U.S. soldiers offer a silent prayer during a ceremony to mark the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11 at a U.S. base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007.
People fight during a protest over the results of municipal level elections in Santa Maria de Jesus, Monday, Sept. 11, 2007, a after Guatemala’s general elections. Protesters who rejected the mayor’s re-election in the town scuffle with some of his supporters during the protest.
Specialist Damon Pickens, of Dallas, is hugged by his wife Siabhon while he holds his daughter Mariah’s hand as they leave after he and about 260 other Army soldiers part of the Strykers’ 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division arrived at Fort Lewis, Wash. after a 15 month deployment in Iraq on Monday, Sept. 10, 2007. This is the first wave of the bulk of roughly 3800 that returning in the coming weeks.
Israeli medics tend to a wounded soldier after arriving at Barzilai hospital in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, early Tuesday , Sep. 11, 2007. A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a tent filled with sleeping soldiers in a southern Israeli army base, wounding more than 25 of them early Tuesday, Israeli medics and the army said. The army confirmed that the rocket struck a tent filled with sleeping soldiers, all recent recruits conducting their basic training, at an army base about 1 kilometer north of the Gaza Strip.
A Muslim woman gives money to beggars in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. People who give money to beggars, street musicians or food vendors in Indonesia’s bustling capital will face jail time or hefty fines under legislation passed Monday, an official said.
South Korean protesters shout slogans during an anti-U.S. rally opposing the U.S. policy against North Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. They demanded that the U.S. sign a peace agreement with North Korea to replace the 1953 cease-fire that halted the Korean War, claiming it would be a way to resolve its nuclear standoff with the United States.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens during the budget 2008 debate at the parliament in Berlin on Tuesday, Sept 11, 2007.
