Today in Photos

Bad weather throughout the world highlight today's photos. There is also a beautiful image of the space shuttle waiting on the launch pad, a photo from an ale house that is 150 years old and a photo from former President Bill Clinton's surprise trip to North Korea.

Section:Gallery

Tue., Aug. 4, 2009

Space shuttle Discovery moves along it's path at sunrise to pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Cananveral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Discovery, STS-128, will be the 30th U.S. mission to the International Space Station.

John Raoux Associated Press
In this Aug. 3, 2009 photo, Lew Losoncy, left, and his wife Diane Losoncy talk with bartender Mark Foran, right, at McGillin's Olde Ale House in Philadelphia. McGillin's began celebrating its sesquicentennial this week, cementing its status as the oldest continuously operated tavern in Philadelphia and one of the oldest in the nation.

Matt Slocum Associated Press
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese tourist manages to hold on to his umbrella against a strong wind on a trestle bridge on the beach near Zhuhai city in south China's Guangdong Province, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, as Tropical Storm Swan approaches to city.

Li Jianshu Associated Press
A group of friends sit in Lake Okanagan as they watch wildfires burn on Terrace Mountain while the moon glows orange due to smoke north of Kelowna, British Columbia, in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Almost 3,000 people have been evacuated since Sunday and 85 percent of British Columbia remains on high alert as lighting strikes and tinder-dry forests continue to fuel wildfires on Canada's Pacific coast.

Darryl Dyck Associated Press
Earl Leonard looks over bookmobiles submerged under flood waters at the public library in downtown Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009.

Ed Reinke Associated Press
A major section of the midway is under water at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009 after heavy thunderstorms moved through the Indianapolis area.

Sam Riche Associated Press
Protestors demonstrate against the re-election of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tuesday Aug. 4, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

Maya Hitij Associated Press
In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, seated left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, seated right, in Pyonggyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Others are unidentified. Former US resident Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise visit to Pyongyang, holding "exhaustive" talks that covered a wide range of topics, state-run media said.
Airport and emergency crews scramble to aid those injured when a Bangkok Airways ATRF72-500 landed in stormy weather in Samui, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, and hit the airport's old traffic control tower, killing the pilot and injuring at least seven people including foreign tourists.
A woman holds a candle during church service for the victims of the Croatian offensive, marking its 14th anniversary, in St. Marko church, Belgrade, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. More than 200,000 Serbs fled the advancing Croatian troops in August 1995, after Zagreb launched the offensive to recapture its land held previously by the rebel Serbs. The Croat-Serb war started in 1991, after Croatia declared independence from former Yugoslavia, triggering a Serb uprising.

Srdjan Ilic Associated Press