A hog sticks its nose through the fence where it is kept inside a barn, Tuesday, July 18, 2006, near Wallingford, Ky. The hog is shown at county fairs during the summer months.
Warehouse Blaze
Nocona, Texas firefighter Kip Roberts keeps a hose on the flames at the Nokona Athletic Goods Co. in Nocona, Texas Tuesday, July 18, 2006. Fire erupted in a warehouse at the rear of the building and spread throughout the 80-year-old structure. The factory, known for making high quality baseball gloves, is one of Nocona's largest employers.
Lightning Strike
Lightning crosses the sky above a fire, in Providence Harbor, Tuesday, July 18, 2006, in Providence, R.I. Fire engulfed a dock area at the Port of Providence on Tuesday night when lightning struck as a tanker was unloading gasoline.