A key deer grazes on limbs blown onto the road after the outer bands of Hurricane Ike swept the mid-Florida Keys near Big Pine, Fla. early Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008.
Talking Troops
President Bush delivers remarks to the National Defense University's Distinguished Lecture Program, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, at Ft. McNair in Washington. Mr. Bush acting on recommendations made by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, announced the withdrawal of 8,000 troops from Iraq by next February.
High Stepping
North Korean soldiers parade through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. North Korea marked the 60th anniversary of its founding Tuesday amid news reports that the communist country's leader Kim Jong Il did not attend a closely watched parade amid recent speculation that he may be ill.
Culture Clash?
An Afghan woman clad in burqa looks out through the window of a bus covered with advertisements in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008.
Imbalance
An Indonesian man uses his mobile phone to photograph his son while he plays on a trampoline at a park in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Although the Indonesian economy is growing at about 6 percent a year, poverty remains a major problem which is affecting many children in the country whose emotional, developmental or psycho-social needs are being ignored.
On The Web
A spider and its web covered in dew are seen in Tagelswangen, Switzerland, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008.
Bhutto Legacy Lives On
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, smiles during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Zardari took office as the country's new president, facing immediate pressure to crack down on Islamic militants and address daunting economic problems.
Prolonged Perch
Tree sitters raise their arms to supporters while sitting atop a redwood tree on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. The last remaining protesters living in trees on the UC Berkeley campus descended from their perch Tuesday, ending a 21-month occupation of a campus grove aimed at stopping construction of a new sports center.
L.A. Got Their Goats
A herd of South African goats grazes on Angels Knoll Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency decided to use the non-human workforce to eat weeds, brush and overgrown plants during a two-week stay on the steepest portion of the 2.6 acre site.