Molly Hans, of Klamath Falls, Ore., painted a U.S. flag on her face for her ride on an American Legion float in the town's annual Fourth of July.

A woman waves a flag bearing a portrait of Che Guevarra last Friday at a concert in Millau, southwestern France, intended to rally support for Jose Bove, a militant farmers' leader on trial in connection with the trashing of a McDonald’s restaurant by his followers.

Yakaubb Green walks through a crowd of protesters Saturday in Columbia, S.C., after the state of South Carolina removed the confederate flag from the top of its Capitol building.

The famed Tufa formations of Mono Lake, near Lee Vining, Calif., are slowly being re-submerged into the lake抯 briny water. The fragile limestone formations, which were formed by an underwater chemical reaction, have been visible since 1941, when lake tributaries were diverted to quench the thirst of Los Angeles.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak are all smiles as they arrive at Camp David抯 Laurel Cabin for a Middle East summit meeting with President Bill Clinton on July 11.

A young Loyalist raises his fist near a bonfire in east Belfast on July 11. Hundreds of bonfires were set across the province in Protestant areas of Northern Ireland on the eve of the 12th of July celebrations, which saw tens of thousands of Orangemen parade across Northern Ireland to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, when Protestant King William of Orange defeated Catholic King James

Victims of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front rebels gather in a Doctors Without Borders camp in Freetown. The rebels frequently chop off the hands and sometimes the legs of their victims with machetes to intimidate fellow villagers.

A Palestinian boy walks by a wall with graffiti reading “No peace without the exercise of our right to return” in the Deheisha refugee camp outside the West Bank town of Bethlehem on July 10. Palestinian officials say the Middle East peace process must open the way for refugees to return home to territory controlled by Israel.

 community health worker and a child stand by the bedside of a mother who is believed to have AIDS in Masogo, Kenya. Masogo is a rural village in the Nyanza province and has a 30 percent rate of HIV infection. Africa’s plight was one of the key themes of this week’s global AIDS conference.

A municipal worker sorts political trash at Mexico City's garbage dump July 10, after Mexico’s presidential election. In the foreground is a banner for the losing Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate Francisco Labastida. The city is sorting several tons of campaign trash to see how much material each party

A Filipino firefighter rushes John Paul Duran for medical assistance after a huge garbage dump collapsed and buried scores of shanties in a Manila suburb on July 10. Dozens of people were buried under tons of rubbish when the rain-soaked dumpsite caved in, relief officials said. Duran died of his injuries.

As heat waves rise from the pavement during a triple-digit heat spell, a pedestrian crosses a street in downtown Topeka, Kan., on July 13.

Pole vaulter Lawrence Johnson competes in the finals on July 16 during the U.S. Olympic trials in Sacramento, Calif. The electronic scoreboard provides a colorful backdrop

Daniel Wacholz, 10, tries to keep warm while watching his brother, Josh, play for the Rochester Patriots American Legion baseball team July 18 at Century High School in Rochester, Minn. The high in Rochester on Tuesday was only 58 degrees.

A passenger in another plane snapped this photo of Air France Flight 4590 as the Concorde trailed flames during its takeoff from Paris on July 25. Moments later, the jet crashed, killing all 109 people on board and five more on the ground.

The roof of a farm building lies in a field of corn, where it was blown after a tornado struck Granite Falls, Minn., July 26.

Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong hoists his son Luke skyward after winning the grueling bicycle race July 23.

A bee gathers nectar from the center of a large sunflower in Topeka, Kan., on July 24.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, kisses Salim Al-Bourdani, deputy commander of police in Gaza, shortly after Arafat's return to Gaza on July 26 from the unsuccessful Camp David peace talks.

Britan's Prince Charles walks past a Clydesdale horse during a July 25 visit to Capel Manor College where the prince opened the Duchess of Devonshire Pavilion at London's only specialist college of horticulture.

The Red Arrows team perform its aerial routine at the Farnborough Airshow outside London on July 24.

Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez await the results of the presidential elections in Caracas on July 30. Chavez eventually won with 59.8 percent of the votes.

Kris, who asked that her last name not be used, seeks relief from labor pains in a whirlpool tub at The Birthing Inn in Tacoma, Wash., on July 20. The 6-month-old facility offers an alternative to high-tech hospital deliveries. Some families are choosing to have their babies delivered in alternative settings. Not wanting to miss out on the business, hospitals also are working to soften their images and create a homier atmosphere, but one that's backed up by all the equipment and expertise modern medicine can bring to bear.

Delegate Bob Winchester of Rosiclare, Ill., takes a break among signs during the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 31 in Philadelphia.

A police officer fires tear gas in the Plaza Mayor in Lima, Peru, on July 28. Thousands of demonstrators clashed with police in a violent protest against Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who was sworn in for his third five-year term.