Some 20,000 luminous spheres are scattered about the ancient Circo Massimo arena in Rome on the eve of the White Night festival. Ethiopian women follow men in a procession through early morning mist to celebrate a special pre-millennium mass at an Orthodox church in the northern city of Axum. Ethiopia celebrated the year 2000 on Sept. 11, 2007. Guatemalan citizens block highways in protest of the re-election of Mayor Jose Lopez of the Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza party, in the municipality of Palin, the day after general elections. Mourners holding photos of loved ones gather near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan during a commemoration of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. An aerial view of the man-made palm tree-shaped islands in Dubai. Malaysians in costume march in a parade commemorating 50 years of independence in Kuala Lumpur. On the Day of the Goose, held in Lekeitio, Spain, contestants try to grab hold of a dead goose hanging on a rope and break its neck while locals dissuade them by shaking the line. Smoke rises from the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp during clashes between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants of Fatah al-Islam in Lebanon. An Orthodox priest surveys the remains of his church in Zacharo on the Peloponnesian Peninsula, Greece. An elephant rests in a marsh in front of Mount Kilimanjaro in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Soldiers attend a memorial service at Fort Lewis in Washington for four Stryker soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, who were killed while in serving in Iraq. The Space Shuttle Endeavour floats above the Earth while docked at the International Space Station. A curious male walks past signs announcing "No Men" at the entrance to Italy's first women-only beach at the Adriatic resort of Riccione. A man prays at the 'Nuestra Senora de la Merced' church in Havana. Cuba's Catholic masses are increasingly sparsely attended. A firefighter works to extinguish a forest fire at 'El Mercadillo' in Malaga, Spain. A man swims against the current after heavy flooding in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The Mexican National Meteorological Service forecasted an increase in rains and tropical |