Today in pictures (March 18)
Images from around the world for Tuesday, March 18, 2008.
Section:Gallery
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A Tibetan protester cries in pain as a policeman, unseen, pulls him back from the window of a bus, after being arrested in front of the Chinese Embassy during a demonstration against China's crackdown in Lhasa, Tibet, in New Delhi, India,Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) ORG XMIT: MSX113
Manish Swarup The Spokesman-Review
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U.S Army soldiers from Killer Troop, Third Squadron, Third Armored Cavalry Regiment rest in their makeshift barracks at Combat Outpost Rabiy in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) ORG XMIT: AMMA103
Maya Alleruzzo The Spokesman-Review
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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange watch as the Fed board rate decision is announced, Tuesday March 18, 2008. Wall Street gave up some of its steep gains Tuesday while investors digested the Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point. Many investors had expected a cut of a full percentage point. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ORG XMIT: NYRD102
Richard Drew The Spokesman-Review
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Dr. Rachel Herz, author of the book, "Scent of Desire," turns away from a smelly pair of sneakers while judging the annual Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest in Montpelier, Vt., Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Ben Russell, 15, of Eagle River, Alaska, beat seven other contestants from around the country to claim the title of rottenest sneakers in the country, in the contest sponsored by the shoe insert maker. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot) ORG XMIT: MR103
Toby Talbot The Spokesman-Review
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel raises her glass during a speech in the Chagall state hall ahead of a special session of the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Merkel is to address the Knesset in German, becoming the first head of government to do so. The honor has largely been reserved for presidents and other heads of state. Two German presidents have spoken to the Knesset in German since 2000, and hearing the language associated so strongly with the Nazi genocide of six million Jews elicited little reaction in Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool) ORG XMIT: JRL133
Sebastian Scheiner The Spokesman-Review
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Chinese paramilitary officers march on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. President Hu Jintao called on officials to follow the communist leadership and pledged to move ahead with reforms Tuesday, closing out the annual session of China's legislature that was overshadowed by deadly anti-government protests in Tibet.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ORG XMIT: XHG106
Ng Guan The Spokesman-Review
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks to the media in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The Dalai Lama threatened Tuesday to step down as leader of Tibet's government in exile if violence committed by Tibetans in his homeland spirals out of control. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan) ORG XMIT: GOX101
Gurinder Osan The Spokesman-Review
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An Iraqi girl plays with her chewing gum inside the former Iraqi army air defenses headquarters where she lives in the ruins with her family in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The buildings were destroyed in the "Shock and Awe" bombing campaign in the early stages of the U.S. led invasion on Iraq in March 2003. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ORG XMIT: BAG105
Hadi Mizban The Spokesman-Review
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Afghans use tractors to destroy poppy crops during poppy eradication in Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, March 18 2008. Afghanistan last year produced 93 percent of the world's opium, the main ingredient in heroin, and Helmand produced more than 50 percent of the country's opium. More than 80 percent of the province's farmers are involved in the opium trade. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: HMD101