A man rests as he waits to buy Olympic tickets in Beijing July 24. Photo: Joe Chan/REUTERS

Holidaymakers enjoy the weather in Margate, Kent, England July 24. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA

A protester kicks the shield of an anti-riot policeman during a protest, against what they say is intervention by the U.S. in the country's economy, outside the U.S. embassy in Manila, the Philippines July 24. Photo: Romeo Ranoco/REUTERS

Residents of the village of Minas in Paraguay wear masks and feathers in tribute to the Guaikuru tribe that inhabited the region during the Spanish colonization, as part of celebrations of the annual feast of Saint Francis Solanus, 52 km south of Asuncion July 24. Photo: Jorge Adorno/REUTERS

Palestinian girls attend a mass wedding ceremony for 100 couples organized by the Islamic Association at the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza July 24. Photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/REUTERS

Volunteers, who will be Olympic medal ceremony hostesses, during a dance class in Beijing July 24, as they train for the upcoming Olympics. Photo: Darren Whiteside/REUTERS

Tombstones after an earthquake at Choryuji temple in Hachinohe, northern Japan July 24. Photo: Issei Kato/REUTERS

Iraqi army soldiers eat ice cream during a graduation ceremony after their training by U.S. special forces in Muqtadiyah in Diyala province July 24. Photo: Damir Sagolj/REUTERS

A U.S. soldier from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment holds his weapon next to a villager during a joint operation with Iraqi police near Muqtadiyah in Diyala province, Iraq July 24. Photo: Damir Sagolj/REUTERS

An artist prepares an idol of the Hindu elephant God Lord Ganesha at a workshop in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh July 24. Photo: Ajay Verma/REUTERS

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with supporters as he arrives in Batz-sur-Mer, western France July 24. Photo: Philippe Wojazer/REUTERS

Michie, a Californian sea-lion, balances a ball during media call at Taronga zoo in Sydney, Australia July 24. Photo: Daniel Munoz/REUTERS

A farm worker sprays water on a bull at the annual Livestock, Agriculture and Industry Exhibition at the Palermo showground in Buenos Aires, Argentina July 24. Photo: Enrique Marcarian/REUTERS

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama greets the crowd after speaking in front of the Siegessaeule at the Grosser Stern in Tiergarten in Berlin, Germany July 24. Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images

Race leader Carlos Sastre of Spain and team CSC Saxo Bank in the yellow jersey amid the peloton during stage eighteen of the 2008 Tour de France from Bourg-d'Oisans to Saint-Etienne on July 24 in Saint-Etienne, France. Photo: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images