A boy runs away as Palestinian Fatah security forces, loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, take up positions during clashes with Hamas fighters (not seen), on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip. Five Palestinians have been killed during renewed clashes, as tensions in Gaza led to outbreaks of fighting, undermining the fragile truce between Fatah and Hamas.
Baghdad Bride
An Iraqi bride prepares to go to her wedding party in Baghdad Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. Thursdays are traditionally popular days for weddings in the war-torn capital. (SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)
Troubled Waters?
Children dive into the sea in Majene, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the setting up of a special team to evaluate the country's transport systems following deadly air and sea disasters. Aircraft and ferry accidents are not uncommon in Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation stretching over 3,100 miles which is largely dependent on air and sea transport.
Grim Search
Spanish Police officers, helped by a dog, search at the wreckage of the Barajas international airport car park in Madrid, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. Rescue workers kept searching for Diego Armando Estacio, missing in the rubble of a thunderous car bomb blast blamed on the Basque separatist group ETA that shattered a nine-month-old cease-fire the group had described as permanent.
Trunk Lift
A mahout mounts an elephant at a camp in Kaziranga, about 150 miles east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Jan.4, 2007. Nearly one hundred elephants will participate in the 5th Elephant Festival which is being held starting Jan.5 to create awareness of man-elephant conflicts.
Panda Nap
A giant panda takes a nap in a tree at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China's southwestern Sichuan province, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. With a record 34 giant pandas born by way of artificial insemination in 2006, Chinese experts are now focusing on releasing the endangered animals back into natural habitats.
Dems Have Upper Hand
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, waves from the floor of the House of Representatives during the role call vote to elect the new Speaker of the House in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.
Bale Out
Staff Sgt. Douglas Bailey left signals from the ground while members of the Kansas National Guard use a Black Hawk helicopter to drop hay in for cattle south of Goodland, Kan., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, after a major snowstorm hit the state six days earlier leaving many residents without power and unable to get to remote areas to feed their cattle for six days.
Rocky Road
Injured Kashmiri Muslims look on from inside a police van after it was hit by stones from protesters during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who burned a U.S. flag in the Indian portion of Kashmir protesting the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.