Picture News
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AP - Mon Sep 5, 6:05 AM ET
A Hummingbird Hawk-Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) sucks the nectar of a buddleia blossom, Monday, Sept. 5, 2005 in a garden in Frankfurt, Germany. The weather is expected to remain warm and sunny during the next days, according to meteorologists. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 4:46 PM ET
New friend : Hurricane Katrina victim Sondra Sercovich from Mandeville, Louisiana, waits in line for a food stamp application, and shows off her new furry friend 'Peanut', a 4-week old baby squirrel she rescued after the hurricane. (AFP/Paul J. Richards) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 4:47 PM ET
In the rubble : A Palestinian boy plays in the ruins of Palestinian homes that were destroyed by the Israeli army in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunes, near the former Israeli settlement of Ganei Tal. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 4:57 PM ET
Painted views : Palestinian men take a rest at the separation barrier as they wait for their turn to cross the West Bank Kalandia checkpoint. (AFP/Abbas Momani) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 5:15 PM ET
Fiz creation : A model presents Spanish designer Ion Fiz's Spring/Summer 2006 collection during Madrid Fashion week (Pasarela Cibeles) in Madrid. (AFP/Pierre-Phillippe Marcou) -
AFP/DDP - Thu Sep 8, 5:08 PM ET
Putin and Schroeder : German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin share a light moment at the Chancellory in Berlin. (AFP/DDP/Johannes Eisele) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 5:12 PM ET
Bullet holes : Kashmiri men look at a bullet damaged pane of glass in a street of Srinagar. (AFP/Sajjad Hussein) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 4:53 PM ET
Tires on the beach : Palestinian boys jump on tires on the beach of Gaza City. (AFP/Thomas Coex) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 4:55 PM ET
Painting the post : An Indian worker paints a lamp post at the India Gate, which was built in 1931 under British rule, in New Delhi. (AFP/Manan Vatsyayana) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 4:49 PM ET
Keeping watch : Palestinian security men are deployed in the West Bank city of Ramallah following the assassination of former security chief Mussa Arafat yesterday in Gaza. (AFP/Jamal Aruri) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 5:23 PM ET
Agassi and Blake : Number seven Andre Agassi (L) of the US and James Blake of the US walk off the court after their match at the US Open in Flushing Meadows, NY. Agassi won in five sets. (AFP/Don Emmert) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 4:35 PM ET
Vazquez creation : A model presents Spanish designer Jorge Vazquez's Spring/Summer 2006 collection during Madrid Fashion week (Pasarela Cibeles) in Madrid. (AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 4:46 PM ET
Bear for his daughter : Hurricane Katrina evacuee Richard Washington holds a stuffed animal after he said good-bye to his daughter on a departing school bus outside the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. (AFP/Stan Honda) -
Reuters - Wed Sep 7,12:11 PM ET
Search and rescue teams use boats and helicopters during operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans September 6, 2005. Engineers pumped flood waters out of the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday, although fires raging across the devastated city hindered efforts to find those who survived Hurricane Katrina and the thousands feared dead in a disaster that has shaken America. (David J. Phillip/Pool/Reuters) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 1:08 PM ET
Rescue workers patrol with boats the flooded streets of New Orleans. Experts warned that human activity has led to coastal erosion and receding wetlands in Louisiana, depriving the southern US state of its natural storm barrier.(AFP/Omar Torres) -
AFP/NASA/File - Thu Sep 8, 1:15 PM ET
An artist picture shows a NASA Mars exploration Rover on the surface of Mars. Finding water would be a godsend to any future manned mission to Mars, providing astronauts with fuel, through hydrogen, as well as the means to grow food and survive.(AFP/NASA/File) -
AFP-NASA/File - Thu Sep 8, 1:15 PM ET
This image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows Mars when it was approximately 43 million miles from Earth. The evidence now firmly states Mars is not dead, for it has plentiful reserves of water and maybe lingering sources of heat, too.(AFP-NASA/File) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 2:36 PM ET
A boat lays down on a street by the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, in New Orleans, Lousiana. Human activity has led to coastal erosion and receding wetlands in Louisiana, depriving the southern US state of its natural storm barrier, said experts who had been warning that a catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina was lurking just around the corner.(AFP/Omar Torres) -
Reuters - Thu Sep 8, 3:40 PM ET
An active lifestyle and a healthy, fish-rich diet are not only good for your heart, they may also help tackle the memory loss associated with old age, two leading neuroscientists said on Wednesday. A man rides a wave off Cuba, August 27, 2005. (Claudia Daut/Reuters) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 3:47 PM ET
A US military unit crosses the flooded area of interstate 10 in New Orleans, Lousiana.(AFP/Omar Torres) -
AFP/Getty Images - Thu Sep 8, 3:49 PM ET
Sandra Shaw carries debris to the fire past trophy deer heads that have been salvaged after their home was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in Pearlington, Mississippi. Rescuers in New Orleans struggled to persuade diehard survivors to leave the battered city, as receding floodwaters revealed the grisly discovery of 30 bodies in a nursing home.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 3:49 PM ET
Hurricane Katrina evacuee George Berniard (L) and other children walk to board a school bus outside the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. This group of children were headed to Douglas Elementary School to start their first day of school.(AFP/Stan Honda) -
Reuters - Thu Sep 8, 7:53 PM ET
Binh Nguyen finds his boat on land, where it was carried by Hurricane Katrina, in Clermont Harbor, Mississippi September 8, 2005. Biologists expect to find major destruction when they take their first close-up look at the impact on wildlife habitats and Louisiana's vital fishing industry, the state's top conservation official said on Thursday. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) -
AFP/Pool/File - Thu Sep 8, 7:57 PM ET
Temporary pumps move floodwaters through the repaired 17th Street canal levee in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. US Army engineers are pumping about 432 Olympic-sized swimming pools of putrid water out of deluged New Orleans every second, they said(AFP/Pool/File/David J. Phillip) -
AFP - Thu Sep 8, 8:37 PM ET
Police and others rescue workers continue patrolling the flooded streets of New Orleans, Lousiana, looking for bodies or survivors. Rescuers in New Orleans struggled to persuade diehard Hurricane Katrina survivors to abandon the city, as a political battle intensified over a probe into the federal relief effort.(AFP/Omar Torres)