Today in Photos
Keeping frost from Florida's strawberry crop leads today's images from around the world. A ski racing accident, Saddam's yacht, milled lumber floating up on a beach, and let the tunneling resume in Gaza are some of the other featured images.
Section:Gallery
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Icicles cling to strawberries in a field early Thursday morning, Jan. 22, 2009, in Dover, Fla. Strawberry farmers spray water that provides a protective coat of ice over the berries. Temperatures overnight in west-central Florida dipped into the 20's.
Chris O'Meara Associated Press
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As the sun rises Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, a warm glow shines onto ice covered branches in Apopka, Fla. Shelters filled with the homeless and Floridians were reminded to protect their pets and plants as chilly weather set in across state.
Red Huber Associated Press
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Jorge Rodriguez, who works for J.N.J Growers Inc., sprays water on a bean crop in Miami early Thursday morning, Jan. 22, 2009. The temperature dipped down into the 30's Wednesday night and had farmers worried about a freeze to their crops.
Peter Bosch Associated Press
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Organic produce grower Frank Oakes waters his strawberry plants in a effort to prevent frost damage on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in Collier County, Fla. Local farmers scrambled to save their crops as Collier and Lee counties fell under a "hard freeze warning" overnight.
David Albers Associated Press
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Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht looses control during a downhill training on the legendary Streif downhill course in Kitzbuehel, Austria, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. Albrecht injured himself in the crash after he lost control and flew through the air for about 40 meters (yards) coming to a stop near the finish line. He received medical attention for several minutes before being airlifted by helicopter to a local hospital.
Giovanni Auletta Associated Press
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Indian Border Security force soldiers mounted on camels stand during a rehearsal of Beating Retreat ceremony, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. Beating Retreat, where bands of India's three defense services play, will be held on Jan.29, marking the end of the Republic Day celebrations.Seen behind is the dome of India's presidential palace.
Manish Swarup Associated Press
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Local Ramsgate resident Ella and her 3-year-old son Deon play on timber washed up on a beach in Ramsgate, southeastern England, Thursday Jan. 22, 2009. Some 1,500 tonnes of the wood was lost from the Russian-registered cargo ship Sinegorsk which issued an alert in rough seas on Monday morning around 14 miles off the British coast.
Matt Dunham Associated Press
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A Pakistani man holds two sheep on a motorcycle a long a road on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009.
Emilio Morenatti Associated Press
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Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht Basra Breeze is docked at a shipyard in Perama, a port city and a suburb of Athens, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. The former dictator's 269-foot (82-meter) yacht fitted with swimming pools, salons, a secret escape passage and a rocket-launching system is currently in Greece for maintenance work. The Iraqi government announced in November that it would try to sell the yacht.
Thanassis Stavrakis Associated Press
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A Palestinian climbs up from the opening of a smuggling tunnel, damaged during the Israeli military operation, that runs under the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. Gaza smugglers were actively working at their tunnels on Thursday, barely four days after Israel stopped dumping hundreds of tons of missiles and bombs on Gaza's southern border with Egypt.
Lefteris Pitarakis Associated Press
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Palestinians work on constructing new and repairing old smuggling tunnels, damaged during the Israeli military operation, that run under the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, Thursday Jan. 22, 2009. Gaza smugglers were actively working at their tunnels on Thursday, bringing in food, fuel and other goods barely four days after Israel stopped dumping hundreds of tons of missiles and bombs on Gaza's southern border with Egypt.
Lefteris Pitarakis Associated Press