Car and driver are stopped in Derry, N.H., on a road littered with fallen trees and wires after an overnight ice storm Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. The ice storm knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses in New England, upstate New York and Pennsylvania and authorities say it could take days for all of them to get service back.
Beat Down
Farmers thresh crops on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.
Ghana Fishin'
A lone fisherman walks away from his dugout canoe soon after sunrise at the fishing beach in James Town, Accra, Ghana Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The ocean here is heavily polluted with garbage and sewage from the capital.
High Water St. Mark's
A man walks through high water in St. Mark's Square as strong winds pushed the Adriatic Sea into the Venice lagoon, submerging part of the city, Friday, Dec.12, 2008. Violent storms flooded parts of Rome on Thursday, killing at least one person, and the sea again threatened Venice as a wave of bad weather continued to plague Italy.
By The Bush-el
President George W. Bush, left, his mother Barbara Bush, center, and his father former President George H.W. Bush, right, stand during a commencement ceremony at Texas A&M University on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, in College Station, Texas.
Violence Flares
Riot police attempt to assist a colleague covered in flames from a petrol bomb thrown by protesters, during clashes in central Athens, Friday Dec. 12, 2008. Greek youths were hurling rocks and broken paving stones at riot police who responded with volleys of tear gas, on the seventh straight day of unrest over the fatal police shooting of a teenager last Saturday night.
Koala Carry
Mother Geogie carries her joey, Kirrhi, the newest member of the Los Angeles Zoo's koala family, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. Kirrhi, who was born April 3, 2008, spent six months developing in mother's pouch before emerging.
Winter Waves
A young bodyboarder rides a wave off Carcavelos beach, outside Lisbon, Portugal, on Friday, Dec. 12 2008. The Portuguese beaches are taken over by surfers during the winter months when the storms out at sea send in bigger waves.