Photos Of The Week

Tourists walk at the snow covered Kasprowy Wierch Peak in southern Polish town of Zakopane August 31, 2010. The weather changed rapidly in the mountains since yesterday with temperature drop and more than 10 centimetres of fresh snow.

Photograph by: Marek Podmokly/Agencja Gazeta, Reuters

IN FOCUS: A woman working in a paddy smiled for a picture in the village of Mauayma, north of Allahabad, India, Tuesday. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)

TEAMWORK: Amish farmers helped a firefighter pull a hose across a burning field in East Lampeter Township, Pa., Monday. The fire burned more than two acres of newly cut hayfield. (Blaine Shahan/Intelligencer Journal-Lancaster New Era/Associated Press)

Eber Pava of Colombia dives from the 26.5 meter platform during round four of the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Polignano a Mare, Italy on August 8, 2010. (Romina AMATO/AFP/Getty Images)

Not a "firecane": A storm rages as debris from Hurricane Andrew burns in Homestead, Florida, in 1992.
Photograph by Raymond Gehman, National Geographic

A policeman removes his motorcycle as angry protesters burn a vehicle in reaction to a bomb attack on a Shi'ite Muslim procession in Lahore, Pakistan.
MOHSIN RAZA / REUTERS

Jesuit priest Father John Francis Thomas, center, watches as residents of the coastal township of Navotas, Philippines, sift through the debris after a fire that gutted hundreds of homes that has left more than 4,000 people homeless.
Bullit Marquez / AP

EARL’S FURY: Waves from Hurricane Earl battered a boat near Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Monday. The Category 4 hurricane was expected to remain over the ocean before running parallel to the east coast of the U.S., potentially reaching the North Carolina coast by late Thursday or early Friday. (Todd VanSickle/Associated Press)

CHEFS IN SNOW: Restaurant staff played outside at snow-covered Kasprowy Wierch Peak in the southern Polish town of Zakopane Tuesday. The weather changed rapidly in the mountains since Monday. (Marek Podmokly/Agencja Gazeta/Reuters)

Pakistani flood survivors look out from their make-shift tent after fleeing their village in Sajawal, Pakistan. Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fled floodwaters after the Indus River smashed through levees.
Shakil Adil / AP

GOT IT COVERED: A girl covered her head with a plastic bag amid heavy rainfall in Mumbai Tuesday. (Rajanish Kakade/Associated Press)

A boy takes cover in Fajardo, Puerto Rico from a wave caused by the approahc of Hurricane Earl.
Ricardo Arduengo / AP

A group of coeters, or firework lighters, strike rockets covered with fireproof clothes during the traditional 'Corda de Paterna' festivals held in Paterna, Spain.
EFE / ZUMA

TWO TO TANGO: Junko Mori, left, and Rene Torres represented Argentina in the 2010 Tango World Championship Salon category finals in Buenos Aires Monday. (Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press)

COURT DATE: Caroline Giuliani, 21, the daughter of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Donna Hanover, exited a Manhattan court Tuesday. A judge ordered her to perform a day of community service and keep out of trouble in order to eventually have a shoplifting charge dismissed. (Louis Lanzano/Associated Press)

President Barack Obama, top right, walks in the White House with the four leaders taking part in the Middle East peace talks: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, top center, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bottom right, Jordan's King Abdullah II, bottom left, and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak.
Jim Young / Reuters

A SCOTT FAN: Republican Florida gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott signed a supporter’s shirt as he campaigned in Sweetwater, Fla., Tuesday. Mr. Scott, who spent millions of his own dollars to beat his primary opponent, is running against Democrat Alex Sink and independent Lawton “Bud” Chiles III. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images))

ASSEMBLING IN MOSCOW: Opposition party supporters protested in Moscow in defense of the right to free assembly, which activists say the government is restricting. (Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters)

The closed captioning of President Barack Obama's primetime television address declaring an end to the combat mission in Iraq scrolls over his eyes on a television screen in the bar of the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

CHEEKY CYCLIST: Team Milram rider Dominik Roels of Germany cycled during the fourth stage of the Tour of Spain race between Malaga and Valdepenas de Jaen Tuesday. (Felix Ordonez/Reuters)

DIRECT HIT: Muay Thai fighter Wang W. of China took a hit to the face from Tsotne Rogava of Ukraine during their fight at the SportAccord Combat Games in Beijing Tuesday. (Diego Azubel/European Pressphoto Agency)

Displaced residents walk through flood waters in the village of Baseera, Pakistan.
Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images

CAPTURED: Young men lay on the ground after being arrested in Guatemala City Monday. Five youths between the ages of 15 and 19 were captured after they allegedly killed a police officer at a police station. (Doriam Morales/Reuters)

Flood victims are evacuated at night by a Pakistani Army helicopter in Qubo Saeed Khan, Pakistan.
Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

A MOTHER MOURNS HER SON: Graciela Galindo cried in front of a coffin containing the remains of her son in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday. Officials released the remains of about 11 people believed to have been killed by rebels and paramilitary forces in clashes. (John Vizcaino/Reuters)

IN HELL’S GATE: People straddled rocks in Hell’s Gate National park, north of Nairobi, Kenya, Monday. Hell’s Gate was once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley. (Zhao Yingquan/Xinhua/ZUMA Press)

BALANCING ACT: Flood victims used part of a damaged railway track to cross floodwaters as they made their way to a village near Sukkur, Pakistan, Tuesday. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

An image of Florencio Avalos, one of the 33 miners trapped in the collapsed San Jose mine, is seen on a TV set near the mine in Copiapo, Chile.
Natacha Pisarenko / AP

PAST MEETS PRESENT: A man dressed in traditional attire spoke on a cellphone during the annual Reed Dance in Swaziland Monday. During the ceremony, virgin girls cut reeds and present them to the queen mother. King Mswati III can also choose a new wife. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)