A policeman shields himself from smoking flares hurled by protestors as French fishermen demonstrate in front of the Agriculture Ministry in Paris, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Mounting protests over rising fuel costs have disrupted ports and oil terminals along France's coasts.
Whale Rescue
Boys attempt to pull a beached whale back into the ocean, in the Yoff neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Residents struggled Wednesday to save more than 80 whales that were stranded on the beach Tuesday night. This whale was successfully towed out to sea by a fishing boat, though at least 20 others lay dead on the beach by midday Wednesday.
Kicked Off
An Indonesian protester kicks the shields of riot police officers during a demonstration against fuel price hikes outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Thousands of students took to the streets across Indonesia on Wednesday to protest the government's plan to sharply raise fuel prices.
Just Passing Through
The first cars of the year drive over the Gotthard pass and have to drive through walls of snow, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Switzerland. The Gotthard pass reopened after the winter season about one week later than usual.
Storm Aid Still In Limbo
A group of homeless Myanmar cyclone survivors look on at a monastery being used as a temporary shelter, on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Myanmar will not allow U.S. naval ships and helicopters poised off its shore to deliver aid to cyclone victims, citing fears of an American invasion aimed at grabbing the country's oil reserves.
Recovery A Long Haul
Earthquake survivors carry a bucket of water to a temporary tent after they lost their house in last week's earthquake in Hanwang, in China's southwest Sichuan Province, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. State agencies are being told to cut spending by 5 percent to support a $10 billion reconstruction fund.
Headed Down The Cape
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., walks out of Massachusetts General Hospital after he was released in Boston, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, with his wife, Vicki, right, and niece Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, center right. Kennedy was headed to his home on Cape Cod to await the results of further tests after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.
Fleet Week
Sailors and Marines "Line the Rails" of the USS Kearsarge, a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship, as it passes The Statue of Liberty, during entry into New York Harbor for Fleet Week, Wednesday, May, 21, 2008, in New York.