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Mountain climbers earn money washing the curved glass roof of Warsaw's trendy shopping mall, the Golden Terraces, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, May 17, 2007.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) ORG XMIT: WAR152
Czarek Sokolowski The Spokesman-Review
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Two cows fight during the annual 'Battle of the Queens', a cow fight in the western Alpine canton of Valais, in Aproz, Switzerland, Thursday, May 17, 2007. The Valais is home to a unique breed of cows, the Herens also called Eringer cows. Members of this bovine family are very robust and possess the singular characteristic of fighting among themselves to establish a hierarchy within the herd. During the combat the cows simply push, forehead against forehead. They also use their horns in different ways. People of Valais use the unique competitive spirit of the Herens breed to organize cow fighting sporting events. These have been held in Valais since 1922. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron) ORG XMIT: APR103
Laurent Gillieron The Spokesman-Review
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A helmet, gun, and dog tag belonging to Sgt. Avery Pursel sits in front of a large U.S. flag at a memorial service at Fort Lewis, Wash. Tuesday, May 15, 2007, for Pursel and five other soldiers who were killed earlier this month in a bombing in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ORG XMIT: WATW106
Ted Warren The Spokesman-Review
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An Israeli teacher comforts a student, center, after a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, hit their school in the town of Sderot, southern Israel, Thursday, May 17, 2007. No one was hurt. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Security Cabinet decided against large-scale reprisal late Wednesday, but authorized the army to step up attacks on Hamas rocket squads. Two Israeli airstrikes on Hamas targets Wednesday killed five people, Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ORG XMIT: JRL110
Ariel Schalit The Spokesman-Review
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President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair walk after Bush welcomed Blair to the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ORG XMIT: WHCD109
Charles Dharapak The Spokesman-Review
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U.S. BMW Oracle Racing, right, competes against Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge during the semi finals. race 3, of the Louis Vuitton Cup in Valencia, Spain, Wednesday May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) ORG XMIT: DO801
Bernat Armangue The Spokesman-Review
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The Treasury, al-Khazneh in Arabic, the famous Petra monument that is carved out of solid rock from the side of a mountain and stands over 40 meters high is seen at the end of the Siq, a 1.5 kilometers path that narrows to about five meters and the walls tower over 200 meters overhead leading to the ancient city of Petra, Jordan Wednesday, May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) ORG XMIT: NN106
Nasser Nasser The Spokesman-Review
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A passer-by watches an electric stock prices board in Tokyo, Thursday, May 17, 2007. Japan's economy expanded for a ninth-straight quarter from January to March, at a 2.4 percent clip, but the pace of growth in the world's second-largest economy began to slow as companies cut investment amid jitters about a U.S. slowdown. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) ORG XMIT: XKK102
Katsumi Kasahara The Spokesman-Review
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves from his car as he drives up the Champs Elysees avenue Wednesday May 16, 2007 in Paris. Sarkozy took office as the new president of France, waving farewell to outgoing leader Jacques Chirac and promising to move quickly and boldly to equip the nation for a new era. (AP Photo/David Vincent) ORG XMIT: DAV807
David Vincent The Spokesman-Review
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A duckling tries to jump out of a swimming pool as it follows its mother in the pool of an apartment complex in Santa Clara, Calif., Tuesday, May 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ORG XMIT: CAMS107
Marcio Sanchez The Spokesman-Review
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A woman gathers roses early in the morning near the Bulgarian village of Pesnopoi, some 160 kilometers (100 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. The rose picking season started Wednesday in Bulgaria's Rose Valley promising a record production of rose oil this year, officials said. Bulgarian rose oil is traditionally used for the highest-grade perfumery in the world. Main buyers are the United States, France, Japan and Switzerland. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov) ORG XMIT: XPP107
Petar Petrov The Spokesman-Review
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A dog named Lili enjoys the fresh snow up in the mountains of Lofer in the Austrian province of Salzburg, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. After an unusual long term of warm and dry weather, winter has returned in some alpine regions. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson) ORG XMIT: VIE113
Kerstin Joensson The Spokesman-Review
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Turkish students wave a huge national flag during a ceremony as part of the Youth and Sports Day celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Turkey will mark on Saturday, May 19, 2007, Youth and Sports Day and the 88th anniversary of modern Turkey's founder Ataturk's arrival in the Black Sea city of Samsun to launch the war of independence during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer) ORG XMIT: IST101
Murad Sezer The Spokesman-Review
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Quechua men play traditional Andean music around a fire during celebrations of the Tinku Festival in the city of Macha, Bolivia, Friday, May 4, 2007. Tinku, an ancestral ritual that predates the Spanish conquest, consists of rival villages engaging in hand-to-hand combat that tradition says will secure richer, more prosperous crops in the coming year.(AP Photo/Juan Karita) ORG XMIT: XLAT206
Juan Karita The Spokesman-Review
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Laborers are reflected on the water as they unload mud for making potteries from a boat in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ORG XMIT: XSD102
Saurabh Das The Spokesman-Review
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Fishermen row their boat in River Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Experts warn that due to global warming, the receding Himalayan glaciers may reduce the flow rate of Brahmaputra, a major river hundreds of millions of people are dependent on. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) ORG XMIT: GTI101
Anupam Nath The Spokesman-Review
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Dogs rest as commuters pass by on the Constitucion train station in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Commuters enraged by delays in evening train service on Tuesday set fire to parts of a railroad station, looted nearby shops and clashed with riot police. Hundreds of passengers fled the fighting inside train station, one of the largest in South America with an estimated 300,000 users daily. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) ORG XMIT: XNP102
Natacha Pisarenko The Spokesman-Review
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A child is silhouetted against a watery background as he plays at the Salmon Street Spring fountain during a warm day Wednesday, May 16, 2007, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) ORG XMIT: PD101
Don Ryan The Spokesman-Review
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