Iraqi child squats by a U.S. soldier on patrol in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Monday, March 19, 2007. U.S. soldiers have been patrolling the Shiite militia stronghold since March 4 under a deal which allowed them to enter the area without resistance.
Blast Aftermath
U.S. security guards stand near the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday March 19, 2007. A car bomb exploded near a three-vehicle U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road, wounding several people, one seriously, officials said. The blast badly damaged the front of one black SUV that was shunted to the other side of the road.
On The Same Page
Chinese divers Jia Tong and Chen Ruolin in action during the final of the women's 10-meter synchro-springboard event at the World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, March 19, 2007.
Sun Spot
A bird is seen flying in the foreground of the partially-eclipsed sun as seen from Chennai, India, Monday, March 19, 2007. At right is a temple tower.
Lemon Marilyn
An Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe called 'Lemon Marilyn' from 1962 is hung at Christie's auction rooms in London, Monday March 19, 2007. The portrait, which was purchased by a U.S. collector for $250 in 1962 and remained in the same ownership for nearly 45 years, is being auctioned at Christie's New York on May 16, 2007. It is expected to sell for in excess of $15 million.
Sticks And Stones
Indian police clear Indian activists from the Muslim group Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind in Kolkata, Monday, March 19, 2007, after the group staged a protest against the ruling leftist government over the recent violence in Nandigram in which fourteen people were killed by police gunfire during a protest. Four journalists and some policemen were injured by stone throwing by the demonstrators.
Groom Shooting Protest
Two protestors are arrested at the front door of the Queens criminal courthouse, Monday, March 19, 2007, in New York. Both individuals ran up the court steps shouting words of protest against the police officers indicted in the November killing of groom-to-be Sean Bell outside a Queens nightclub.
Big Bird
The new Airbus A380 comes in for landing Monday, March 19, 2007, at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The 555-seat double-decker behemoth, which has a wingspan the size of a football field, landed on U.S. soil for the first time, with crowds turning out to witness the arrival of the world's biggest passenger plane.
Fence Sitting
An Egyptian army soldier stands among the bushes in the wired border of the Philadelphi corridor, a buffer zone that separates Egypt from Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Monday, March 19, 2007. Israeli armed forces used to control the area but were replaced in November 2005 by Egyptian and U.N. BAM forces.