Photos Of The Day

A young American boy cries as he is carried to a United States Marine Chinook helicopter as he is evacuated from a landing pad at the U.S. Embassy, north of Beirut, Friday, July 21, 2006. The United States prepared to ship about 5,000 Americans from Beirut Friday to nearly complete the evacuation of its citizens from Lebanon as the international exodus reached a peak.

Firing Another Round

Israeli soldiers cover their ears as an artillery unit fires shells towards southern Lebanon from a position near Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, Friday, July 21, 2006. Israeli troops have been in pitched battles with Hezbollah militants.

Pakistan Protest

Pakistani Muslim protesters burn homemade U.S. and Israeli flags at a rally after Friday prayers, July 21, 2006, in Karachi, Pakistan to condemn Israeli aggression in Lebanon and Palestine territories.

India Bomb Probe Arrests

A police officer escorts one of the three suspects, wearing hood, outside the Anti Terrorist Squad Office in Mumbai, India, Friday, July 21, 2006. Indian police investigating the Mumbai train bombings said Friday they have made their first arrests, picking up the three men who officers said were linked to terror networks across South Asia.

Taking Refuge

Indonesian tsunami victims sit outside a mosque where they and about 300 others have taken refuge Friday July 21, 2006 in Pangandaran, Indonesia. The death toll from Monday's tsunami neared 550, with 300 people still missing. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised to have a nationwide tsunami early warning system in place by 2008.

Somewhere Under The Rainbow

Farmers sow paddy in a field with a rainbow as the backdrop at Ramnagar village, near Agartala, in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura, Friday, July 21, 2006.

Tennis Anyone?

A budgerigar sits on a line on a court during the quarterfinal match between Czech Tomas Berdych and Nicolas Lapentti from Ecuador at the Mercedes Cup ATP tennis tournament at the Weissenhof in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on Friday, July 21, 2006.

Hitching A Ride

A TV cameraman rides a Segway transporter while covering the action on the second day of the British Open Golf Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, England Friday July 21, 2006.

Hair-Raising Experience

Visitors to the White House react as the presidential helicopter, Marine One, with President Bush aboard, departs the South Lawn, Friday, July 21, 2006 in Washington. Mr. Bush is traveling to Colorado for a campaign fundraiser and then on to Texas to his ranch.

Cuban President Fidel Castro gestures during the Mercosur Summit in Cordoba, Argentina, which is some 434 miles from Buenos Aires, Friday, July 21, 2006. Castro stood by anti-U.S. ally Hugo Chavez as Venezuela entered the ranks of Mercosur Friday at a summit of eight Latin American presidents, giving the once-sleepy trade bloc a leftist push in one of its biggest moves since its 1991 founding.

Switzerland's Andreas Marchetti jumps from an 85 meter high cliff in the Maggia valley, during a practice session for the Cliff Diving World Championships, in Brontallo, southern Switzerland, Friday, July 21, 2006.

Erin Gillen of Hamden, Mass., and her niece Natalie Sigman, 2, of Mission Viejo, Calif., watch a surfer enjoy waves kicked up by Tropical Storm Beryl off Nauset Beach on Cape Cod National Seashore Friday, July 21, 2006, in Eastham, Mass. The tropical storm crossed Nantucket Island before dawn, and quickly moved well offshore into the North Atlantic.

Hang Time

Members of the Nicaraguan Air Force cling to a rope dangling from a helicopter as they participate in an exercise in Los Brasiles, 15 miles north of Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, July, 21, 2006.

Boiling In Bucharest

A child cools off in fountains in downtown Bucharest, Romania at sunset, Friday July 21 2006. Temperatures reached 95 degrees in the Romanian capital and the weekend forecast predicts highs close to 104 in many areas of the country.

A unidentified man receives some water, as he protests by being buried up to his neck in a plaza in Bosa, south of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, July 21, 2006. He's part of a group of Colombians who say they have fled to the country's capital, running from the violence that rages through much of the countryside. The group of about 600 people have been camped out in the plaza for 11 days demanding government aid.