Knut the polar bear cub is shown playing with a blanket during his first public appearance at the Berlin Zoo Friday, March 23, 2007. Television crews and photographers jockeyed with hundreds of excited children at the zoo, all eager for a first glimpse of the fuzzy white polar bear cub who has captured hearts across the globe.
High Dive
America's Troy Dumais competes in the semifinals of the men's 3-meter platform diving event at the World Swimming Championships in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, March 23, 2007.
Bangkok Blur
Thai police move quickly to form lines against protestors Friday, March 23, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. Hundreds of supporters of Thailand's deposed prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, gathered to demand a return to democracy.
Celebration Day
Pakistani commandos hang from a helicopter during the parade marking Pakistan Day in Islamabad, March 12, 2007. President Musharraf pledged to make Pakistan an "impregnable fortress of democracy" amid a crisis over his removal of the country's most senior judge. Pakistan Day celebrates a resolution signed in 1940 to create a separate homeland for Muslims on the Indian subcontinent.
Color Guard
Members of the Italian Sbandieratori de Gubbio troop perform during a ceremony at the Palacio Real on March 23, 2007, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome in Madrid, Spain.
Getting The Hang Of It
An Oriental White-eye bird picks at a flower of a bottle-brush tree in Gurgaon, a suburb south of New Delhi, India, Friday, March 23, 2007.
Colorful Cars
Crew members work on cars during practice for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 23, 2007, in Bristol, Tenn.
Up In Smoke
Black smoke rises in the city of Kinshasa, Congo, in this photo taken from Brazzaville, the capital of the neighboring, Republic of Congo, Friday, March 23, 2007. Clashes between Jaen-Pierre Bemba's personal army and security forces began Thursday. Bemba, who had refused orders to disband his militia, accused the government of starting the violence and said the aim appeared to be "to kill me."
Lovely Lavender
Asmaa Abdallah, 6, picks flowers on the first days of spring from a field near the Litani river, in the southern village of Khardali, Lebanon Friday, March 23, 2007.
Garbage Gig
Supermodel Naomi Campbell leaves the Dept. of Sanitation Manhattan District 3 garage after finishing her final day of community service Friday, March 23, 2007, in New York. Campbell was given five days of cleanup duty after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault for throwing a cell phone at her maid over a pair of missing jeans.
Keeping Watch
An Iraqi girl watches a U.S. Army soldier from B Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment as he searches a house in west Baghdad's Ghazaliyah neighborhood, Iraq, Friday, March 23, 2007. The U.S. Army continued operations throughout the dangerous Sunni Arab area of Ghazaliyah Friday.