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AFP - Wed Sep 14, 4:40 PM ET
Dad's truck : An Afghan refugee child stands on top of his father's truck after arriving at the UNHCR's new Bagram Road refugee receiving centre on the outskirts of Kabul. (AFP/Indranil Mukherjee) -
AFP - Wed Sep 14, 4:41 PM ET
Slipping into Egypt : A Palestinian slips to the Egyptian side of the border using a small opening in the barrier that separates the border between Egypt and Gaza Strip in Rafah. (AFP/Pedro Ugarte) -
Reuters - Wed Sep 14, 4:39 PM ET
U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war. REUTERS/Rick Wilking -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 1:54 PM ET
A Husky dog rests in its temporary cage, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, in the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Animal Shelter at Louisiana State University's John M. Parker Coliseum in Baton Rouge, La. Volunteers have not been able to located the dog's owners so several strangers have offered to adopt her. As of Wednesday, the shelter was housing over 1,000 companion animals, including 641 dogs, 391 cats, and assorted pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, gerbils, mice, tortoises, and birds. Since the shelter opened during the days following the hurricane, almost 300 pets have already been reunited with their owners although the number of admissions is still surpassing the number of discharged animals. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) -
Reuters - Thu Sep 15,12:44 AM ET
A South Korean airport worker loads relief goods bound for Hurricane Katrina victims in the U.S., into a plane at Incheon airport September 15, 2005. REUTERS/Kim Jae-Hwan/Pool -
AFP/HO-NASA - Wed Sep 14, 4:18 PM ET
This NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Ophelia off the coast of the US Carolinas. Ophelia swirled in for a crash into coastal North Carolina unleashing powerful winds, flooding and power outages before even reaching shore(AFP/HO-NASA) -
AFP/Getty Images - Thu Sep 15,12:11 AM ET
A St. Bernard Parish fire truck sits in the mud in St. Bernard, Louisiana. Rescuers saved a man from his flooded home 16 days after Hurricane Katrina, officials said, as the death toll passed 700 and a new storm threatened more trouble.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan) -
AP - Thu Sep 15, 8:42 AM ET
This is a satelite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Ophelia on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005. (AP Photo/NOAA) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 8:50 AM ET
Friends J. Canfield, left, Kim Waas, center, and Melanie Wemple, right, share a laugh as they test the winds as Hurricane Ophelia moves toward Wrightsville Beach, N.C., Wednesday Sept. 14, 2005. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 9:41 PM ET
A corporate jet sits away from the New Orleans Lakefront Airport on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, in New Orleans. The aircraft was swept away during Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 6:40 PM ET
A kitesurfer kicks up a spray while riding the wind and waves generated by Hurricane Ophelia in Nags Head, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005. Ophelia continues to threaten the fragile barrier islands along the Outer Banks as it continues its track up the Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 6:53 PM ET
Dave Cizek drags a sea fence out of the surf at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., Wednesday Sept. 14, 2005, as Hurricane Ophelia threatened the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) -
AP - Thu Sep 15, 3:30 AM ET
This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005 at 2:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds associated with Hurricane Ophelia spinning off the North Carolina coast. The storm is expected to move northeast off the eastern seaboard the next few days. A dense area of clouds can be seen over the Southern and Central Plains and is associated with intense thunderstorms. A Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for much of Oklahoma due to these thick clouds. (AP Photo/NOAA) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 6:54 PM ET
Dave Cizek braves the waves at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, as Hurricane Ophelia threatened the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) -
Reuters - Fri Sep 2, 1:58 PM ET
A four-month-old Amur tiger cub (top) plays with a dog in the municipal zoo 'Royev Ruchey' in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, September 2, 2005. The dog, which has a puppy of its own, nursed the tiger cub and another Sumatran tiger cub after the mothers refused to nurse them. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 1:57 PM ET
Animal shelter volunteer Sharon Spann plays with a ShiTzu puppy, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, in the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Animal Shelter at Louisiana State University's John M. Parker Coliseum in Baton Rouge, La. As of Wednesday, the shelter was housing over 1,000 companion animals, including 641 dogs, 391 cats, and assorted pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, gerbils, mice, tortoises, and birds. Since the shelter opened during the days following the hurricane, almost 300 pets have already been reunited with their owners although the number of admissions is still surpassing the number of discharged animals. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) -
AP - Thu Sep 15, 2:08 AM ET
A couple walks past the collasped canopy at a gas station on Kure Beach, N.C., Wednesday Sept. 14, 2005, as Hurricane Ophelia threatened the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) -
AP - Thu Sep 15, 3:41 AM ET
In this handout photo released by Bruce Lee Club in Hong Kong, an artist's impression of a statue of the late Bruce Lee is seen. Bruce Lee fans urged the Hong Kong government Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005 to help pay for the bronze statue to mark the martial arts movie legend's 65th birthday in November. The Bruce Lee Club has the government's approval to erect a 2.5-meter (8.2-foot) statue on the Avenue of Stars, a tourist attraction that honors Hong Kong film stars along the city's harbor front. The club plans to unveil the statue of Lee on November 27. ( AP Photo/ Bruce Lee Club) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 5:18 PM ET
An ajar coffin from Greenwood Cemetery lies along railroad tracks in New Orleans on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005. Floodwaters have wreaked havoc with cemeteries in the area because deceased are interred above ground. (AP Photo/Ann Helene) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 1:57 PM ET
Animal shelter volunteer Sharon Spann comforts a ShiTzu puppy, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, in the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Animal Shelter at Louisiana State University's John M. Parker Coliseum in Baton Rouge, La. As of Wednesday, the shelter was housing over 1,000 companion animals, including 641 dogs, 391 cats, and assorted pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, gerbils, mice, tortoises, and birds. Since the shelter opened during the days following the hurricane, almost 300 pets have already been reunited with their owners although the number of admissions is still surpassing the number of discharged animals. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 1:58 PM ET
Polaroid pictures of dogs who are missing their owners are taped to a wall, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, in the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Animal Shelter at Louisiana State University's John M. Parker Coliseum in Baton Rouge, La. As of Wednesday, the shelter was housing over 1,000 companion animals, including 641 dogs, 391 cats, and assorted pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, gerbils, mice, tortoises, and birds. Since the shelter opened during the days following the hurricane, almost 300 pets have already been reunited with their owners although the number of admissions is still surpassing the number of discharged animals. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 2:49 PM ET
In a file photo market ready broilers wander around the damaged chicken house in Lorena, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005. The four house business of Sam Shirley was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and the stock will be destroyed. The gulf states hit by Katrina suffered at least $3 billion in agricultural losses, officials say. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis) -
AP - Wed Sep 14, 8:40 PM ET
Pieces of the Interstate 10 bridge sit upended in Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and Major General David B. Poythress, Adjutant General, Georrgia Department of Defense, toured the area and visited with Georgia Guard troops helping in the aftermath of the storm. (AP Photo/Ric Feld) -
A man stands outside a squat in Paris, before French police evacuated 25 Africans from the building. It was the third such raid since 24 people died in two squat fires last month. -
EU observers count weapons handed over by separatist rebels in Aceh province, Indonesia, as part of a deal to end decades of war.