A Palestinian woman reacts while holding a child as Israeli army soldiers and border police demolish her house in the West Bank village of Deirat, south of Hebron, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. The Israeli Civil Administration said the houses were destroyed for not having the necessary building permits.
Under Water
A sign along a flood-covered roadway near Rogersville, Mo., sticks out of the water, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Storms dropped six to 10 inches of rain across much of southwest Missouri on Monday and Tuesday, leaving widespread flooding in their wake.
At Odds
Lily Slambreta of Richmond, Va., left, talks to a police officer while participating in an Iraq War demonstration outside the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, Wednesday, March 19, 2008, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War.
Front-Page Apology
Two British tabloids published front-page apologies to Kate and Gerry McCann for suggesting the couple were responsible for their daughter Madeleine's death, in London, Wednesday March 19, 2008. The McCann's accepted an apology and more than $1 million in damages. Madeleine vanished May 3, 2007, a few days before her 4th birthday, from a hotel room during a family vacation in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
Festival Fireworks
People watch as fireworks explode over the city during the annual Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, in the early hours of Wednesday March 19, 2008. Every year the people of Valencia celebrate the ancient 'Fallas' fiesta by burning several figures in the city at midnight on the feast of Saint Joseph.
Striking A Pose
The Galapagos tortoise Jumbo cranes its neck in the zoo of Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 19, 2008.
Horsing Aground
An Uruguayan gaucho, or cowboy, falls from his horse during a rodeo in Montevideo, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Every year, during Holy Week, hundreds of gauchos show their skills and compete for the title of best rider of the rodeo.
Eyeing A Medal?
Ashley Wagner of the U.S. performs her routine in the ladies short program on the second day of the World Figure Skating Championships in Goteborg, Sweden, Wednesday, March 19, 2008.