Raymond Feliciano catches up on some sleep after waiting in line from midnight to 4 a.m. at the Wal-Mart in Niles, Ill., Friday, Nov. 28, 2008.
Dropping In
National Security Guard commandos come down a rope to reach the top of Nariman House, a location under siege by suspected militants in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Explosions and gunfire continued intermittently at the Taj Mahal hotel Friday afternoon, two days after a chain of militant attacks across India's financial center left people dead and the city in panic.
Gotham Glow
People walk along 34th Street early on a pleasant morning Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, in New York.
Safe And Sound
A young flood victim eats breakfast in a shelter set up in Univali University in Itajai, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Flooding and mudslides have killed nearly 100 people in southern Brazil.
Going Bananas
A traditional Felucca wooden sailing boat passes an art installation entitled "Going Bananas" organized by the Austrian Cultural forum in the middle of the Nile river in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. The project consisted of around 2,000 inflatable yellow bananas, each about 5 feet long, which were to be ejected into the river by the Nile fountain, but technical problems prevented them all being dispersed.
Casting A Wide Net
A fisherman throws his net in a flooded residential area in Cali, Colombia, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes after heavy rains caused the Cauca River to overflow its banks.
Hey There, Bear
The Paddington Bear helium balloon appears to be waving to a Chicago Transit Authority worker on the elevated tracks inside Chicago's famed Loop during the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008.