A wounded Israeli soldier is carried to an ambulance near the town of Avivim near the Lebanese border Monday July 24, 2006. Heavy fighting erupted Monday as Israeli ground forces pushed into Lebanon, heading toward the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbail, a Hezbollah stronghold, as rockets continued to fall on northern Israel.
Missile Barrage
A mannequin's head lies near the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli missile strike in the village of Bayyad, near Nabatiya in southern Lebanon, Monday, July 24, 2006.
Traveling Back In Time
Riders in traditional Japanese samurai armor with ancestral flagstaffs streaming from their backs gallop their horses across open fields during Nomaoi, or Wild Horse Chase, in Minami-Soma, northern Japan, Monday, July 24, 2006. The annual Nomaoi festival recreates a battle scene from more than 1,000 years ago.
Sitting Solo
Saddam Hussein's half brother, Barzan Ibrahim, listens during final arguments at his trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone Monday, July 24, 2006. The trial resumed after a two-week recess. Saddam was not in court after being hospitalized and fed through a tube as a result of his hunger strike to demand better security for his lawyers. The former Iraqi president is still expected to appear later in the week.
Disparaging Dis-likeness
Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona gestures as he delivers his message in front of a giant image of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo being mocked as Hitler during a rally to protest her State of the Nation Address Monday, July 24, 2006 in Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. During her address Arroyo promised that a successful economic reform will cure social divisions and injustice in the country.
Unbearable Heat
A brown bear enjoys a bath in its enclosure to cool off during the hot weather at the Wildpark Langenberg wildlife park in Langnau am Albis, Switzerland on Monday, July 24, 2006.
No Sign Of Sniper
A message board along I-70 in Indianapolis asks motorists to report suspicious activity on overpasses to police Monday, July 24, 2006. Sniper attacks on two pickup trucks on Interstate 65 near Seymour, 50 miles south of Indianapolis, killed one person and wounded another Sunday. About two hours later bullets struck a semi-trailer and an unattended SUV about 100 miles to the northeast on Interstate 69. No one was injured.
Prepping Atlantis
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, July 24, 2006. NASA is aiming for a launch as early as Aug. 27.
Still In The Dark
Yolanda Astudillo, right, sits by the register awaiting the next customer at The Brothers Grocery, which was open despite having no power in the Woodside section of the Queens borough of New York, Monday, July 24, 2006, the eighth day of a blackout in the area.
Vintage Aircraft Crash
Hickory firefighters work to extinguish the fire resulting from the crash of a Korean War era F-86 Sabre military aircraft, Monday, July 24, 2006, in Hickory, N.C. Eyewitnesses say the plane ran off the end of the runway at Hickory Regional Airport. The single pilot was killed.
Heat Strains Power Grid
People stand in front of a grid showing power distribution at the California Independent System Operator in Los Angeles, Monday, July 24, 2006. A Stage 1 power shortage alert was issued. Scorching heat threatened to push California into a power emergency Monday, as state authorities investigated at least four heat-related deaths in the past week.
Troubled Ship
The Singapore flagged vessel Cougar Ace is shown disabled and listing 90 degrees to its port side about 230 miles south of the Aleutian Islands off the Alaskan coast on Monday, July 24, 2006. The Coast Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard were sending aircraft to rescue 22 crew members aboard the cargo ship, which was taking on water. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer Joseph Zemchak)
Home Run Howl
Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder Jason Bay looks back after the Milwaukee Brewers' Carlos Lee hit a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, July 24, 2006, in Milwaukee. A video screen in the left field wall displays graphics in the background.