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Image: People watch as Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama speaks
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Democrats
in Denver

  Thousands turn out to see Sen. Barack Obama accept nomination.

Image: People walk through a flooded street in Haiti
Ariana Cubillos / AP
Image: A reveler throws tomato pulp at another during the annual food fight, the Tomatina
Fernando Bustamante / AP
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U.S., world, and environment
Image: Sarah Palin
Al Grillo / AO
Fast-track governor

  View images of Sarah Palin’s quick rise to become Alaska’s governor and now John McCain’s running mate.

Image: Katrina then and now
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Image: The Week in Pictures
Fernando Bustamante / AP
Image: DNC, Day 4
Jim Young / Reuters
Rob Witzel / The Gainesville Sun
Image: A poster of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is burned
Khalid Tanveer / AP

  Slide show

Musharraf quits
Image:Roza Injgia mourns as she sits next to her 69-year-old husband Meira Injgia's bed
Umit Bektas / Reuters
Image: Beijing at night
Oded Balilty / AP
A family celebrates a birthday in Baghdad
Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud / Reuters
Image: The Telegraph Fire blows up near Yosemite National Park
Alfred Golub / AP
Emad Matti / AP
Edwin Llobrera / AP

Entertainment photos

Celebrity, music, movie, TV and fashion
Image: Brad Pitt and George Clooney
Max Rossi / Reuters
2008 Venice Film Festival

  Clooney, Pitt, Theron and more stars unveil latest movies at Italian festival.

Image: SUSAN LUCCI, TONY DOVOLANI
Heidi Gutman / ABC
Premiere Of Sony Pictures' "House Bunny" - Arrivals
Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images
2008 Democratic National Convention: Day 4
Doug Pensinger / Getty Images
Isaac Hayes
Norman Seeff / AP
Image: Bernie Mac
Kevin Winter / Getty Images
Courtesy Everett Collection
Miley Cyrus
Chris Carlson / AP
Cropped Taylor
Hulton Archive / Getty Images
Image: Comic-Con
Mike Blake / Reuters
Image: 30 Rock
Nicole Rivelli / NBC
CARLIN
Gregory Bull / AP
Image: Amy Winehouse
Carl De Souza / AFP - Getty Images
Eddie Vedder
Mark Humphrey / AP

Sports photos

Big matchups, sports stars and history
Swimming
Kay Nietfeld / EPA
Michael Phelps through the years

  A look at the celebrated swimmer’s journey to winningest Olympian ever.

Sergio Garcia tests the wind before his tee shot on the eighth hole during completion of rain-delayed third round of the 90th PGA Championship golf tournament at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township
Matt Sullivan / Reuters
Olympics Day 11 - Diving
Streeter Lecka / Getty Images
Image: Michael Phelps
Martin Bureau / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Padraig Harrington
Paul Thomas / AP
Yankee Stadium is host to final All-Star game as MLB All-Star game opening ceremonies take place in New York
Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters
The pack of riders cycle in the rain during the 15th stage of the 95th Tour de France cycling race between Embrun and Prato Nevoso
Thierry Roge / Reuters
Image: Tiger Woods & Rocco Mediate
Charlie Riedel / AP
Exercise rider Michelle Nevin and a groom walk Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown in the paddock before the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York
Eric Thayer / Reuters
Image: Doc Rivers
Elise Amendola / AP
Big Brown, with jockey Desormeaux, crosses finish line to win 133rd running of Preakness Stakes in Maryland
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
Image: Wings' Lidstrom lifts the Stanley Cup after his team defeated the Penguins in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup hockey final in Pittsburgh
Shaun Best / Reuters
Danica Patrick
Tom Strickland / AP
Jockey Kent Desormeaux aboard Big Brown rides to a win on the134th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville
John Gress / Reuters

Travel photos

U.S. and worldwide destinations
To match feature USA-TRAINS/
Joshua Lott / Reuters
All aboard!

  The rising costs of traveling by air and car have drawn record passengers onto America’s railways.

Image: Chinese security officer stand guards
Teh Eng Koon / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Taj Mahal
Prakash Singh / AFP/Getty Images
Edwin Llobrera / AP
Image: Socotra, Yemen
Khaled Abdullah / Reuters
Tim Thompson
Geisha in the Gion District
Corbis
David Lefranc / Paris Tourist Office
Vancouver Skyline and Harbor in Morning Light
Richard T. Nowitz / Corbis
Climber Abseiling Down Table Mountain
Henrik Trygg / Corbis
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AP
Couple Tango Dancing
Sergio Pitamitz / © Sergio Pitamitz/CORBIS
Lounge Chairs on Beach at Club Med
Macduff Everton / © Macduff Everton/CORBIS

Technology and science photos

Space, technology, gadgets and science
Adam Block / Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
Month in Space: Sky highlights

  Feast your eyes on eclipses, northern lights and other out-of-this-world sights from August 2008.

Image: Solar eclipse
AP
Image: Members of an unknown Amazon Basin tribe
Reuters
Image: Stonehenge
Ken Geiger / National Geographic
Image: Nebula
Cfh
USGS / NASA
Image: Limestone sequence
John "Doug" Powell
Image: A humanoid robot, designed to make human-like facial expressions in response to English and Japanese words.
David Guttenfelder / AP
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Image: "Doomsday" vault in Norway
John Mcconnico / AP
Image: SpaceShipTwo
Virgingalactic.com
Image: Sanyo's Xacti E1
Robyn Beck / AFP - Getty Images
NASA / JPL / Space Science Insti

  SLIDE SHOW

Best of Cassini
Image: Antarctica
NASA

More photos

Pets, health and business slide shows
GERMANY-ANIMALS-TIGER
Joerg Koch / AFP - Getty Images
Animal Tracks

  Find a clean freak tiger, a bodybuilding bird and more eye candy for animal lovers.

Swimming
Kay Nietfeld / EPA
Steven A. Gold
Image: Bill Gates
Andrew Gombert / EPA
Image: Jingle Luis
Richard Drew / AP
Image: Priscilla Presley 1968; 2008
AP; Michael Desmond / ABC
Image: A 1964 Chevrolet Impala "Gypsy Rose" lowrider
Ric Francis / AP
Image: City dogs herding
Bernadette Tuazon / AP
Image: Todd Zaki Warfel stands in front of broken and boarded up windows in an unoccupied unit.
Matt Rourke / AP
Image: BMW concept CS
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
An Iranian technician works at the Balal
Behrouz Mehri / AFP/Getty Images
Image: Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Coupe
Image: Mitsubishi's Concept-RA
Image: Nissan Forum concept vehicle
Bernd Weissbrrod / EPA
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