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Scott Andrews BLAST FROM THE PAST: Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off on a 16-day research mission amid dramatic clouds of smoke and steam from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 16, 2003. The photo is typical of the work of photographer Scott Andrews over the decades for NASA and news organizations. Below, Mr. Andrews sets up the motion control system for one of his cameras to record the scheduled launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Friday. The final liftoff will mark the end of Mr. Andrews' more than 30 years of photographing missions.
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Artifacts are displayed during a repatriation ceremony of Iraqi antiquities at the Iraqi Cultural Center. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Silverware is displayed during a repatriation ceremony of Iraqi antiquities at the Iraqi Cultural Center. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS The 100-mile-wide storm moved like a giant wave, the dust roiling as it approached at up to 60 mph. Visibility dropped to zero, the sky turned nearly black, trees blew sideways, and Phoenix skyscrapers became invisible.
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Somalis carrying their belongings wait outside a camp for displaced people in the capital city of Mogadishu after leaving their homes in southern Somalia to seek help. Thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks and the number is increasing daily. The worst drought in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition. Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda all have drought-stricken areas and the situation is deteriorating, (Associated Press)
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A malnourished Abdi Ibrahim is comforted by his wife, Duba Dagane, as he lies on his bed in Lagbogal, Kenya. Parts of Kenya and Somalia are experiencing pre-famine conditions, the United Nations has said. More than 10 million people are affected in five African nations.
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Charles Tiger is pictured during an interview in his FEMA trailer home in Little Axe, Okla., Thursday, June 16, 2011. Nearly six years after the hurricane, the mobile homes that became a symbol of the government's failed response are finally being put to good use. FEMA has quietly given many of them away to American Indian tribes that are in desperate need of affordable housing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy signed the measure on paid sick leave into law Friday but didn't announce his action until Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Cleanup crews clear oil from alongside the Yellowstone River in Laurel, Mont., on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. The scenic waterway has risen above flood stage, raising fears that the surging currents will further spread crude from the previous week's oil spill. (Associated Press)
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Congress chose Yucca Mountain as the leading candidate for nuclear waste disposal. But opponents are concerned about contamination, and the Obama administration said it would not consider the site and would look for alternatives. It won a legal battle when a federal appeals court ruled last week against three states seeking to ship spent fuel to the Nevada site. (Associated Press)
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A Japanese soldier works in a sewer in an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Taro. Residents of the town held their annual evacuation drill on March 3 — eerily, just eight days earlier. March 3 is the anniversary of a 1933 tsunami. (Associated Press)
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First implemented in the 1950s, radar remains the basis of the technology used by more than 15,000 U.S. controllers to guide 50,000 flights a day. A new program would replace ground radar stations with satellite-based technology. (Associated Press)
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Ryan Adams has been recording with legendary rock producer Glyn Johns since the early spring and is rumored to be releasing a full-length record later this year. (Courtesy of Lost Highway Records)
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Spectators wave flags as the USS Constitution fires its cannons off Castle Island in Boston on its annual Fourth of July turn around Boston Harbor on Monday, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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** FILE ** Kindergartners in Hyangsan, North Korea, eat food donated by the World Food Program in October 2006. (AP Photo/World Food Program)
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Demonstrators stand by a burning advertisement during clashes in central Athens last week after parliament approved more austerity measures needed to avert default that calmed markets but triggered a second day of riots. (Associated Press)
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Heavy rain falls over Copenhagen on Saturday, July 2, 2011, as the deluge threatens to overwhelm parts of the city. The rain caused huge traffic problems and flooded hundreds of homes. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Mogens Flindt)
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Activists boat "Audacity of Hope" is escorted by the Greek coast guard ship in town of Peramat, near Athens, Greece, Friday, July 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Smoke and fire approach Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico on Thursday June 30, 2011. A raging blaze that has become one of the largest forest fires in New Mexico history left the leader of one Native American community with a sinking feeling Thursday as it burned through cultural sites and threatened an important water source for his people. (AP Photo/Natalie Guillén - The New Mexican)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Kelly Muters tastes chardonnay in the JCB Lounge at Raymond Vineyards in the Napa Valley. At left, bottles of sparkling wine are lined up inside a cave at Schramsberg Vineyards. The caves were dug by Chinese workers in the 1870s.
