Philippines ambassador Leonides Caday is carried by police to a truck after he was injured in front of his residence when a bomb went off in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 1. The bomb killed three people and injured at least 15.

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. George W. Bush is silhouetted against the backdrop after arriving for a walkthrough before the evening session Aug. 2 of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia

A firefighting helicopter flies through a smoky Montana haze that clouds the late-afternoon sun Aug. 8. Wildfires charging through the Bitterroot Valley destroyed scores of buildings and forced hundreds of residents to flee

An unidentified Indian police officer shouts for help as another officer runs for shelter after a bomb blast in Srinagar, India, on Aug. 10. Kashmir's main militant group claimed responsibility for the powerful car explosion, which killed 12 people and wounded several others.

A vintage Chrysler Newport in Pontiac, Mich., reflects the image of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican Party's presidential candidate, during a campaign whistlestop Aug. 5.

Colombian children watch an officer guarding the police station in Pasca, southwest of Bogota, on Aug. 2. During the first half of the year, Colombian rebels killed 120 police officers, many of them in attacks against remote police outposts manned by only a dozen officers

Russian soldiers protect their ears as they fire a mortar Aug. 10 against a suspected rebel base near the Chechen village of Samashki.

Al Gore, vice president and presidential candidate, kisses his wife Tipper as he steps onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles on Aug. 17.

Go Og-im, a 74-year-old South Korean grandmother, kisses her grandson goodbye through a bus window just before she leaves for Seoul抯 airport Aug. 15. Go, who moved to Seoul with her husband around 1945 and was separated from relatives during the Korean War, is one of 100 South Koreans who were flown to North Korea for family reunions.

Delegates wave flags and pennants as Vice President Al Gore delivers his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles on Aug. 17.

Sofya Leonov holds a painting of the Russian submarine Kursk while her husband, Anatoly Leonov, sits with her in their home Aug. 17 in Yakhroma, Russia. The Leonovs’ son, Dmitry, is one of the 118 crew members aboard the sunken sub.

Relatives grieve during the Aug. 18 funeral of Mahmoud Abdullah, 73, a Palestinian who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in his home in the West Bank village of Surda. Abdullah, an American citizen, was shot before dawn Aug. 16 after he reportedly opened fire from the roof of his home on Israeli soldiers, apparently believing the soldiers were burglars. The soldiers returned fire.

Citadel football players Corey White and Aaron Capps try to keep cool while preparing for media day at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, S.C., on Aug. 13.

As members of the recovery team confer in boats in the background, part of the fuselage of a crashed Gulf Air Airbus A320 jet lies in shallow waters of the Persian Gulf off the coast of Bahrain on Aug. 24. The plane, with 143 passengers and crew, crashed Aug. 23, killing everyone on board.

A flower girl peers out between a bride and groom during a mass wedding ceremony in Dili, East Timor, on Aug. 26. As the first anniversary of last year’s violence approaches, people in East Timor are working to become the world’s newest independent nation.

Smoke wafts out of Moscow抯 Ostankino television tower on August 28. Fire swept through the tower, one of the world抯 tallest structures, killing three people and blacking out television screens for the first time in decades.

A motorist showers children in a flooded street of St. George, Utah. Heavy rains caused problems in many cities on Aug. 29, but were welcome after months of dry weather.

A section of bridge in southern Taiwan collapsed under the strain of river waters swollen from Typhoon Bilis, which pounded the island Aug. 23. At least 16 cars came down with the bridge, injuring 22 people.

A man removes volcanic ash from his car as earthquake tremors shake his neighborhood on Miyakejima Island, Japan. Mount Oyama erupted on Aug. 30, covering much of the island with ash and rock.