Mourners at a memorial service honoring the victims of the Sago Mine explosion release balloons outside of Wesley Chapel on the West Virginia Wesleyan campus in Buckhannon, W.Va., Sunday, Jan 15, 2006.
Pakistani children and a young man who survived the Oct. 8, 2005, earthquake look at visiting U.S. Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry, unseen, from their tent provided by USAID in the Shangla district near Mansera, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. Kerry visited relief efforts by USAID and other agencies.
Hindu pilgrims worship the sea at Gangasagar, the confluence of river Ganges and Bay of Bengal, about 94 miles south of Calcutta, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Hundreds and thousands of Hindu pilgrims arrived from across South Asia for a holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival.
A chicken tries to escape from Turkish Agriculture Ministry employees collecting poultry, in the small Turkish village of Uzunyazi, next to the Iranian border, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006. Villagers in Turkey's southeast, where the deadly strain of bird flu is spreading, handed over their chickens and other fowl for slaughter and said they were ready to stop raising birds to minimize the chances of getting infected.
An elderly Palestinian woman begs for money as worshippers pass her on their way to pray in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006.
Fog swirls around the Empire State Building at sunrise Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, in New York City. The New York area is experiencing unseasonably warm temperatures this week, with highs Friday expected to reach 52 degrees Fahrenheit.
A woman walks along an oil pipeline near Shell's Utorogu flow station in Warri, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. Nigerian troops battled militia fighters in swamps around a Royal Dutch Shell oil platform that militants attacked at dawn Sunday, the third assault on Shell oil facilities in less than a week in the troubled region.
Shiite Muslims gather during the last day of Eid al-Adha in an outdoor lot to pray, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. Muslims around the world Friday are celebrating the last day of Eid al-Adha, a four-day Muslim feast of sacrifice to commemorate the prophet Abraham's offering of his son to God.
A golfer plays from the snow during the inaugral Chivas Snow Golf Championship, which is part of The Chivas Life Series, at a specially created golf course on Jan. 13, 2006, in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Indian Army unit of the Assam Infantry Battalion marches during the Army Day parade in New Delhi, Jan. 15, 2006. The Indian Army celebrated its 58th anniversary by displaying its latest military equipment and awarding prizes to officers, soldiers and units.
Iraqis enjoy a day at the al-Zawraa park on the third day of Eid al-Adha or the Feast of the Sacrifice, as an armed and masked security officer keeps watch in central Baghdad, Jan. 12, 2006.
Thomas Traversa from France in action during the 2006 World Indoor Windsurfing Championships on Jan. 15, 2006, in London, England.
Pigeons rest on the dome of the Kazemiya Shiite Muslim mosque in Baghdad, during Friday noon prayers Jan. 13, 2006. Iraq moved a step closer today to learning the final outcome of last month's parliamentary election after foreign monitors said they would release initial findings of an inquiry into the vote as early as Jan. 15.
A Chinese fish farmer walks on a frozen fish pond after he dug holes in it for ice fishing after a snow fall on Jan. 12, 2006, in Beijing. China is experiencing the coldest winter in 20 years, according to the Central Meteorological Office.