Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain addresses a campaign rally at the Raymond James Stadium parking lot in Tampa, Fla. In the final days of his campaign, McCain was barnstorming through the all-important swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Mexico and Nevada before heading home to Arizona. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama greets supporters as he leaves a hotel on his way to a rally in Jacksonville, Fla.(Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images)
A sick child receives care at the Mercy Corps clinic near the Internally Displaced People camp, about six miles from Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Aid organizations have said they are worried about a lack of food and shelter for civilians fleeing fighting in eastern Congo, where a civil war has escalated. (Walter Astrada / AFP / Getty Images)
The World Wide Fund sponsored an underwater performance in a Berlin swimming pool to call attention to the plight of marine animals that die caught in fishing nets. (Arno Burgi / EPA)
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One of three caskets carrying the remains of relatives of actress Jennifer Hudson is removed for funeral services at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago. Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew Julian King were killed last week. (Paul Beaty / Associated Press)
Metalworkers stage a warning strike in front of the Daimler AG plant in Duesseldorf, Germany. Members of one of the biggest German industrial trade unions, IG Metall, have clashed with their employer over wages. (Steffi Loos / AFP / Getty Images)
In the Palestinian refugee camp of Al-Farah, near the West Bank town of Jenin, a Palestinian boy holds his arms up after lifting his shirt to show his bare abdomen. The Israeli army often carries out raids in West Bank towns and villages searching for wanted militants from the different Palestinian factions. (Mohammed Ballas / Associated Press)
A dolphin leaps out the Atlantic ocean near Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. Dolphins and whales are a common site along the Cape’s Atlantic coastline at this time of year. (Nic Botha / EPA)