A man sits on a whale-watching vessel in front of a transparent poster depicting a whale being harpooned, June 13, 2006 in Sydney, Australia. Greenpeace hopes to have the posters installed in the windows of Sydney ferries, and is also launching a television advertising campaign to coincide with the start of the International Whaling Commission meeting in St Kitts and Nevis.
Monumental Project
Workers erect a scaffolding to renovate the Monument to the People's Heroes as a migrant worker walks past in Tiananmen Square, June 18, 2006 in Beijing, China. The 124-foot monument, constructed from August 1952 to May 1958, was the first structure on Tiananmen Square after the founding of New China in 1949. It was dedicated to those who died for their country.
Nice Curves
Spanish rider Alex Debon powers ahead of fellow Spanish competitor Jorge Lorenzo during the 250cc free practice session ahead of the June 18, 2006 Catalonia Motorcycling Grand Prix in Montmelo, Spain, near of Barcelona.
Sleep In
Holding up the peace sign, Allison Yorra of Washington lays next to a flag-draped mock casket outside the north gate of the White House, June 14, 2006 in Washington, D.C. Yorra and about 40 other demonstrators participated in a "Silent Walk" from the Washington Hilton to the White House to celebrate Flag Day and call for an end to the war in Iraq.
Afghan Offensive
U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, take cover as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, June 18, 2006. U.S. troops took positions atop a mountain ridge in southern Afghanistan on Sunday to cut off key transport routes as part of a major anti-Taliban offensive that has killed scores of suspected militants in recent days.
Grief In Baghdad
A woman who lost both her son and husband is comforted by her daughter, right, as she grieves near the morgue of Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 18, 2006, after a parked car bomb detonated in the Um al-Mea'alef neighborhood of southwest Baghdad on Saturday, killing 6 and wounding 22 civilians.
Hall Pass
Boys play soccer through an arched hallway at the Allahabad University campus in Allahabad, India, Saturday, June 17, 2006, as World Cup fever grips the nation.
Wounded
Ismail Ali, 47, cries out as doctors treat his leg wound at Yarmouk hospital, after a car bomb missed a commando police patrol but killed two people and injured 10 civilians and four police commandos in the southern Saydiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 17, 2006.
In The Shadows Of Death
An earthmover fills a grave with mud as shadows of mourning villagers are seen during a mass burial ceremony for victims of a landmine explosion by suspected Tiger rebels that killed at least 64 people, in Kabithigollewa village, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 16, 2006. With each side blaming each other for the rising tensions, some 10,000 mourners prayed at a funeral for the victims, 15 children among them.
Astro Domes
A full moon rises above the Savior of Spilled Blood Cathedral in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia, early Wednesday, June 14, 2006.
Clay Nation
Artist Antony Gormley's 'Asian Field', which consists of 180,000 hand-sized clay figures made by 350 villagers from Guangdong Province in China, covers a warehouse in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, June 13, 2006. The work is being exhibited as part of the Biennale of Sydney, an international festival of contemporary art, which runs until August 27.
Crop Duster
Villagers clean their farm which is covered with volcanic ash from Mount Merapi Monday, June 12, 2006 in Babadan, outside Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia's restive Mount Merapi remained on high alert even though a portion of the volcano's unstable lava dome has collapsed, easing pressure that threatened a full eruption, a scientist said.