U.S. Navy sailors wave farewell as their ship, the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, leaves Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. The ship made its final departure from Japan and will be decommissioned after nearly half a century of service.
Grounded
Two mounted police officers patrol at the end of a runway where a cargo plane from the U.S.-based Kalitta Air company crashed Sunday at the end of the runway in Zaventem near Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday May 28, 2008. The large cargo plane crashed and split into three pieces while trying to take off from Brussels airport.
Helping Hand?
An immigrant's hand is seen as several people congregated at an informal gathering point in the city center of Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. South Africa wants to improve conditions for displaced victims of anti-immigrant attacks but does not want shelters to become permanent.
Bath Time
A 1-week old female reticulated giraffe calf, left, gets a tongue bath from her mother Carroll in Rome's zoo, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. The giraffe calf, still without a name, is almost 5-feet tall and was born at the zoo on May 21.
The Red Planet
An enhanced-color image from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera shows the Phoenix landing area viewed from orbit. From top to bottom are the Phoenix lander with its solar panels deployed on the Martian surface, the heat shield and bounce mark the heat shield made on the Martian surface, and the top of the Phoenix parachute attached to the bottom of the back shell.
Eye On The Ball
Russia's Vera Zvonareva eyes the ball while playing France's Stephanie Foretz during their first round match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Wednesday, May 28, 2008.
Stuck In The Mud
An Indonesian man salvages wood from a village covered in mud that oozed from a volcano which began erupting nearly two years ago Wednesday, May 28, 2008, in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. The hole in the earth has been oozing enough mud to fill 50 Olympic-size swimming pools every day and has covered villages and factories roof-deep in mud and forced the evacuation of thousands.
Military Might
President Bush and United States Air Force Academy graduate Michael Riddick, from Aiken, S.C., flex their biceps during a graduation ceremony, Wednesday, May 28, 2008, in Colorado Springs, Colo.