U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle Whalen, 22, from Plover, Wis., playfully taps his helmet with an Iraqi boy's donated toy football helmet during a visit to the boy's school in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Iraqi Army troops donated school supplies to children who attend the school.
Bee Gone?
Bee keepers demonstrate outside Downing Street to protest the cut in research funding to protect the honey bees against attacks by the parasite Varroa mite, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. It is believed that the mite may be a contributing factor to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) which is threatening hives throughout parts of Europe and North America.
Row Down
Autumn foliage is seen along the banks of the Schuylkill River as a rower skims across the water during an overcast morning in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.
Truce Disrupted
Palestinians shadows are cast on the ground next to the site where a house was destroyed during an overnight Israeli army operation in Deir el-Balah, near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.
Under Investigation
Forensics workers survey the scene of a plane crash in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino, one of Mexico's top pointmen in the war against drug trafficking died when a government jet crashed Tuesday night into a Mexico City street, setting fire to dozens of vehicles and dealing crusading President Felipe Calderon a serious blow.
Bloody Battle
A man lies on a street after he was wounded by a rubber bullet from riot police during a protest of farmers in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Farmers demanded more land and economic support from authorities.
Simultaneous Stretch
Chinese university students stretch their arms during a group exercise at the opening ceremony of Huazhong Normal University's annual school sports competition in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.
Stocks Slip
Specialist Elizabeth Rose looks at a screen at her post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Volatility has returned on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones industrials falling 486 points to the 9,139 level, and all the major indexes tumbling more than 5 percent.
Late Launch
An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile is launched at 1 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Its unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled 4,190 miles to a target over the Pacific Ocean near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.