Pictures of the Week:

That Sinking Feeling

This sand cargo carrier ran aground on the banks of the Hanjiang River in Wuhan, China.

Monday, Oct 12, 2009

Mauricio Lima / AFP / Getty

Gone
Residents carry their belongings from the fire-ravaged Diogo Pires shantytown of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Monday, Oct 12, 2009

Anindito Mukherjee / EPA

Progress
An Indian Delhi Metro employee works on a rail tunnel that will connect Jangpura and Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi, India.

Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009

Alfredo Aldai / EPA

Wide Load
One of the two gigantic chambers that will be installed at a coke plant in Muskiz, Spain travels through town on the way to the construction site.

Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009

Sidnei Costa / Agencia Bom Dia / EPA

Emergency
A man shouts for help while trying to rescue a woman from the floods in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil.

Thursday, Oct 08, 2009

Jay Directo / AFP / Getty

Sorrow
A boatman transports three empty wooden coffins near Laguna Lake in the flood-ravaged Philippines.

Saturday, Sep 26, 2009

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Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters

Why So Serious?
A clown goofs off as soldiers march in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009

Frank Fennema / Caters News / ZUMA

Electric
A lightning storm flashes over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009

ERIK S. LESSER / EPA

Aqua Park
A Six Flags of Georgia roller coaster lies beneath floodwaters from the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta.

Saturday, Sep 19, 2009

Sayyid Azim / AP

Desolate
The skeletal carcass of a drought-stricken cow stands in a parched field in Kitengela, Kenya, 50 km (about 30 miles) east of the capital, Nairobi.

Friday, Sep 11, 2009

Oliver Berg / DPA / Zuma

Busy, Busy, Busy
New Ford car models are shipped along the Rhine River near Vlissingen in the Netherlands.

Thursday, Sep 17, 2009

Kyodo News / AP

This Is Going to Hurt
Tochinoshin, top, topples his opponent, Mongolian champion Harumafuji, during the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena.

Tuesday, Sep 08, 2009

Nick Ut / AP

Superman
A fireman investigates a fire truck stuck in a sinkhole in the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Sunday, Sep 06, 2009

Philippine Navy / Reuters

SOS
More than 800 people were plucked from the sinking SuperFerry 9, which foundered off the southern coast of the Philippines. At least three were killed in the disaster, and 88 remain missing.

Wednesday, Sep 09, 2009

Ferhat Uludaglar / ZUMA

Looking for an Ark
People walk across a highway in Istanbul after torrential rains flooded the region, killing at least 33 people.

Tuesday, Sep 08, 2009

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HAN CHUANHAO / Xinhua / Landov

Out of This World
This unique geological phenomenon, known as a Danxia landform, can be seen in several places in China. This example is located in Zhangye, Gansu Province. The color is a result of millions of years of accumulated red sandstone and other sediments that have dried and oxidized.

Tuesday, Sep 01, 2009

NASA / Reuters

Hi!
Astronaut Nicole Stott waves during a maintenance spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Monday, Aug 24, 2009

Ben Cooper / NASA / Landov / UPI

Flashing Lights
Xenon lights shine over Launch Pad 39A before NASA canceled the first launch attempt for Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-128 due to weather, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA has also cancelled the second launch attempt, scheduled for August 26, because of a faulty liquid hydrogen fill and drain valve.