U.S. Army soldiers of Alpha Company of 1/38 Infantry Regiment run along a street during a mopping-up operation to search and secure the area in Baquba, some 30 miles northeast of Baghdad, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007.
Space Shot
Spectators at Jetty Park pier watch as a Delta II rocket with the Dawn spacecraft aboard, lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. NASA's Dawn spacecraft rocketed away toward an unprecedented double encounter in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Bridge Tragedy
Relatives of workers who went missing after a bridge collapsed Wednesday, Sept. 26, wait near the site of the incident in Can Tho, Vietnam, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. Workers continued searching for bodies Thursday after a section of a massive bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed. Officials said at least 45 people had died and 82 others remained injured.
Harvest Moon
The full harvest moon sets over Mount Meeker, front, and Longs Peak from this view from north Longmont, Colo., early Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. The harvest moon is the first full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.
Dust Storm
A U.S soldier walks through a dust storm at Bagram, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007.
Gaza Violence
A Palestinian child walks next to the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli army operation Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. The Operations are part of continued Israeli activity in the area which has led to a death toll of 11 since Wednesday.
Blast Aftermath
Iraqi women stand in the ruins left behind by a car bomb in the Baiyaa neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. Six civilians were killed on Wednesday evening and 28 were wounded when a pair of car bombs exploded in an outdoor market in Baiyaa, police said. The U.S. military acknowledged that violence was on the upswing and blamed it on al Qaeda in Iraq.
Solemn Salute
A soldier assigned to a firing party readies his rifle during a 21-gun-salute for Army Sgt. John W. Mele, 25, of Bunnell, Fla., during a burial service, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Mele died Sept. 14 in Arab Jabour, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations.
Hand Gesture
An environmental activist flashes the peace sign while being handcuffed by police during a protest outside of the State Department where a conference on energy security and climate was taking place Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in Washington.