A policeman carries an elderly patient evacuated from the Royal Marsden Hospital in central London after a fire broke out Wednesday Jan. 2, 2008. Patients were evacuated from the historic hospital in west London after a fire broke out on the top floor of the building.
Stocks Slip
Traders gather at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday Jan. 2, 2008. Stocks fell Wednesday after a weaker-than-expected reading on the manufacturing sector triggered concerns of a further slowdown in the overall economy. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 100 points in early trading.
Uplifting Experience
A man lifts up his clothes to show he is unarmed as he approaches U.S. soldiers from Ghostrider Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment during a foot patrol on the outskirts of Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008.
Nursery Lines
Nurses attend to newly born babies at a hospital in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality, Wednesday Jan. 2, 2008. China's one child policy limits most urban couples to one child and rural families to two in an attempt to control population growth and conserve natural resources in the world's most populous country.
Finding Refuge
A Luo child drinks milk at a shelter at a police station in Mwiki, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. The U.N., citing Kenyan police, said 70,000 people had been displaced in five days of postelection violence that has killed more than 300 people, including dozens burned alive taking refuge in a church. The capital, Nairobi, has been a ghost town, with residents stocking up on food and water and staying in their homes.
Fighting The Chill
A Palestinian child is protected from the cold during a rally marking the 43rd anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement in the West Bank village of Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008.
High Water Mark
A fisherman tries to secure his boat as a wave hits the lighthouse at the Varna's harbour some 280 miles east of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. In Bulgaria, three main Black Sea ports were closed. Many roads across the country were closed to traffic and dozens of villages had no electricity Wednesday, civil defense authorities said.
Church Blaze
Fire consumes the steeple as it collapses into the sanctuary of the Abner Creek Baptist Church near Greer, S.C. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. Several departments responded to help fight the fire that destroyed the church.
Volcanic Chile
The Llaima volcano erupts spewing lava, ash and smoke in Conguillio National Park, some 400 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008. Even though 150 people were evacuated from the area, no casualties or damage were reported.