Photos Of The Day

A Filipino boy holds a ball along Manila's railway tracks on Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008. Many impoverished families in Manila put up shanties on the narrow pieces of land along the rail line because of a lack of adequate housing for the burgeoning urban poor population.

Lunar Lanters

Visitors look at lanterns at Yuyuan Garden on Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008, on the sixth day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Shanghai, China. Traditional lanterns are displayed as part of the Lantern Festival until the 15th day of the new year.

Between A Rock ...

People wait to be winched to a rescue helicopter from a stranded yacht that ran aground at Hook Island on the east coast of Australia's Queensland state Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Thirty two passengers and five crew were winched to safety by helicopters after the two-masted, 59-foot ketch, Romance, ran aground at night in wild seas.

Crash Scene

A worker watches as a bus is raised after it tumbled off a bridge in Anshun in southwest China's Guizhou province Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. The accident killed eight and injured 21.

Drive-By

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of England drives his McLaren Mercedes race car during a test session at the Jerez racetrack in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.

At A Loss

American flags are reflected in the grill of a Chevrolet Suburban at Commonwealth Motors in Lawrence, Mass., Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008. General Motors Corp., parent company of Chevrolet, reported a $38.7 billion loss for 2007 on Tuesday, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new round of buyout offers to U.S. hourly workers in hopes of replacing some of them with lower-paid help.

Sun-Splashed

The morning sun rises over the snow-covered docks at the Plattsburgh Boat Basin, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

New Addition

The European Space Agency's Columbus module, at lower right, is seen attached to the International Space Station, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. The module was lifted from the payload bay of the shuttle Atlantis on Monday, Feb. 11, and installed during a spacewalk.