Pope Benedict XVI walks through the gate of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, May 28, 2006, to pay his respects to the Holocaust victims.
Hats Off
Members of the 2006 graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy throw their hats in the air at the conclusion of their graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 26, 2006. At the ceremony, 980 were graduated.
I Gouda Been A Contender!
Competitors chase a Double Gloucester cheese at Cooper's Hill, Gloucestershire, during the area's annual Cheesrolling event May 29, 2006. The event, believed to date back to Roman times, sees participants chasing a large Double Gloucester cheese down the hill after it is thrown by an official starter. Injuries are commonplace due to the steep gradient and slippery surface of the slope.
In Memoriam
A volunteer puts flowers next to a cross at the Arlington West Iraq war memorial display on the beach next to the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif., on Saturday, May 27, 2006.
Cheap Seats
Brazilian fans observe a training session of the Brazil's national soccer team at the Thermoplan arena in Weggis, central Switzerland, Friday, May 26, 2006. Brazil will play against Australia, Croatia and Japan in group F at the upcoming 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany.
Study Hall
Afghan school girls read their lessons at the Aziz Afghan Secondary School in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 23, 2006. Even though there is a big improvement in the Afghan educational system, since the fall of the Taliban regime late in 2001, the rehabilitation of education in Afghanistan is a massive task and challenge, both for Afghans and the international community.
Special Delivery
One of 19 penguins rescued along with two sea otters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina walks on the tarmac after returning to New Orleans on May 22, 2006, following an eight-month refuge in California. The rescued animals were flown by FedEx back to New Orleans and will return to their home at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas.
Chairwoman
British Library employee Zoe Tait sits on top of a chair built from blocks of newspapers at the British Library in London on Wednesday, May 24, 2006. The chair was created to coincide with an exhibition marking a hundred years of British newspapers. The exhibition opens to the public May 25.
Star Lights
Country star Brad Paisley enters the hall at the start of the 41st Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, in Las Vegas.
Tense Trading
Traders work at the Brazilian Mercantile & Future Exchange in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, May 22, 2006. The Brazilian real closed sharply lower against the dollar Monday as international investors continued to flee from emerging market assets.
Big Sister
A Miao ethnic minority girl takes care of her younger brother at Gaodiao Village on May 27, 2006, in Congjiang County of Guizhou Province, China. The Gaodiao Village, home to about 200 families of 1,100 Miao people, has well-protected primitive features and customs. It still keeps the Miao traditions of about 2,000 years ago. Residents there live an almost isolated and self-sufficient life.
Top Dog
Mutley, the president of the Palmdog Awards, poses for a picture as he lies on the beach outside the UK film pavilion during the 59th International Cannes Film Festival on May 26, 2006 in Cannes, France.
Tut Tour
The coffin of Tjuya, a non-royal in-law of Amenhotep is displayed with the touring exhibit of Egypt's King Tutankhamun at the Field Museum in Chicago on May 25, 2006. The King Tut exhibit, which opens to the public tomorrow, is on loan from Egypt, part of a four-stop U.S. tour.
Boyz Toyz
Bikini babes cheer as a rider performs a stunt during a press preview for the Big Boyz Toyz exhibition May 23, 2006. The exhibition will be back for the second time this year in November with bigger variety of "toyz" and activities for men, including a segment on performance cars, challenges, bikini babes and other lifestyle products.
Shapely Shrub
A show piece entitled the Head Garden of Dreams by designers Marney Hall and Heather Yarrow is on display during the preview for the annual flower show in London on May 22, 2006. The Chelsea Flower Show was first held in 1862.
Unsettled
Israeli settlers burn a Star of David on the top of a mountain next to the Maale Rehavam outpost on May 23, 2006. About 100 settlers and their supporters protested against Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's order to uproot settlers.