Members of Wisconsin's Sikh community conduct a candlelight vigil for six people killed in an attack a day earlier at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Aug. 6. Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin -- a temple about 25 miles away from the scene of the Aug. 5 shooting -- to honor the victims of what police are calling an act of "domestic terrorism."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dances with Malawian women at the Lumbadzi Milk Bulking Group on Aug. 5 in Lilongwe, Malawi. Clinton became the first U.S. chief diplomat to visit Malawi, where she encouraged President Joyce Banda to be "a role model in Southern Africa for more democratic governance."
Afghan policemen and villagers look on at the scene where a civilian minibus was hit by a remote-controlled bomb in Kabul's Paghman district on Aug. 7. A Taliban bomb killed eight people and wounded five when it struck the minibus, amid growing unrest in areas surrounding the Afghan capital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a military base on the Israeli side of the border with Egypt after militants drove an Egyptian military vehicle through a security fence in Kerem Shalomon on Aug. 6. The seizure of two military vehicles by Islamist miltants came after an armed militant attack on an Egyptian police station in North Sinai that left at least 16 soldiers dead.
Police officers stand guard outside the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court as China opens the murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai on Aug. 9. In an extremely quick hearing, Gu admitted to having killed British businessman Neil Heywood in Chongqing, where her husband, Bo Xilai was the Communist Party chief until early this year.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney looks at corn with farmer Lemar Koethe in a field in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 8. Much of the United States has been hard hit by drought, significantly reducing corn outputs. Romney is campaigning in Iowa before traveling to New Jersey and New York for fundraising events.
An image from NASA's Curiosity Rover shows the pebble-covered surface of Mars. This is a portion of the first color 360-degree panorama from NASA's rover, composed of thumbnails, which are small copies of higher-resolution images. The mission's destination, a mountain at the center of Gale Crater called Mount Sharp, is the slope on the lefthand side of the picture. Blast marks from the rover's descent stage are in the foreground.
A waterbomber flies over a wildfire in Ouranoupoli, northern Greece, on Aug. 9. Around 25 fire units are battling the blaze that broke out on Aug. 8 in the heart of Mount Athos.
Bikers attempt to manouver through a flooded street in Quezon City, suburban Manila, on Aug. 7. Half of Manila was under water and 250,000 people fled their homes as torrential rain paralyzed the city, sweeping away houses, stranding residents on rooftops, and triggering a landslide.
A U.S. Army soldier of the 1st Platoon Comanche Company secures a hill at a checkpoint in Afghanistan's Khost Province on Aug. 9. Some 130,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan are preparing to withdraw in 2014, and are working alongside Afghan soldiers as they take increasing responsibility for the anti-insurgency campaign.
Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 200 meter final on Aug. 9, day 13 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Somalis celebrate during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of terror group al-Shabab's withdrawal from Mogadishu on Aug. 6. Somali president Sheikh Shrif Ahmed declared that the country will celebrate its new national holiday, called "Peace Day," every year.
Indian children dressed as the Hindu god Krishna sip cold drinks after celebrating pre-Janamashtmi festivities in Amritsar on Aug. 9, the eve of the Janmashtami festival, which marks the birth of Krishna.
Bangladeshi travelers queue to collect tickets at a railway station in Dhaka on Aug. 5, as Bangladesh Railways starts delivering advance tickets for Eid al-Fitr. Eid, the biggest Muslim holiday, marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and will fall around Aug. 20, depending upon moon sightings.
Thai Muslim women pray during Ramadan in Narathiwat province on Aug. 5. Muslims fasting during the month of Ramadan must abstain from food and drink from dawn until sunset, when they break their fast with a meal called iftar.
Muslim schoolchildren in Jodhpur make a human chain in the shape of India on Aug. 9, as they pray for world peace during Ramadan.
Runners and walkers, dressed in light-emitting suits and holding light sticks, make their way up Arthur's Seat as part of a mass participation in a public art piece called "Speed of Light" on Aug. 8, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Hot air balloons take to the skies from Ashton Court at the International Balloon Fiesta on Aug. 10, in Bristol, England. The early morning flight of nearly 100 balloons over the city was the first mass ascent of Bristol's four-day Fiesta.
