A firefighter lights backfires to protect the Bonita neighborhood Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, in San Diego. Wildfires continued to burn in Southern California Tuesday, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate.
No Stick In The Mud
A man passes the reflection of the silhouette of an apartment house as he walks through the mud flats off Buesum at the North Sea, northern Germany on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007.
Up, Up And Away ...
Adele Soule, left, Mickey Kirby, center, and Kathy Pitts watch as the space shuttle, Discovery, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. The shuttle began a 14-day space mission.
Camped Out
Shafiq, an afghan refugee boy, approaches the camera near to his tent home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct 23, 2007. Ten members of Shafiq's family moved from their home about six months ago in Helmand province, when fighting broke out between Taliban and American troops, and they now live in tents near to the Afghan capital.
Breast Cancer Awareness
U.S. first lady Laura Bush talks to the press with Dr. Huda Abdel Kareem, left, during a visit to Abdul-Latif Cancer Screening Center Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bush was in Riyadh to launch the Breast Cancer Partnership program, a new initiative to fight cancer by raising awareness about the disease and increasing breast cancer research.
Starlings Of The Show
A flock of starlings fly over a field near Great Falls, Mont., early Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007.
Fall Classic
Colorado Rockies second baseman Kazuo Matsui, left, talks with Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka during practice Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, at Fenway Park in Boston. The Red Sox host the Colorado Rockies in Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night.
Shielded
Anti-riot police officers use their shields to cover themselves during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Thousands of university students scuffled with police and government supporters during a protest against constitutional reforms that would let President Hugo Chavez run for re-election indefinitely.