AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Flags at the Washington Monument fly at half staff in honor of former President Gerald Ford in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006. Ford died Tuesday at the age of 93.
Eyes In The Sky
AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic
A U.S. Army soldier from Company A of the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment stands guard on a rooftop as an Apache helicopter passes overhead in New Baghdad, an eastern neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, where soldiers searched for weapons and suspected insurgents on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006.
Western Wall Snowfall
AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos
Snow falls as an orthodox Jew prays next to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday Dec. 27, 2006. A rare snow fell on Jerusalem and the surrounding areas Wednesday afternoon, as the area saw its first accumulation of snow since 2004.
Having A Ball
AP Photo/Misha Japaridze
A performer in a huge balloon is seen during a New Year festival show on Red Square with St. Basil Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006. Russia's Grandfather Frost arrived in Moscow after touring the country's cities to take part in the New Year celebrations on Red Square. New Year is the most popular holiday in Russia, followed by the Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7.
Hajj Pilgrims Pray
AP Photo/Khalil Hamra
Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims performing the Hajj attend the afternoon prayers outside the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday Dec. 27, 2006.
Say Goodbye To Bolivia
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Cuban Amauris Samartino Flores, center, and his Bolivian wife Lormina Chavez, are escorted by police in La Paz, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006. Samartino, a Cuban national, who was arrested Saturday in Santa Cruz and is accused of meddling in Bolivia's domestic affairs, will be expelled from the country in the coming days.
Water, Water Everywhere ...
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An Indian boy is engulfed as twin air valves release water from pipelines at the Yewai Reservoir at Panjharpur, north of Mumbai, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006. India's financial hub of Mumbai was cut off from all water services for a day to repair a creaky century-old system that has failed to handle demand in the city of nearly 20 million as the local civic authority connects new water pipelines.
New To The EU
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A Romanian woman works at an old sewing machine to produce European Union and Romanian flags in Bucharest, Romania Wednesday Dec. 27 2006, at a flag factory. Romania and Bulgaria will join the European Union on Jan. 1, 2007. The monthly income in Romania, a country of 22 million people and largest in the Balkans, is around a third of the EU average. (AP Photo)
Wild Slide
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A boy enjoys a ride on a giant water slide Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2006, at the Tropical Islands in Brand, Germany. The resort with artificial waterfalls, lagoons and flowering gardens at Europe's largest self-supporting hall re-opened recently after months of reconstruction work. The main attraction of the holiday destination is the 149-yard-long slide. (MICHAEL URBAN/AFP/Getty Images)
