In this photo released by the British Army in London on Friday Dec. 8, 2006, soldiers launch a strike during Operation Pisa in the early hours of Dec. 8, 2006 during an operation in Basra, Iraq to arrest suspected terrorists and to search for suspected weapons caches.
Hot Tub
A Japanese wild monkey enjoys an open-air hot spring at the Jigokudani (Hell's Valley) Monkey Park, near Shigakogen, in the northern part of Nagano prefecture, Friday, Dec. 8, 2006. Some 200 monkeys inhabit the area.
Solitary Seats
Two spectators sit in the stands surrounded by empty seats as they watch the competition on the first morning of the athletics program at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Friday Dec. 8, 2006.
Snow Going
Competitors ski on snow-covered paths during the Women's 7.5 km sprint at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria, Friday, Dec. 8, 2006. The event was held despite the lack of natural snow in the region.
Sun-Bathed Border
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier stands guard with the backdrop of the setting sun at Narayanpur, near Agartala, in India's northeastern state of Tripura, Friday, Dec. 8, 2006. The BSF intensified its vigil along the border as tension mounted in Bangladesh over forthcoming parliamentary elections. The border between the two countries stretches 2500 miles, a considerable part of which is unfenced.
Edison's Invention
A vintage electric lamp glows in Christie's auction house on Friday, Dec. 8, 2006 in London. A box containing 23 light bulbs used as courtroom evidence on July 8, 1890 in a patent case between Edison Electric Light Company and United States Electric Light Company is to be auctioned in Christie's Landmarks of Science sale on Dec. 13, with an estimated price of $3.9 million.
On The Brink
A girl waits to get into a free government clinic on Friday, Dec. 8, 2006 in Valaichenai in eastern Sri Lanka. With Sri Lanka's peace process in tatters, government forces and rebels from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), have been fighting all along former ceasefire lines as the country heads towards full-scale civil war.
End Of The Line
Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld pauses while taking part in a town hall meeting at the Pentagon, Friday, Dec. 8, 2006.
Basset hound Jethro's ears flap in the air as he leaps through deep snow after a heavy snowfall hit London, Ont., in Canada, that closed schools and shut down much of the city Friday, Dec. 8, 2006.
Forced To The Curb
A man gets oxygen assistance after a smoky fire forced the evacuation of a 17-story office building owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, in Cambridge, Mass.