ChristopherCox walks where he used to live in before Hurricane Ike destroyed histrailer in Galveston, Texas September 15, 2008. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Members of a medical team rest at the Ball High School after Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas September 15, 2008. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Avillager uses a net to catch a chicken thrown by Hindu worshippersduring the Kasada festival at Mount Bromo in Indonesia’s East Javaprovince September 15, 2008. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas
Paramilitary policemen run with a child as Typhoon Sinlaku hits a levee in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, September 15, 2008. REUTERS/China Daily
Aperformer, who said he was working on a film and photo project, wears amat of straw in front of a sign of Lehman Brothers Holdings at thecompany’s office in Tokyo September 16, 2008. Straw mats aretraditionally used to wrap corpses or as bedding for homeless people inJapan. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Residents stand outside the 14th of Ramadan Sunni mosque during a sandstorm in Baghdad September 15, 2008. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem
Womenjostle among a crowd seeking a charity handout in Pasuruan, Indonesia’sEast Java province September 15, 2008. Twenty one people were killedand scores more hurt when a crowd stampeded in Indonesia after about10,000 people queued for a charity handout to mark the Muslim fastingmonth, the state news agency said on Monday. REUTERS/Stringer
Alaborer works at Changning Steel and Iron Factory in Changzhi, Shanxiprovince September 15, 2008. Weakening steel demand in China, theworld’s biggest maker, has raised doubts about when — or if — Beijingwill scrap export rebates to hold down domestic prices, a move thatcould support falling global spot prices. REUTERS/Stringer
An investor held his prayer beads as he followedthe stock market activity at the Dubai Financial Market. Globalequities tumbled for a second day running today as anxious investorswaited to see if American International Group would suffer the samefate as the bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers. Photo: Marwan Naamani/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Israeli soldiers stopped a Palestinian youth asthey patrolled near the Jewish settlements of Beit Romano and AbrahamAvino in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. The main party inIsrael’s governing coalition will choose a new leader on Wednesday, andpolls indicate that the winner will likely be Foreign Minister TzipiLivni, who says her goal is to form a new government without generalelections and charge ahead on peace talks with the Palestinians. Photo: Hazem Bader/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
A Colorado boy showed his support for SenatorBarack Obama, as the Democratic presidential nominee spoke at theColorado School of Mines in Golden, Co. Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times
Visitors watched elephants bathe in an indoor pool at a zoo in Leipzig, Germany. Photo: Eckehard Schulz/Associated Press
Amazing and thought provoking photos and news tidbits. Thanks for sharing. RYC: The black one is mine and the yellow is my neighbor’s 🙂