(AP) - Early morning sunlight backlights the inside canopy of a multicolored hot-air balloon during the Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival Friday August 22, 2008 at Chatfield State Park in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)
(AFP) - Gasmask style : A model presents a creation by Spanish designer Oscar Leon, during the Barcelona fashion week 08 in Barcelona. (AFP/Josep Lago)
(AFP) - Beijing skies : The mid-afternoon sun shines from clear blue skies above the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube in Beijing as preparations are underway for 2008 Paralympic Games which take place on September 6-17. (AFP/Frederic J. Brown)
(Reuters) - Visitors sail through the air on an amusement park ride during the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul, Minnesota, August 30, 2008. The first Minnesota State Fair was held in 1859, the year after Minnesota was granted statehood, and now draws millions of visitors each year. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES)
(AP) - A yellow-cheeked crested gibbon yawns in a cage at Cambodia's Phnom Tamau Zoo in Takeo province, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Unchecked development could threaten two rare monkey species, yellow-cheeked crested gibbon and black-shanked douc langurs, that were recently discovered in Cambodia's remote northeast, international researchers said Monday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
(AP) - Against the Kuala Lumpur city skyline, Gary Cunningham of Australia leaps from the open deck of KL Tower (300 meters, or 984 feet) during an event in conjunction with Malaysian Independence Day of Aug. 31 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. BASE (Building, Antenna, Span and Earth)-jumping is an extreme sport where parachutists jump off tall buildings and structures instead of aircraft. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
(Reuters) - Malaysians participate in the National Day celebration parade, marking the 51st anniversary of independence, in Kuala Lumpur August 31, 2008. Malaysia marked its 51st birthday on Sunday with a mammoth parade that did little to mask the uncertainties a reborn opposition poses to the government's uninterrupted hold on power since independence from Britain in 1957. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)
(Reuters) - A child dressed as Lord Krishna participates in a fancy dress competition ahead of "Janamashtmi" celebrations in Shimla, capital of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh August 22, 2008. Janamashtmi is the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna that will be celebrated on August 24. REUTERS/Anil Dayal (INDIA)
(AP) - Two yard art fishing figurines stand in high waters of a bayou after Hurricane Gustav stormed through Houma, La., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
(AFP) - Ramadan lights : Palestinian children set off fireworks celebrating the holy month of Ramadan in al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
(AP) - A one-day-old unnamed dolphin calf, top right, plays with its mother Dolly, in the dolphinarium of Black sea's town of Varna some 450 kms. (280 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. It is the eight dolphin born at the Varna's dolphinarium for the last 13 years. (AP Photo/Petko Momchilov)
(AFP) - Palestinian children set off fireworks celebrating the holy month of Ramadan in al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Muslims around the world this week begin the fasting and feasting month of Ramadan amid hopes of violence easing in some of the Islamic world's conflict hotspots but hit hard by rising food prices.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)
(AFP) - Rubber ducky, you're the many : The Great British Duck Race in West London sees 250,000 blue rubber ducks released into the river Thames. (AFP/Shaun Curry)
(AP) - People look at one of the fountains of The Magic Circuit of Water in Lima, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. The Magic Circuit of Water in the Reserve Park, accepted by Guinness Record as the biggest fountains complex of the world, is a complex of thirteen fountains that combine movement, lights of several colors, sounds and Peruvian images. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
(Reuters) - A gallery employee looks at "Freddie" by Craig Stevens, a lego sculpture of singer Freddie Mercury, part of the View Basket: Art Bought Online at the Hayward Gallery in London August 28, 2008. The exhibition of more than 100 works, both amateur and professional, were all purchased on internet auction site eBay.co.uk with a budget of £5000 during August. The exhibition ends September 28, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN)
(AP) - A fire dancer performs on the playa at the Burning Man festival on Wednesday morning, Aug. 27, 2008, at the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev.(AP Photo/Brad Horn)
(AP) - Scarecrow football players man the line of scrimmage as scarecrow fans watch on a field Wednesday Aug. 27, 2008, Hoschton, Ga. To coincide with the town's upcoming fall festival dubbed 'scarecow stanpede', Hoschton residents are trying to break the Guinness World Record for most scarecrows in one location with a goal of 4000. (AP Photo/John Amis)
(AP) - A two-week-old reticulated giraffe is nuzzled by her mother 'Fanny' at the Brookfield Zoo Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 in Chicago. The five-foot-tall calf is the the 57th giraffe born at Brookfield Zoo and Fanny's third offspring. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
(AFP) - Tomatina smiles : Women covered in tomato juice smile during the "Tomatina", a traditional festival where people throw tomatoes at each other, on August in Bunol, some 300km east of Madrid. (AFP/Pablo Argente)
(AFP) - Traditional dance : A dancer from the southern Indian state of Kerala performs a traditional dance during a function in Bangalore. (AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)
(Reuters) - Staff prepare the red carpet near a golden lion statue in front of the Cinema Palace in Venice August 25, 2008. The 65th Venice Film Festival will take place from August 27 to September 6, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (ITALY)
(Reuters) - School children walk through a field at Koribari village on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 25, 2008. Indian corn futures may trade higher on Monday with record exports and a lower acreage supporting and better-than-expected crop, aided by late rains, weighing, analysts said. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA)
(AFP) - Tango hold : An Argentine couple dance during the qualifying round of the Tango Salon competition during the 6th edition of the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires. (AFP/Juan Mabromata)
(Reuters) - A model wears a creation during the KERA fashion show in Tokyo August 24, 2008. KERA, a Japanese fashion magazine, hosted a fashion show displaying designs by gothic fashion designers as part of the Magazine Fashion Week series of fashion shows. REUTERS/Michael Caronna (JAPAN)
(AFP) - Democratic delegate : A delegate from Florida walks around the floor at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. (AFP/Robyn Beck)
(Reuters) - Workers paint the exterior wall of a temporary art gallery in Berlin, August 18, 2008. The contemporary art gallery which will be open for the public on October 30, 2008, is built on the area of Berlin's former City Palace (Berliner Stadtschloss) and the former East German parliament building, the Palast der Republik. Local government will start to reconstruct the original facade of the City Palace in 2010. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY)
(AFP) - Olympic dance : A dancer in a fluorescent suit performs during the closing ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium also known as the "Bird's Nest". (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
(AP) - A new-born Javan Lutung (Trachypithecus auratus), also known as Javan Langur, baby is embraced by Smirre, the mother, in the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. The Javan Langur baby was born on August 18, the mother arriving from the Netherlands Apeldoorn and the father, Orange, from Belfast. The baby has not yet been given a name as at this early age the gender was unconfirmed, but is believed to be male. It is the first time that a baby has been born to Javan Langurs, an endangered species, in Hungary. (AP Photo/MTI, Attila Kovacs)
(Reuters) - Pictogram tattoos of the disciplines of the decathlon are seen on the legs of Andrei Krauchanka of Belarus during his pole vault event of the men's decathlon in the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (CHINA)
(AFP) - Kanaeva competes : Russia's Evgeniya Kanaeva competes in the individual all-around qualification of the rhythmic gymnastics at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (AFP/Franck Fife)
(AFP) - Finishing touch : Sri Lankan artist Sarath Yatawara puts the finishing touches to one of his paintings hanging on railings outside a park in Colombo. (AFP/Ishara S. Kodikara)
(Reuters) - A nine-month-old female octopus holds a jar, which contains her favourite seafood snacks of shrimps, crabs and clams inbetween her tentacles in Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo March 14, 2003. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler
(Reuters) - Competitors jump during the men's quarterfinals run for the BMX cycling competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 20, 2008. (Jacky Naegelen/Reuters)
(Reuters) - An Afghan guard of honour stands next to the minaret of liberty during the Afghan Independence day celebration in Kabul August 18, 2008. Afghanistan celebrates its 89th Independence Day from Britain on Monday. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)
(AFP/DDP) - Baby prowl : Three months old snow leopard "Emba" inspects his enclosure during his first outing at the zoo in Rostock, northeastern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Danny Gohlke)
(AFP) - Colorful environment : Visitors rest and visit the tent of a 3-D Luminarium inflatable installation by British designer Alain Parkinson on the Hajogyar (Shipyard) Island of Budapest, on the fifth day of the one-week Sziget festival in the Hungarian capital. (AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)
(Reuters) - A long exposure shot shows stars over the columns in the ancient city of Stobi near Stip, about 120 km (75 miles) southeast from the capital Skopje, in the early hours of August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski (MACEDONIA)
(Reuters) - Gardeners design a giant flower carpet to form a floral decoration at Brussels' Grand Place, August 14, 2008. The design requires about 700,000 flowers to create, according to event organisers. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM)
