Reflection of a man is seen on the bullet-riddled display window of the shopping arcade at the Taj Mahal and Towers hotel a day after it was reopened in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. The majestic Taj Mahal, an icon of Indian pride and a playground for the global elite for over a century, and the sleek, sea-front Oberoi were among 10 sites targeted in a terror rampage by militants.
Sea Cruise
Puma Ocean Racing, skippered by Ken Read, sails on after crossing the finish line in second place at the end of the third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cochin, India to Singapore, Tuesday Dec. 22, 2008. The Volvo Ocean race started in Alicante, Spain, and ends in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2009 after 10 legs that take the fleet around the world and six in-port regattas.
Where There's Smoke ...
A beggar warms herself near a bonfire on a foggy morning in the outskirts of Jammu, India, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008.
A Head For Numbers
Juan Fernandez is seen with the winning lottery numbers shaved into his new haircut, after he won a portion the main prize of Spain's Christmas lottery, for which the number was 32365, in Barcelona, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. The Christmas lottery is one the world's richest. The winning number can be on up to 1,950 tickets, with each ticket holder winning U.S.$418,000.
In Deep
A horse stands in snow up to its belly after a second snowstorm buried much of Vermont, in East Montpelier, Vt., Monday, Dec. 22, 2008.
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel
Squirrel monkeys play with a dreidel, a four sided spinning top traditionally used by Jewish children, during Hanukkah, in Kfar Daniel, Israel, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, started Sunday evening.
Off Course
Landing gear sits near a service road along the path followed by a Continental Airlines jetliner on Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, in Denver. The jetliner veered off a runway while trying to take off from Denver International Airport in Denver late on Saturday, Dec. 20.
U.N. Mission
An Army soldier trained as a U.N. peacekeeper stands at attention during a ceremony in Lima, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. A dispatch of 204 officers and soldiers from the Peruvian army is scheduled to be deployed in Haiti to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission later this month.